Rupert De Wächter

14.6k total citations · 4 hit papers
134 papers, 12.2k citations indexed

About

Rupert De Wächter is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Rupert De Wächter has authored 134 papers receiving a total of 12.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 115 papers in Molecular Biology, 67 papers in Ecology and 22 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Rupert De Wächter's work include Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (63 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (50 papers) and Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (33 papers). Rupert De Wächter is often cited by papers focused on Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (63 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (50 papers) and Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (33 papers). Rupert De Wächter collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, Germany and United States. Rupert De Wächter's co-authors include Yves Van de Peer, Peter De Rijk, Jean‐Marc Neefs, Thierry Backeljau, Birgitta Winnepenninckx, Walter Fiers, Gert Van der Auwera, Seung Yeo Moon‐van der Staay, Daniel Vaulot and Annick Wilmotte and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Rupert De Wächter

134 papers receiving 11.5k 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.

TREECON for Windows: a software package for the construction and drawing of evolutionary trees for the Microsoft Windows environment

1994 2.1k citations Yves Van de Peer, Rupert De Wächter Computer applications in the biosciences profile →
Extraction of high molecular weight DNA from molluscs

1993 839 citations Birgitta Winnepenninckx, Thierry Backeljau et al. profile →
Compilation of small ribosomal subunit RNA sequences

1992 756 citations Peter De Rijk, Jean‐Marc Neefs et al. Nucleic Acids Research profile →
Oceanic 18S rDNA sequences from picoplankton reveal unsuspected eukaryotic diversity

2001 733 citations Rupert De Wächter et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Classification of all putative permeases and other membrane plurispanners of the major facilitator superfamily encoded by the complete genome of Saccharomyces cerevisiae 2006 ·FEMS Microbiology Reviews ·Bart Nelissen, Rupert De Wächter, André Goffeau	85
2	Pelistega europaea gen. nov., sp. nov., a bacterium associated with respiratory disease in pigeons: taxonomic structure and phylogenetic allocation 1998 ·International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology ·Peter Vandamme, Patrick Segers, M. Ryll, J. Hommez, Marc Vancanneyt, R. Coopman, (unknown), Yves Van de Peer, K. Kersters, Rupert De Wächter, K.‐H. Hinz	33
3	Details of Gastropod Phylogeny Inferred from 18S rRNA Sequences 1998 ·Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution ·Birgitta Winnepenninckx, G. Steïner, Thierry Backeljau, Rupert De Wächter	50
4	Classification of all putative permeases and other membrane multispanners of the Major Facilitator Superfamily encoded by the complete genome of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. 1997 ·Bart Nelissen, F. Van Leuven, Rupert De Wächter, André Goffeau	1
5	Construction of evolutionary distance trees with TREECON for Windows: accounting for variation in nucleotide substitution rate among sites 1997 ·Computer applications in the biosciences ·Yves Van de Peer, Rupert De Wächter	346
6	Evolutionary Relationships Among the Eukaryotic Crown Taxa Taking into Account Site-to-Site Rate Variation in 18S rRNA 1997 ·Journal of Molecular Evolution ·Yves Van de Peer, Rupert De Wächter	202
7	Substitution rate calibration of nucleotide sequence alignments and application to phylogenetic tree construction 1996 ·Archives of Physiology and Biochemistry ·Yves Van de Peer, Rupert De Wächter	1
8	18S rRNA suggests that Entoprocta are protostomes, unrelated to Ectoprocta 1996 ·Journal of Molecular Evolution ·(unknown), Birgitta Winnepenninckx, Rupert De Wächter, Thierry Backeljau, (unknown), James R. Garey	98
9	Large-subunit rRNA sequence of the chytridiomyceteBlastocladiella emersonii, and implications for the evolution of zoosporic fungi 1996 ·Journal of Molecular Evolution ·Gert Van der Auwera, Rupert De Wächter	22
10	The phylogeny of the Hyphochytriomycota as deduced from ribosomal RNA sequences of Hyphochytrium catenoides. 1995 ·Molecular Biology and Evolution ·Gert Van der Auwera, (unknown), Yves Van de Peer, Peter De Rijk, I. Van den Broeck, Rupert De Wächter	42
11	18S rRNA data indicate that Aschelminthes are polyphyletic in origin and consist of at least three distinct clades. 1995 ·Molecular Biology and Evolution ·Birgitta Winnepenninckx, Thierry Backeljau, (unknown), John M. Brooks, Rupert De Wächter, Surendra Kumar, James R. Garey	147
12	TREECON for Windows: a software package for the construction and drawing of evolutionary trees for the Microsoft Windows environment breakdown → 1994 ·Computer applications in the biosciences ·Yves Van de Peer, Rupert De Wächter	2093
13	Structure of the 16 S ribosomal RNA of the thermophilic cyanobacterium chlorogloeopsis HTF (‘mastigocladus laminosus HTF’) strain PCC7518, and phylogenetic analysis 1993 ·FEBS Letters ·Annick Wilmotte, Gert Van der Auwera, Rupert De Wächter	385
14	Complete small ribosomal subunit RNA sequence of the chitonAcanthopleura japonica(Lischke, 1873) (Mollusca, Polyplacophora) 1993 ·Nucleic Acids Research ·Birgitta Winnepenninckx, (unknown), Rupert De Wächter	16
15	Ribosomal RNA as a tool for studying evolution 1992 ·Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University) ·Yves Van de Peer, Jean‐Marc Neefs, Peter De Rijk, (unknown), Anne Goris, Lydia Hendriks, Rupert De Wächter	1
16	Phylogenetic study of Cyanobacteria on the basis of 16S ribosomal RNA sequences 1992 ·Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University) ·Bart Nelissen, Annick Wilmotte, Raymond De Baere, (unknown), Yves Van de Peer, Jean‐Marc Neefs, Rupert De Wächter	9
17	Compilation of small ribosomal subunit RNA sequences 1991 ·Nucleic Acids Research ·Jean‐Marc Neefs, Yves Van de Peer, Peter De Rijk, Anne Goris, Rupert De Wächter	173
18	5S rRNA sequences of representatives of the genera Chlorobium, Prosthecochloris, Thermomicrobium, Cytophaga, Flavobacterium, Flexibacter and Saprospira and a discussion of the evolution of eubacteria in general 1990 ·Journal of General Microbiology ·(unknown), Yves Van de Peer, Jerome J. Perry, Rupert De Wächter	14
19	Compilation of small ribosomal subunit RNA sequences 1988 ·Nucleic Acids Research ·Erna Dams, Lydia Hendriks, Yves Van de Peer, Jean‐Marc Neefs, (unknown), (unknown), Rupert De Wächter	192
20	Collection of published 5S and 5.8S ribosomal RNA sequences 1983 ·Nucleic Acids Research ·Volker A. Erdmann, Erik Huysmans, Antoon Vandenberghe, Rupert De Wächter	27

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