Pieter van West

10.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
120 papers, 5.8k citations indexed

About

Pieter van West is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Pieter van West has authored 120 papers receiving a total of 5.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 72 papers in Plant Science, 28 papers in Molecular Biology and 27 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Pieter van West's work include Plant Pathogens and Resistance (59 papers), Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (34 papers) and Aquaculture disease management and microbiota (25 papers). Pieter van West is often cited by papers focused on Plant Pathogens and Resistance (59 papers), Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (34 papers) and Aquaculture disease management and microbiota (25 papers). Pieter van West collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Germany and United States. Pieter van West's co-authors include Sophien Kamoun, Francine Govers, Stephen C. Whisson, Neil A. R. Gow, Anna O. Avrova, Vivianne G. A. A. Vleeshouwers, Laura J. Grenville‐Briggs, Paul R. J. Birch, Koen E. de Groot and Stephan Wawra and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Pieter van West

118 papers receiving 5.6k 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.

A translocation signal for delivery of oomycete effector proteins into host plant cells

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Pieter van West United Kingdom	43	4.0k	1.5k	1.3k	770	662	120	5.8k
Hsin-Yu Chang United Kingdom	9	2.4k 0.6×	3.5k 2.4×	654 0.5×	350 0.5×	1.2k 1.8×	10	6.2k
John Rozewicki Japan	8	2.3k 0.6×	2.7k 1.9×	1.2k 0.9×	266 0.3×	1.2k 1.9×	8	6.4k
Sarah Hunter United Kingdom	6	2.1k 0.5×	3.3k 2.3×	449 0.4×	357 0.5×	1.2k 1.8×	10	5.9k
Siew-Yit Yong United Kingdom	3	2.1k 0.5×	3.3k 2.2×	446 0.4×	353 0.5×	1.2k 1.8×	3	5.9k
A. F. Quinn United Kingdom	4	2.0k 0.5×	3.3k 2.3×	442 0.3×	351 0.5×	1.2k 1.8×	5	5.9k
Craig McAnulla United Kingdom	10	2.1k 0.5×	3.5k 2.4×	449 0.4×	353 0.5×	1.3k 2.0×	13	6.2k
Sebastien Pesseat United Kingdom	4	2.1k 0.5×	3.4k 2.3×	442 0.3×	349 0.5×	1.3k 2.0×	4	6.0k
Maxim Scheremetjew United Kingdom	6	2.1k 0.5×	3.7k 2.5×	452 0.4×	364 0.5×	1.4k 2.1×	10	6.4k
Alexis Dereeper France	22	2.2k 0.5×	2.6k 1.8×	402 0.3×	279 0.4×	839 1.3×	53	5.6k
Irene de Bruijn Netherlands	24	3.3k 0.8×	1.7k 1.1×	681 0.5×	429 0.6×	763 1.2×	34	5.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Pieter van West

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Pieter van West

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20 of 20 papers shown

Fletcher, Kyle, et al.. (2024). Macroalgal eukaryotic microbiome composition indicates novel phylogenetic diversity and broad host spectrum of oomycete pathogens. Environmental Microbiology. 26(6). e16656–e16656. 2 indexed citations

McLaggan, Debbie, et al.. (2023). Survival of Phytophthora cryptogea and Phytophthora cactorum in Commercial Potting Substrates for Eucalyptus globulus Plants. Agriculture. 13(3). 581–581. 1 indexed citations

Masigol, Hossein, Pieter van West, JM Fregeneda-Grandes, et al.. (2023). Advancements, deficiencies, and future necessities of studying Saprolegniales: A semi-quantitative review of 1073 published papers. Fungal Biology Reviews. 46. 100319–100319. 7 indexed citations

Saraiva, Márcia, et al.. (2021). Transformation systems, gene silencing and gene editing technologies in oomycetes. Fungal Biology Reviews. 40. 37–52. 10 indexed citations

Tedesco, Perla, Márcia Saraiva, José Vladimir Sandoval-Sierra, et al.. (2021). Evaluation of Potential Transfer of the Pathogen Saprolegnia parasitica between Farmed Salmonids and Wild Fish. Pathogens. 10(8). 926–926. 13 indexed citations

