Peter Thijssen

3.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
68 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Peter Thijssen is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Peter Thijssen has authored 68 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 21 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 10 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Peter Thijssen's work include Electoral Systems and Political Participation (13 papers), Risk Perception and Management (12 papers) and Social Media and Politics (5 papers). Peter Thijssen is often cited by papers focused on Electoral Systems and Political Participation (13 papers), Risk Perception and Management (12 papers) and Social Media and Politics (5 papers). Peter Thijssen collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, Netherlands and United States. Peter Thijssen's co-authors include Tanja Perko, Silvère M. van der Maarel, Wouter Van Dooren, P. Eline Slagboom, Jelle J. Goeman, Ramin Monajemi, Patrick F. A. van Erkel, Elmar W. Tobi, Rinse Klooster and Hein Putter and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nucleic Acids Research and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Peter Thijssen

61 papers receiving 1.8k 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.

DNA methylation signatures link prenatal famine exposure to growth and metabolism

2014 392 citations Elmar W. Tobi, Jelle J. Goeman et al. Nature Communications profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Peter Thijssen Belgium	23	713	307	277	265	211	68	1.9k
Sarah Finer United Kingdom	29	943 1.3×	745 2.4×	434 1.6×	22 0.1×	210 1.0×	97	3.4k
Bill Taylor United Kingdom	26	216 0.3×	342 1.1×	91 0.3×	56 0.2×	369 1.7×	124	2.3k
Karine Tremblay Canada	25	1.4k 2.0×	86 0.3×	60 0.2×	20 0.1×	213 1.0×	71	3.1k
Peter A. Walker United States	30	497 0.7×	355 1.2×	56 0.2×	344 1.3×	62 0.3×	103	2.8k
Joseph Boyle United States	18	731 1.0×	143 0.5×	36 0.1×	25 0.1×	351 1.7×	92	2.0k
David Whiteman United States	24	340 0.5×	88 0.3×	130 0.5×	67 0.3×	585 2.8×	72	1.6k
Michal Barák Israel	26	798 1.1×	637 2.1×	32 0.1×	77 0.3×	61 0.3×	77	3.8k
J. M. Bernstein United States	18	270 0.4×	574 1.9×	105 0.4×	32 0.1×	187 0.9×	56	1.7k
David J. Phillips United States	23	191 0.3×	224 0.7×	288 1.0×	170 0.6×	73 0.3×	49	2.1k
Kim Coleman United States	20	614 0.9×	212 0.7×	83 0.3×	39 0.1×	39 0.2×	46	1.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Peter Thijssen

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20 of 20 papers shown

Thijssen, Peter, et al.. (2024). Exploring the effect of personalized voting on affective polarization: Prototypical leadership and campaign effects. Acta Politica. 60(2). 189–215.

Thijssen, Peter, et al.. (2024). The comparative politics of solidarity: Political party discourse across three welfare state regimes. Politics & Policy.

Perko, Tanja, et al.. (2023). Measuring societal attitudes and behaviours towards radon indoors: A case study of Slovenia. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity. 272. 107355–107355. 4 indexed citations

Thijssen, Peter, et al.. (2022). Exploring Mediating Motivations for Muslims’ Electoral Preferences. Institutional Repository University of Antwerp (University of Antwerp). 4(2). 159–186. 1 indexed citations

Perko, Tanja, et al.. (2020). Radiation risks and uncertainties: a scoping review to support communication and informed decision-making. Journal of Radiological Protection. 40(2). 612–632. 8 indexed citations

Thijssen, Peter, et al.. (2020). It's All About Solidarity Stupid! How Solidarity Frames Structure the Party Political Sphere. British Journal of Political Science. 52(1). 128–145. 14 indexed citations

Thijssen, Peter, et al.. (2018). The party politics of nuclear energy: Party cues and public opinion regarding nuclear energy in Belgium. Energy Research & Social Science. 47. 192–201. 21 indexed citations

Oğur, Gönül, et al.. (2016). Vesicourethral reflux‐induced renal failure in a patient with ICF syndrome due to a novel DNMT3B mutation. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A. 170(12). 3253–3257. 2 indexed citations

Wu, Haoyu, Peter Thijssen, Eleonora de Klerk, et al.. (2016). Converging disease genes in ICF syndrome:ZBTB24controls expression ofCDCA7in mammals. Human Molecular Genetics. 25(18). 4041–4051. 46 indexed citations

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Typas, Dimitris, Martijn S. Luijsterburg, Wouter W. Wiegant, et al.. (2015). The de-ubiquitylating enzymes USP26 and USP37 regulate homologous recombination by counteracting RAP80. Nucleic Acids Research. 43(14). 6919–6933. 63 indexed citations

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Tobi, Elmar W., Jelle J. Goeman, Ramin Monajemi, et al.. (2014). DNA methylation signatures link prenatal famine exposure to growth and metabolism. Nature Communications. 5(1). 5592–5592. 392 indexed citations breakdown →

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Thijssen, Peter, Judit Balog, Zizhen Yao, et al.. (2014). DUX4 promotes transcription of FRG2 by directly activating its promoter in facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy. Skeletal Muscle. 4(1). 19–19. 21 indexed citations

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Deelen, Joris, Marian Beekman, Veryan Codd, et al.. (2014). Leukocyte telomere length associates with prospective mortality independent of immune-related parameters and known genetic markers. International Journal of Epidemiology. 43(3). 878–886. 75 indexed citations

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Huijbers, Maartje G., Wei Zhang, Rinse Klooster, et al.. (2013). MuSK IgG4 autoantibodies cause myasthenia gravis by inhibiting binding between MuSK and Lrp4. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 110(51). 20783–20788. 210 indexed citations

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Henneman, Peter, Peter Thijssen, Annemieke Visser, et al.. (2013). Adipocyte telomere length associates negatively with adipocyte size, whereas adipose tissue telomere length associates negatively with the extent of fibrosis in severely obese women. International Journal of Obesity. 38(5). 746–749. 23 indexed citations

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Thijssen, Peter, Elmar W. Tobi, Judit Balog, et al.. (2013). Chromatin remodeling of human subtelomeres and TERRA promoters upon cellular senescence. Epigenetics. 8(5). 512–521. 22 indexed citations

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Perko, Tanja, et al.. (2012). Is Knowledge Important? Empirical Research on Nuclear Risk Communication in Two Countries. Health Physics. 102(6). 614–625. 32 indexed citations

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Thijssen, Peter, et al.. (2011). Tussen contact en bedreiging: etnische diversiteit en etnocentrisme in Antwerpse buurten. Tijdschrift voor Sociologie. 32(2). 2 indexed citations

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Meier, Petra, et al.. (2011). De impact van party magnitude op het aantal vrouwelijke verkozenen. Res Publica. 53(2). 141–163. 3 indexed citations

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Deelen, Joris, Hae‐Won Uh, Ramin Monajemi, et al.. (2011). Gene set analysis of GWAS data for human longevity highlights the relevance of the insulin/IGF-1 signaling and telomere maintenance pathways. AGE. 35(1). 235–249. 84 indexed citations

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