Kathy Elst

3.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
57 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Kathy Elst is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Food Science and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Kathy Elst has authored 57 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 12 papers in Food Science and 11 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Kathy Elst's work include Polysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls (9 papers), Biofuel production and bioconversion (7 papers) and Microbial Metabolites in Food Biotechnology (6 papers). Kathy Elst is often cited by papers focused on Polysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls (9 papers), Biofuel production and bioconversion (7 papers) and Microbial Metabolites in Food Biotechnology (6 papers). Kathy Elst collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, Italy and Netherlands. Kathy Elst's co-authors include Linsey Garcia‐Gonzalez, Stefano Sforza, Luc Van Ginneken, Michel H. M. Eppink, René H. Wijffels, Elisabeth Dhondt, Jan Van Impe, Annemie Geeraerd, Winnie Dejonghe and Neha Babbar and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Applied Physics, Progress in Polymer Science and Bioresource Technology.

In The Last Decade

Kathy Elst

54 papers receiving 2.6k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Cell disruption for microalgae biorefineries

2015 500 citations Elisabeth Dhondt, Michel H. M. Eppink et al. Biotechnology Advances profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kathy Elst Belgium	26	725	665	630	572	526	57	2.7k
Tomáš Brányik Czechia	27	647 0.9×	1.2k 1.8×	560 0.9×	1.1k 1.9×	799 1.5×	101	3.1k
Arbakariya B. Ariff Malaysia	31	734 1.0×	597 0.9×	308 0.5×	287 0.5×	1.2k 2.4×	116	2.8k
Céline Laroche France	32	377 0.5×	519 0.8×	485 0.8×	1.6k 2.7×	853 1.6×	61	3.2k
Joo Shun Tan Malaysia	31	457 0.6×	873 1.3×	376 0.6×	269 0.5×	1.1k 2.2×	144	3.0k
Gregory J.O. Martin Australia	39	783 1.1×	1.2k 1.8×	189 0.3×	1.5k 2.6×	823 1.6×	108	3.8k
Saurabh Kulshrestha India	24	351 0.5×	390 0.6×	744 1.2×	246 0.4×	507 1.0×	90	2.7k
M. Verma Canada	29	578 0.8×	320 0.5×	815 1.3×	148 0.3×	703 1.3×	54	2.9k
Crístina M.R. Rocha Portugal	32	271 0.4×	887 1.3×	456 0.7×	376 0.7×	603 1.1×	73	2.6k
Ilse Fraeye Belgium	34	378 0.5×	1.7k 2.6×	1.7k 2.7×	821 1.4×	659 1.3×	84	4.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Kathy Elst

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kathy Elst

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kathy Elst

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Kathy Elst. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Kathy Elst based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Kathy Elst. Kathy Elst is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Márquez, Carlos, Dambarudhar Parida, Harisekhar Mitta, et al.. (2025). Monomer recycling of virgin polycarbonate (PC), end-of-life PC and PC-ABS blends by Ni-catalyzed reductive depolymerization. Green Chemistry. 27(20). 5709–5714. 2 indexed citations

Olazabal, Ion, Niels Van Velthoven, Karolien Vanbroekhoven, et al.. (2025). Chemical recycling of nitrogen containing polymers: processes and industrial prospects. Progress in Polymer Science. 168. 102002–102002.

Corderí, Sandra, et al.. (2025). Sustainable physical recycling of rigid PVC waste: A biobased solvent approach for the recovery of PVC, TiO2, and CaCO3. Waste Management. 202. 114798–114798. 1 indexed citations

Mukherjee, Agneev, Miet Van Dael, Viviana Polizzi, et al.. (2024). Assessing the potential for upscaling the continuous production of lignin oils through reductive catalytic depolymerization. Chemical Engineering Journal. 499. 156474–156474. 5 indexed citations

Parida, Dambarudhar, et al.. (2024). Boosting methanolysis of polycarbonate (PC) for bisphenol A recovery from end-of-life PC and PC/ABS blend. Chemical Engineering Journal. 497. 154390–154390. 8 indexed citations

