Robert van der Heijden

5.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
95 papers, 3.9k citations indexed

About

Robert van der Heijden is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Pharmacology and Biotechnology. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert van der Heijden has authored 95 papers receiving a total of 3.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 80 papers in Molecular Biology, 27 papers in Pharmacology and 20 papers in Biotechnology. Recurrent topics in Robert van der Heijden's work include Plant tissue culture and regeneration (44 papers), Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis (27 papers) and Alkaloids: synthesis and pharmacology (22 papers). Robert van der Heijden is often cited by papers focused on Plant tissue culture and regeneration (44 papers), Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis (27 papers) and Alkaloids: synthesis and pharmacology (22 papers). Robert van der Heijden collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, China and United Kingdom. Robert van der Heijden's co-authors include Robert Verpoorte, Denise I. Jacobs, Johan Memelink, Didier Hallard, Paulo Roberto Hrihorowitsch Moreno, H. J. G. ten Hoopen, J. van der Greef, Adriana Contin, Ying-Shan Han and U.R. Tjaden and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Analytical Biochemistry and FEBS Letters.

In The Last Decade

Robert van der Heijden

93 papers receiving 3.6k 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.

The Catharanthus Alkaloids:Pharmacognosy and Biotechnology

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Author						Papers	Cites
Robert van der Heijden	2.8k	1.3k	745	699	660	95	3.9k
Tsutomu Furuya	3.2k 1.1×	1.4k 1.1×	834 1.1×	728 1.0×	596 0.9×	216	4.3k
Jun Luo	2.8k 1.0×	1.3k 1.0×	827 1.1×	643 0.9×	255 0.4×	243	4.3k
Zhan‐Lin Li	1.9k 0.7×	825 0.7×	928 1.2×	404 0.6×	316 0.5×	174	3.3k
Masatake Niwa	1.7k 0.6×	1.0k 0.8×	401 0.5×	360 0.5×	243 0.4×	154	3.1k
Jian‐Guang Luo	3.3k 1.1×	1.4k 1.1×	771 1.0×	915 1.3×	215 0.3×	288	5.5k
Yun‐Heng Shen	2.6k 0.9×	1.5k 1.2×	625 0.8×	668 1.0×	252 0.4×	197	4.3k
Li‐She Gan	1.7k 0.6×	651 0.5×	703 0.9×	445 0.6×	321 0.5×	164	3.1k
Kimiye Baba	1.9k 0.7×	1.2k 1.0×	635 0.9×	551 0.8×	148 0.2×	150	3.7k
Vincenzo De Luca	4.4k 1.5×	2.3k 1.8×	1.5k 2.0×	1.3k 1.9×	632 1.0×	103	5.9k
Yongchun Yang	1.7k 0.6×	1.1k 0.8×	736 1.0×	437 0.6×	277 0.4×	92	2.9k

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Heijden, Robert van der, et al.. (2006). Considerations for proteolytic labeling–optimization of ¹⁸ O incorporation and prohibition of back‐exchange. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry. 20(23). 3491–3497. 28 indexed citations

Greef, J. van der, Robert van der Heijden, & Elwin Verheij. (2004). The role of mass spectrometry in systems biology : data processing and identification strategies in metabolomics. 17 indexed citations

Heijden, Robert van der, et al.. (2004). Capillary isoelectric focusing‐mass spectrometry for shotgun approach in proteomics. Electrophoresis. 25(20). 3461–3467. 39 indexed citations

Han, Ying-Shan, Cesare Sabbioni, Robert van der Heijden, & Robert Verpoorte. (2003). High-performance liquid chromatography assay for 1-deoxy-d-xylulose 5-phosphate synthase activity using fluorescence detection. Journal of Chromatography A. 986(2). 291–296. 7 indexed citations

Jacobs, Denise I., et al.. (2001). Sequential solubilization of proteins precipitated with trichloroacetic acid in acetone from culturedCatharanthus roseus cells yields 52% more spots after two-dimensional electrophoresis. PROTEOMICS. 1(11). 1345–1350. 60 indexed citations

