Niels Aerts

533 total citations · 1 hit paper
6 papers, 354 citations indexed

About

Niels Aerts is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Small Animals. According to data from OpenAlex, Niels Aerts has authored 6 papers receiving a total of 354 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 4 papers in Plant Science, 2 papers in Molecular Biology and 1 paper in Small Animals. Recurrent topics in Niels Aerts's work include Plant Molecular Biology Research (3 papers), Plant Gene Expression Analysis (2 papers) and Animal Nutrition and Physiology (1 paper). Niels Aerts is often cited by papers focused on Plant Molecular Biology Research (3 papers), Plant Gene Expression Analysis (2 papers) and Animal Nutrition and Physiology (1 paper). Niels Aerts collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands and Belgium. Niels Aerts's co-authors include Saskia C. M. Van Wees, Marciel Pereira Mendes, Hilda van Mourik, Suzanne de Bruijn, Gerco C. Angenent, Aalt D. J. van Dijk, Himanshu Chhillar, Pingtao Ding, Michael Kaufmann and Basten L. Snoek and has published in prestigious journals such as The Plant Journal, BMC Plant Biology and animal.

In The Last Decade

Niels Aerts

5 papers receiving 350 citations

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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.

Multiple levels of crosstalk in hormone networks regulating plant defense

2020 285 citations Niels Aerts, Marciel Pereira Mendes et al. The Plant Journal profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Niels Aerts Netherlands	4	319	118	66	27	18	6	354
Daoming Liu China	5	276 0.9×	154 1.3×	95 1.4×	16 0.6×	11 0.6×	7	328
Alexandra M. Shigenaga United States	3	291 0.9×	80 0.7×	29 0.4×	14 0.5×	39 2.2×	3	309
Bo-Ming Wu China	6	213 0.7×	96 0.8×	23 0.3×	15 0.6×	49 2.7×	12	247
Kangbiao Qi China	8	465 1.5×	204 1.7×	28 0.4×	7 0.3×	22 1.2×	8	527
Nora R. Ludwig Netherlands	4	399 1.3×	131 1.1×	84 1.3×	21 0.8×	33 1.8×	4	437
J. Hollis Rice United States	14	650 2.0×	175 1.5×	38 0.6×	29 1.1×	13 0.7×	25	692
Óscar Martínez de Ilarduya United States	6	410 1.3×	72 0.6×	181 2.7×	21 0.8×	31 1.7×	6	439
Amie J. van der Westhuizen South Africa	7	327 1.0×	80 0.7×	173 2.6×	33 1.2×	19 1.1×	8	360
Krish K. Kumar India	6	402 1.3×	218 1.8×	57 0.9×	22 0.8×	34 1.9×	13	438

Countries citing papers authored by Niels Aerts

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Niels Aerts

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6 of 6 papers shown

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Goethals, Sofie, Wim Gorssen, Roel Meyermans, et al.. (2025). How to assess litter uniformity in pigs: comparing metrics and investigating associations with sow and litter factors. animal. 19(3). 101454–101454.

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Meyermans, Roel, et al.. (2024). Genomic characterisation and diversity assessment of eight endangered Belgian sheep breeds. animal. 18(10). 101315–101315. 3 indexed citations

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Aerts, Niels, Richard Hickman, Anja J.H. Van Dijken, et al.. (2024). Architecture and dynamics of the abscisic acid gene regulatory network. The Plant Journal. 119(5). 2538–2563. 7 indexed citations

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Aerts, Niels, Himanshu Chhillar, Pingtao Ding, & Saskia C. M. Van Wees. (2022). Transcriptional regulation of plant innate immunity. Essays in Biochemistry. 66(5). 607–620. 26 indexed citations

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Aerts, Niels, Marciel Pereira Mendes, & Saskia C. M. Van Wees. (2020). Multiple levels of crosstalk in hormone networks regulating plant defense. The Plant Journal. 105(2). 489–504. 285 indexed citations breakdown →

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Aerts, Niels, Suzanne de Bruijn, Hilda van Mourik, Gerco C. Angenent, & Aalt D. J. van Dijk. (2018). Comparative analysis of binding patterns of MADS-domain proteins in Arabidopsis thaliana. BMC Plant Biology. 18(1). 131–131. 33 indexed citations

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