West, Pieter van, et al.. (2021). Current practices and emerging possibilities for reducing the spread of oomycete pathogens in terrestrial and aquatic production systems in the European Union. Fungal Biology Reviews. 40. 19–36. 8 indexed citations

Masigol, Hossein, Jason Woodhouse, Pieter van West, et al.. (2021). Phylogenetic and Functional Diversity of Saprolegniales and Fungi Isolated from Temperate Lakes in Northeast Germany. Journal of Fungi. 7(11). 968–968. 9 indexed citations

Sood, Neeraj, et al.. (2020). The chaperone Lhs1 contributes to the virulence of the fish-pathogenic oomycete Aphanomyces invadans. Fungal Biology. 124(12). 1024–1031. 7 indexed citations

Murúa, Pedro, RuAngelie Edrada‐Ebel, Sylvia Soldatou, et al.. (2020). Morphological, genotypic and metabolomic signatures confirm interfamilial hybridization between the ubiquitous kelps Macrocystis (Arthrothamnaceae) and Lessonia (Lessoniaceae). Scientific Reports. 10(1). 8279–8279. 11 indexed citations

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Trusch, Franziska, Stephan Wawra, Elaine Durward, et al.. (2018). Cell entry of a host-targeting protein of oomycetes requires gp96. Nature Communications. 9(1). 2347–2347. 25 indexed citations

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Trusch, Franziska, et al.. (2018). Galleria melonella as an experimental in vivo host model for the fish-pathogenic oomycete Saprolegnia parasitica. Fungal Biology. 122(2-3). 182–189. 17 indexed citations

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Gachon, Claire M. M., Martina Strittmatter, Pedro Murúa, et al.. (2017). DEFENCE REACTIONS OF BROWN ALGAE AGAINST THE OOMYCETE PATHOGENS EURYCHASMA AND ANISOLPIDIUM. Phycologia. 56. 55–55. 1 indexed citations

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Murúa, Pedro, et al.. (2017). AUTOPHAGY IS A CENTRAL CELLULAR PROCESS IN THE INTERACTION BETWEEN BROWN ALGAE AND PARASITIC WATER MOULDS (OOMYCOTA). Phycologia. 56. 133–133. 2 indexed citations

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Wawra, Stephan, Franziska Trusch, Anja Matena, et al.. (2017). The RxLR Motif of the Host Targeting Effector AVR3a of Phytophthora infestans Is Cleaved before Secretion. The Plant Cell. 29(6). 1184–1195. 82 indexed citations

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Murúa, Pedro, Franz Goecke, R. Westermeier, et al.. (2017). Maullinia braseltonii sp. nov. (Rhizaria, Phytomyxea, Phagomyxida): A Cyst-forming Parasite of the Bull Kelp Durvillaea spp. (Stramenopila, Phaeophyceae, Fucales). Protist. 168(4). 468–480. 27 indexed citations

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Fletcher, Kyle, Pieter van West, & Claire M. M. Gachon. (2016). Nonagonal cadherins: A new protein family found within the Stramenopiles. Gene. 593(1). 64–75. 6 indexed citations

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Derevnina, Lida, Benjamin Pêtre, Ronny Kellner, et al.. (2016). Emerging oomycete threats to plants and animals. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 371(1709). 20150459–20150459. 116 indexed citations

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Küpper, Frithjof C., Martina Strittmatter, Laura J. Grenville‐Briggs, et al.. (2011). NOVEL ENDOTRANSGLYCOSYLASE ACTIVITIES IN CHAROPHYTE CELL WALLS. European Journal of Phycology. 46. 105–105. 2 indexed citations

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Grenville‐Briggs, Laura J. & Pieter van West. (2005). The Biotrophic Stages of Oomycete–Plant Interactions. Advances in applied microbiology. 57. 217–243. 32 indexed citations

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West, Pieter van, Sophien Kamoun, J.W. van t Klooster, & Francine Govers. (1999). Internuclear Gene Silencing in Phytophthora infestans. Molecular Cell. 3(3). 339–348. 134 indexed citations

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