Parida, Dambarudhar, Karolien Vanbroekhoven, Miet Van Dael, et al.. (2023). Monomer recycling of polyethylene terephthalate, polycarbonate and polyethers: Scalable processes to achieve high carbon circularity. Progress in Polymer Science. 149. 101783–101783. 30 indexed citations

Mendes, Pedro S.F., et al.. (2019). Techno-economic evaluation of squalene recovery from oil deodorizer distillates. Process Safety and Environmental Protection. 154. 122–134. 7 indexed citations

D’Hondt, Els, Lise Soetemans, Leen Bastiaens, et al.. (2019). Simplified determination of the content and average degree of acetylation of chitin in crude black soldier fly larvae samples. Carbohydrate Research. 488. 107899–107899. 34 indexed citations

Elst, Kathy, Neha Babbar, Sandra Roy, et al.. (2018). Continuous production of pectic oligosaccharides from sugar beet pulp in a cross flow continuous enzyme membrane reactor. Bioprocess and Biosystems Engineering. 41(11). 1717–1729. 16 indexed citations

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Babbar, Neha, Winnie Dejonghe, Stefano Sforza, & Kathy Elst. (2017). Enzymatic pectic oligosaccharides (POS) production from sugar beet pulp using response surface methodology. Journal of Food Science and Technology. 54(11). 3707–3715. 30 indexed citations

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Baldassarre, Stefania, Neha Babbar, Sandra Roy, et al.. (2017). Continuous production of pectic oligosaccharides from onion skins with an enzyme membrane reactor. Food Chemistry. 267. 101–110. 37 indexed citations

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Babbar, Neha, Stefania Baldassarre, Miranda Maesen, et al.. (2016). Enzymatic production of pectic oligosaccharides from onion skins. Carbohydrate Polymers. 146. 245–252. 53 indexed citations

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Müller-Maatsch, Judith, Mariangela Bencivenni, Augusta Caligiani, et al.. (2016). Pectin content and composition from different food waste streams. Food Chemistry. 201. 37–45. 199 indexed citations

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D’Hondt, Els, et al.. (2016). Influence of nitrogen depletion in the growth of N. oleoabundans on the release of cellular components after beadmilling. Bioresource Technology. 214. 89–95. 27 indexed citations

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Dhondt, Elisabeth, et al.. (2015). Cell disruption for microalgae biorefineries. Biotechnology Advances. 33(2). 243–260. 500 indexed citations breakdown →

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Kaur, Guneet & Kathy Elst. (2014). Correction: Development of reactive extraction systems for itaconic acid: a step towards in situ product recovery for itaconic acid fermentation. RSC Advances. 4(96). 53854–53854. 17 indexed citations

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Garcia‐Gonzalez, Linsey, H. Teichert, Kathy Elst, et al.. (2010). Mathematical modelling and in situ determination of pH in complex aqueous solutions during high-pressure carbon dioxide treatment. The Journal of Supercritical Fluids. 55(1). 77–85. 11 indexed citations

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Garcia‐Gonzalez, Linsey, Annemie Geeraerd, Jan Mast, et al.. (2009). Membrane permeabilization and cellular death of Escherichia coli, Listeria monocytogenes and Saccharomyces cerevisiae as induced by high pressure carbon dioxide treatment. Food Microbiology. 27(4). 541–549. 61 indexed citations

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Garcia‐Gonzalez, Linsey, Annemie Geeraerd, Kathy Elst, et al.. (2008). Influence of type of microorganism, food ingredients and food properties on high-pressure carbon dioxide inactivation of microorganisms. International Journal of Food Microbiology. 129(3). 253–263. 53 indexed citations

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Elst, Kathy, et al.. (1992). Secondary ion mass spectrometry–spreading resistance profiling study on the outdiffusion from poly- and monocrystalline cobaltsilicide. Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B Microelectronics and Nanometer Structures Processing Measurement and Phenomena. 10(1). 524–532. 5 indexed citations

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