Patrick Fickers

6.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
105 papers, 4.3k citations indexed

About

Patrick Fickers is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering and Food Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Patrick Fickers has authored 105 papers receiving a total of 4.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 85 papers in Molecular Biology, 45 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 12 papers in Food Science. Recurrent topics in Patrick Fickers's work include Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (71 papers), Biofuel production and bioconversion (41 papers) and Enzyme Catalysis and Immobilization (37 papers). Patrick Fickers is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (71 papers), Biofuel production and bioconversion (41 papers) and Enzyme Catalysis and Immobilization (37 papers). Patrick Fickers collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, France and China. Patrick Fickers's co-authors include Jean‐Marc Nicaud, Alain Marty, Philippe Thonart, Małgorzata Kus‐Liśkiewicz, Marie Vandermies, Bernard Joris, Anthony Argüelles Arias, Frédéric Carly, Stephan Mauersberger and Martha S. Smit and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Patrick Fickers

103 papers receiving 4.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Biocompatibility and Cytotoxicity of Gold Nanoparticles: Recent Advances in Methodologies and Regulations

2021 240 citations Małgorzata Kus‐Liśkiewicz, Patrick Fickers et al. profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Patrick Fickers Belgium	36	3.3k	1.6k	487	379	317	105	4.3k
Gotthard Kunze Germany	34	2.4k 0.7×	1.1k 0.7×	699 1.4×	289 0.8×	530 1.7×	167	3.6k
Paola Branduardi Italy	29	2.6k 0.8×	1.3k 0.8×	320 0.7×	456 1.2×	430 1.4×	99	3.4k
Johannes H. de Winde Netherlands	40	4.5k 1.4×	1.6k 1.0×	880 1.8×	556 1.5×	344 1.1×	90	5.5k
Ji‐Sook Hahn South Korea	34	2.3k 0.7×	855 0.5×	301 0.6×	263 0.7×	240 0.8×	92	3.2k
Francisco Valero Spain	40	3.9k 1.2×	1.4k 0.8×	225 0.5×	189 0.5×	436 1.4×	158	4.7k
Rodrigo Ledesma‐Amaro United Kingdom	45	6.2k 1.9×	2.7k 1.7×	423 0.9×	373 1.0×	559 1.8×	193	7.4k
Philippe Soucaille France	48	4.0k 1.2×	2.8k 1.7×	258 0.5×	225 0.6×	467 1.5×	111	6.0k
Hirohide Toyama Japan	35	2.6k 0.8×	667 0.4×	277 0.6×	403 1.1×	304 1.0×	126	3.3k
Nuno P. Mira Portugal	30	2.3k 0.7×	1.0k 0.6×	444 0.9×	929 2.5×	200 0.6×	73	3.3k
Shihui Yang China	36	2.9k 0.9×	2.3k 1.4×	719 1.5×	179 0.5×	592 1.9×	132	4.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Patrick Fickers

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Berríos, Julio, et al.. (2025). Sorbitol Uptake and Oxygen Transfer Shape AOX1 Promoter Induction in Formate Dehydrogenase‐Deficient Komagataella phaffii . Europe PMC (PubMed Central). 18(11). e70263–e70263.

Ioannidou, Sofia María, et al.. (2025). Harnessing yeasts for sustainable succinic acid production: advances in metabolic engineering and biorefinery integration. FEMS Yeast Research. 25. 1 indexed citations

Liu, Feng, Yating Wang, Zhijie Liu, et al.. (2024). Improving an Alternative Glycerol Catabolism Pathway in Yarrowia lipolytica to Enhance Erythritol Production. Yeast. 41(10). 605–614. 1 indexed citations

Fickers, Patrick, et al.. (2024). A multi reaction kinetic model to describe the enzymatic transesterification reaction of jatropha oil using a fermented solid containing lipases. Carbon Resources Conversion. 8(3). 100272–100272. 1 indexed citations

