Piet Herdewijn

24.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
787 papers, 19.5k citations indexed

About

Piet Herdewijn is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Organic Chemistry and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Piet Herdewijn has authored 787 papers receiving a total of 19.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 568 papers in Molecular Biology, 289 papers in Organic Chemistry and 233 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Piet Herdewijn's work include DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (319 papers), HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment (202 papers) and Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (154 papers). Piet Herdewijn is often cited by papers focused on DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (319 papers), HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment (202 papers) and Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (154 papers). Piet Herdewijn collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, United States and France. Piet Herdewijn's co-authors include Erik De Clercq, Arthur Van Aerschot, Jan Balzarini, Rudi Pauwels, Masanori Baba, Jef Rozenski, Jan Desmyter, Robert Snoeck, Roger Busson and Dominique Schols and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Chemical Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Piet Herdewijn

765 papers receiving 19.0k 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.

Rapid and automated tetrazolium-based colorimetric assay for the detection of anti-HIV compounds

1988 1.5k citations Jan Balzarini, Robert Snoeck et al. profile →
Synthetic Genetic Polymers Capable of Heredity and Evolution

2012 546 citations Vitor B. Pinheiro, Alexander I. Taylor et al. Science profile →

Peers

Piet Herdewijn

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Alexander Wlodawer United States

Eddy Arnold United States

Antonı́n Holý Czechia

Ernesto Freire United States

Irene T. Weber United States

Charles S. Craik United States

Daria J. Hazuda United States

Giovanni Maga Italy

Rudi Pauwels Belgium

Hiroaki Mitsuya United States

Alexander Wlodawer United States

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Citations per year, relative to Piet Herdewijn Piet Herdewijn (= 1×) peers Alexander Wlodawer

Countries citing papers authored by Piet Herdewijn

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Citations

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Fields of papers citing papers by Piet Herdewijn

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Piet Herdewijn

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Piet Herdewijn. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Piet Herdewijn 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 Piet Herdewijn. Piet Herdewijn is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Dai, Xing‐Jie, Huimin Liu, Shaopeng Wang, et al.. (2024). Degraders in epigenetic therapy: PROTACs and beyond. Theranostics. 14(4). 1464–1499. 23 indexed citations

Müller, David, M. Edelmann, Puneet Srivastava, et al.. (2024). Rational design of a bacterial import system for new-to-nature molecules. Metabolic Engineering. 85. 26–34. 3 indexed citations

Wang, Yatao, et al.. (2023). Recent advance of clinically approved small-molecule drugs for the treatment of myeloid leukemia. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 261. 115827–115827. 6 indexed citations

Wang, Song, Ying Qu, Haixia Wang, et al.. (2023). Design, synthesis, and anti-respiratory syncytial virus potential of novel 3-(1,2,3-triazol-1-yl)furoxazine-fused benzimidazole derivatives. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 261. 115799–115799. 5 indexed citations

Wang, Mengmeng, Lingyun Li, Piet Herdewijn, et al.. (2023). Synthesis and anti-SARS-CoV-2 evaluation of lipid prodrugs of β-D-N4-hydroxycytidine (NHC) and a 3′-fluoro-substituted analogue of NHC. Bioorganic Chemistry. 135. 106527–106527. 5 indexed citations

Gao, Shenghua, Hongtao Xu, Steven De Jonghe, et al.. (2022). Identification of Polyphenol Derivatives as Novel SARS-CoV-2 and DENV Non-Nucleoside RdRp Inhibitors. Molecules. 28(1). 160–160. 6 indexed citations

Singh, Abhimanyu K., Sergio E. Martinez, Hoai Viet Nguyen, et al.. (2021). Sliding of HIV-1 reverse transcriptase over DNA creates a transient P pocket – targeting P-pocket by fragment screening. Nature Communications. 12(1). 7127–7127. 7 indexed citations

Kumar, Pawan, Dale C. Guenther, Mikhail Abramov, et al.. (2020). Chimeric siRNAs with chemically modified pentofuranose and hexopyranose nucleotides: altritol-nucleotide (ANA) containing GalNAc–siRNA conjugates: in vitro and in vivo RNAi activity and resistance to 5′-exonuclease. Nucleic Acids Research. 48(8). 4028–4040. 30 indexed citations

Bande, Omprakash, et al.. (2020). Vitamin-guanosine monophosphate conjugates for in vitro transcription priming. Chemical Communications. 56(18). 2787–2790. 1 indexed citations

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Chaput, John C. & Piet Herdewijn. (2019). Was ist XNA?. Angewandte Chemie. 131(34). 11694–11696. 10 indexed citations

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Guillaume, Michel, Herman Borghys, L.L. de Zwart, et al.. (2016). Lipophilic nalmefene prodrugs to achieve a one-month sustained release. Journal of Controlled Release. 232. 196–202. 13 indexed citations

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Pinheiro, Vitor B., Alexander I. Taylor, Christopher Cozens, et al.. (2012). Synthetic Genetic Polymers Capable of Heredity and Evolution. Science. 336(6079). 341–344. 546 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ermolinsky, Boris S., V. L. Tunitskaya, Arthur Van Aerschot, et al.. (2004). Interaction of HIV-1 Reverse Transcriptase with Modified Oligonucleotide Primers Containing 2′-O-β-D-Ribofuranosyladenosine. Biochemistry (Moscow). 69(2). 130–136. 1 indexed citations

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Manallack, David T., William R. Pitt, Piet Herdewijn, et al.. (2002). Database Searching for Thymidine and Thymidylate Kinase Inhibitors Using Three-dimensional Structure-based Methods. Journal of Enzyme Inhibition and Medicinal Chemistry. 17(3). 167–174. 5 indexed citations

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Herdewijn, Piet. (1999). Conformational and stereochemical analysis as starting point for the design of antiviral compounds. Lirias (KU Leuven). 1 indexed citations

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Herdewijn, Piet, Arthur Van Aerschot, Isabelle Duroux-Richard, et al.. (1998). Antisense oligonucleotides as anticancer agents. Lirias (KU Leuven). 1 indexed citations

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Pannecouque, Christophe, et al.. (1995). Synthesis and Antiviral Evaluation of 3′-Substituted Thymidine Analogues Derived from 3′-Amino-3′-deoxythymidine. Nucleosides and Nucleotides. 14(3-5). 541–544. 2 indexed citations

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Herdewijn, Piet, Jan Balzarini, & Erik De Clercq. (1993). 2',3'-Dideoxynucleoside analogues as anti-HIV agents. Lirias (KU Leuven). 6 indexed citations

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Clercq, Erik De, Piet Herdewijn, & H. Vanderhaeghe. (1991). Antibiotics and antiviral agents. Lirias (KU Leuven). 1 indexed citations

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Des̀granges, Claude, et al.. (1984). Regeneration of the antiviral drug (E)-5-(2-bromovinyl)-2'-deoxyuridine in vivo.. Lirias (KU Leuven). 3 indexed citations

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