Robin Browaeys

4.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
6 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Robin Browaeys is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Immunology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Robin Browaeys has authored 6 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 4 papers in Molecular Biology, 3 papers in Immunology and 2 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Robin Browaeys's work include Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics (4 papers), IL-33, ST2, and ILC Pathways (2 papers) and Eosinophilic Esophagitis (2 papers). Robin Browaeys is often cited by papers focused on Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics (4 papers), IL-33, ST2, and ILC Pathways (2 papers) and Eosinophilic Esophagitis (2 papers). Robin Browaeys collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, United States and Netherlands. Robin Browaeys's co-authors include Yvan Saeys, Wouter Saelens, Ruth Seurinck, António P. Baptista, Charlotte L. Scott, Matthias Vanderkerken, Carl F. Ware, Marco De Giovanni, Bart N. Lambrecht and Satoshi Fukuyama and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Experimental Medicine, Nature Methods and Nature Protocols.

In The Last Decade

Robin Browaeys

6 papers receiving 1.1k 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.

NicheNet: modeling intercellular communication by linking ligands to target genes

2019 1.0k citations Robin Browaeys, Wouter Saelens et al. Nature Methods profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Robin Browaeys Belgium	5	664	439	203	149	88	6	1.1k
Elisabetta Mereu Italy	16	843 1.3×	290 0.7×	226 1.1×	219 1.5×	99 1.1×	29	1.3k
Ricardo O. Ramirez Flores Germany	11	758 1.1×	250 0.6×	141 0.7×	147 1.0×	62 0.7×	17	1.1k
Stefan Peidli Germany	3	1.0k 1.5×	368 0.8×	181 0.9×	197 1.3×	95 1.1×	5	1.4k
Lev Silberstein United States	9	972 1.5×	409 0.9×	156 0.8×	306 2.1×	54 0.6×	14	1.5k
Quy Nguyen United States	14	579 0.9×	421 1.0×	422 2.1×	232 1.6×	92 1.0×	27	1.2k
Elena Christian United States	9	574 0.9×	619 1.4×	441 2.2×	236 1.6×	78 0.9×	11	1.4k
Joseph Bergenstråhle Sweden	10	1.1k 1.7×	295 0.7×	155 0.8×	295 2.0×	85 1.0×	11	1.4k
José Alquicira-Hernández Australia	8	810 1.2×	235 0.5×	98 0.5×	249 1.7×	67 0.8×	12	1.1k
Emma Dann United States	7	704 1.1×	298 0.7×	131 0.6×	215 1.4×	143 1.6×	12	1.0k
Erjie Zhao China	6	612 0.9×	299 0.7×	161 0.8×	261 1.8×	192 2.2×	7	956

Countries citing papers authored by Robin Browaeys

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Robin Browaeys

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

All Works

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6 of 6 papers shown

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Browaeys, Robin, et al.. (2025). Unraveling cell–cell communication with NicheNet by inferring active ligands from transcriptomics data. Nature Protocols. 20(6). 1439–1467. 4 indexed citations

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Browaeys, Robin, et al.. (2024). Spotless, a reproducible pipeline for benchmarking cell type deconvolution in spatial transcriptomics. eLife. 12. 3 indexed citations

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Moorleghem, Justine Van, Laure Dumoutier, Neal P. Smith, et al.. (2024). IL-2 family cytokines IL-9 and IL-21 differentially regulate innate and adaptive type 2 immunity in asthma. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 154(5). 1129–1145. 9 indexed citations

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Browaeys, Robin, et al.. (2023). Spotless, a reproducible pipeline for benchmarking cell type deconvolution in spatial transcriptomics. eLife. 12. 15 indexed citations

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Vanderkerken, Matthias, António P. Baptista, Marco De Giovanni, et al.. (2021). ILC3s control splenic cDC homeostasis via lymphotoxin signaling. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 218(5). 12 indexed citations

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Browaeys, Robin, Wouter Saelens, & Yvan Saeys. (2019). NicheNet: modeling intercellular communication by linking ligands to target genes. Nature Methods. 17(2). 159–162. 1019 indexed citations breakdown →

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