Mou, Jin‐Hua, Wei Yan, Zi‐Hao Qin, et al.. (2023). Food waste from various origins as feedstocks for recombinant protein production by Yarrowia lipolytica using in situ fibrous bed bioreactor. Chemical Engineering Journal. 481. 148408–148408. 3 indexed citations

Altamirano, Claudia, et al.. (2023). Is heterogeneity in large-scale bioreactors a real problem in recombinant protein synthesis by Pichia pastoris?. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 107(7-8). 2223–2233. 6 indexed citations

Mou, Jin‐Hua, Zi‐Hao Qin, Si-Fen Liu, et al.. (2023). Navigating Practical Applications of Food Waste Valorisation Based on the Effects of Food Waste Origins and Storage Conditions. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations

Çarşanba, Erdem, Bilal Ağırman, Séraphim Papanikolaou, Patrick Fickers, & Hüseyin Erten. (2023). Valorisation of Waste Bread for the Production of Yeast Biomass by Yarrowia lipolytica Bioreactor Fermentation. Fermentation. 9(7). 687–687. 6 indexed citations

Altamirano, Claudia, et al.. (2022). Advances in Cell Engineering of the Komagataella phaffii Platform for Recombinant Protein Production. Metabolites. 12(4). 346–346. 29 indexed citations

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Park, Young Kyoung, Cristina González‐Fernández, Christian Kennes, et al.. (2021). Bioproducts generation from carboxylate platforms by the non-conventional yeast Yarrowia lipolytica. FEMS Yeast Research. 21(6). 20 indexed citations

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Park, Young Kyoung, Marie Vandermies, Paul Soudier, et al.. (2019). Efficient expression vectors and host strain for the production of recombinant proteins by Yarrowia lipolytica in process conditions. Microbial Cell Factories. 18(1). 167–167. 20 indexed citations

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Arias, Anthony Argüelles, et al.. (2019). In Yarrowia lipolytica erythritol catabolism ends with erythrose phosphate. Cell Biology International. 44(2). 651–660. 17 indexed citations

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Kus‐Liśkiewicz, Małgorzata, et al.. (2019). Characterization of a nontoxic pyomelanin pigment produced by the yeast Yarrowia lipolytica. Biotechnology Progress. 36(2). e2912–e2912. 44 indexed citations

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Vandermies, Marie, et al.. (2018). Versatile regulated promoter for Yarrowia lipolytica. Open Repository and Bibliography (University of Liège). 1 indexed citations

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Theron, Chrispian W., Julio Berríos, Frank Delvigne, & Patrick Fickers. (2017). Integrating metabolic modeling and population heterogeneity analysis into optimizing recombinant protein production by Komagataella (Pichia) pastoris. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 102(1). 63–80. 33 indexed citations

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Vandermies, Marie, et al.. (2017). New inducible promoter for gene expression and synthetic biology in Yarrowia lipolytica. Microbial Cell Factories. 16(1). 141–141. 81 indexed citations

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Thonart, Philippe, et al.. (2015). Opportunités pour la valorisation des végétaux riches en anthocyanes comme sources de colorants alimentaires (synthèse bibliographique). SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2 indexed citations

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Arias, Anthony Argüelles, Bernard Joris, & Patrick Fickers. (2014). Dual Mode of Action of Amylolysin: A Type-B Lantibiotic Produced by Bacillus amyloliquefaciens GA1. Protein and Peptide Letters. 21(4). 336–340. 3 indexed citations

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Fickers, Patrick, Jacqueline Destain, & Philippe Thonart. (2008). Les lipases sont des hydrolases atypiques : principales caractéristiques et applications. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 14 indexed citations

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Fickers, Patrick, et al.. (2004). Selection of new over-producing derivatives for the improvement of extracellular lipase production by the non-conventional yeast Yarrowia lipolytica. Journal of Biotechnology. 115(4). 379–386. 55 indexed citations

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