Geerlings, Arjan, Francisco J. Redondo, Adriana Contin, et al.. (2001). Biotransformation of tryptamine and secologanin into plant terpenoid indole alkaloids by transgenic yeast. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 56(3-4). 420–424. 49 indexed citations

Geerlings, Arjan, et al.. (2000). Molecular Cloning and Analysis of Strictosidine β-d-Glucosidase, an Enzyme in Terpenoid Indole Alkaloid Biosynthesis in Catharanthus roseus. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 275(5). 3051–3056. 124 indexed citations

Geerlings, Arjan, et al.. (1999). Alkaloid production by a Cinchona officinalis 'Ledgeriana' hairy root culture containing constitutive expression constructs of tryptophan decarboxylase and strictosidine synthase cDNAs from Catharanthus roseus. Plant Cell Reports. 19(2). 191–196. 40 indexed citations

Paniego, Norma, et al.. (1999). Phlorisovalerophenone synthase, a novel polyketide synthase from hop (Humulus lupulus L.) cones. European Journal of Biochemistry. 262(2). 612–616. 70 indexed citations

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Contin, Adriana, Robert van der Heijden, Alfons W. M. Lefeber, & Robert Verpoorte. (1998). The iridoid glucoside secologanin is derived from the novel triose phosphate/pyruvate pathway in a Catharanthus roseus cell culture. FEBS Letters. 434(3). 413–416. 120 indexed citations

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Canel, Camilo, Inês Lopes Cardoso, Leslie van der Fits, et al.. (1998). Effects of over-expression of strictosidine synthase and tryptophan decarboxylase on alkaloid production by cell cultures of Catharanthus roseus. Planta. 205(3). 414–419. 141 indexed citations

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Heijden, Robert van der, et al.. (1997). Purification and Characterization of two Isoforms of Isopentenyl‐Diphosphate Isomerase from Elicitor‐Treated Cinchona Robusta Cells. European Journal of Biochemistry. 249(1). 161–170. 28 indexed citations

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Hallard, Didier, Robert van der Heijden, Robert Verpoorte, et al.. (1997). Suspension cultured transgenic cells of Nicotiana tabacum expressing tryptophan decarboxylase and strictosidine synthase cDNAs from Catharanthus roseus produce strictosidine upon secologanin feeding. Plant Cell Reports. 17(1). 50–54. 28 indexed citations

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Heijden, Robert van der, Robert Verpoorte, & Johannis A. Duine. (1994). Biosynthesis of 3S-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A in Catharanthus roseus: acetoacetyl-CoA thiolase and HMG-CoA synthase show similar chromatographic behaviour. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry. 32(6). 807–812. 15 indexed citations

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Moreno, Paulo Roberto Hrihorowitsch, Robert van der Heijden, Walter van Gulik, et al.. (1993). Induction of ajmalicine formation and related enzyme activities in Catharanthus roseus cells: effect of inoculum density. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 39(1). 42–47. 38 indexed citations

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Giroud, C., et al.. (1991). Thermospray Liquid Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry (TSP LC/MS) Analysis of the Alkaloids fromCinchona in vitroCultures. Planta Medica. 57(2). 142–148. 23 indexed citations

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Heijden, Robert van der, et al.. (1990). Formation and degradation of some aspidospermatan indole alkaloids in a suspension culture of Tabernaemontana divaricata.. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry. 28(3). 351–358. 6 indexed citations

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Pennings, E. J. M., et al.. (1989). Assay of strictosidine synthase from plant cell cultures by high-performance liquid chromatography. Analytical Biochemistry. 176(2). 412–415. 48 indexed citations

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Heijden, Robert van der, et al.. (1988). Accumulation of Indole Alkaloids in a Suspension Culture ofTabernaemontana divaricata¹. Planta Medica. 54(5). 393–397. 12 indexed citations

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Pennings, E. J. M., et al.. (1987). Assay of tryptophan decarboxylase from Catharanthus roseus plant cell cultures by high-performance liquid chromatography. Analytical Biochemistry. 165(1). 133–136. 41 indexed citations

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