Sara Maes

4.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
35 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

About

Sara Maes is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Sara Maes has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Molecular Biology, 18 papers in Plant Science and 7 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Sara Maes's work include Plant Molecular Biology Research (14 papers), Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (7 papers) and Identification and Quantification in Food (7 papers). Sara Maes is often cited by papers focused on Plant Molecular Biology Research (14 papers), Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (7 papers) and Identification and Quantification in Food (7 papers). Sara Maes collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, France and Hungary. Sara Maes's co-authors include Lieven De Veylder, Dirk Inzé, Gerrit T.S. Beemster, Els Van Der Schueren, Tom Beeckman, Lisa Devriese, Annelies Haegeman, Tom Ruttink, Peter Dawyndt and Caroline De Tender and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

Sara Maes

33 papers receiving 3.4k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Functional Analysis of Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitors of Arabidopsis

2001 518 citations Lieven De Veylder, Tom Beeckman et al. The Plant Cell profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sara Maes Belgium	22	2.3k	2.0k	584	316	270	35	3.4k
Huiyu Tian China	26	1.8k 0.8×	1.0k 0.5×	1.1k 1.8×	431 1.4×	27 0.1×	47	3.3k
Lei Gong China	27	1.4k 0.6×	1.1k 0.5×	277 0.5×	86 0.3×	90 0.3×	87	2.2k
Karl‐Heinz Rexer Germany	17	948 0.4×	311 0.2×	218 0.4×	119 0.4×	431 1.6×	32	1.4k
Chao Sun China	31	1.3k 0.6×	1.3k 0.7×	172 0.3×	38 0.1×	197 0.7×	105	3.4k
Gerhard Rambold Germany	28	1.6k 0.7×	291 0.1×	223 0.4×	100 0.3×	760 2.8×	110	2.4k
Christiane Nawrath Switzerland	36	6.0k 2.6×	3.3k 1.6×	319 0.5×	11 0.0×	360 1.3×	58	7.4k
Angela Köhler Germany	27	332 0.1×	277 0.1×	1.8k 3.0×	954 3.0×	39 0.1×	64	3.3k
H.J.G. Meijer Netherlands	29	2.3k 1.0×	1.5k 0.8×	133 0.2×	57 0.2×	588 2.2×	67	3.1k
Jinjie Cui China	29	659 0.3×	900 0.5×	287 0.5×	150 0.5×	9 0.0×	148	2.4k
Renato Almeida Sarmento Brazil	23	1.1k 0.5×	393 0.2×	137 0.2×	45 0.1×	80 0.3×	176	2.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Sara Maes

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sara Maes

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

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Christodoulou, Magdalini, Sofie Derycke, Kevin K. Beentjes, et al.. (2025). A taxonomically reliable DNA barcode reference library for North Sea macrobenthos. Scientific Data. 12(1). 1198–1198.

Maes, Sara, et al.. (2025). Monthly eDNA Metabarcoding Data From the Coastal North Sea Area Align With Fish Species‐Specific Life Cycle Events. Environmental DNA. 7(4).

Backer, Annelies De, Sara Maes, Rein Brys, et al.. (2024). Environmental DNA for monitoring the impact of offshore wind farms on fish and invertebrate community structures. Environmental DNA. 6(4). 6 indexed citations

Maes, Sara, et al.. (2024). Vertical and horizontal environmental DNA (eDNA) patterns of fish in a shallow and well-mixed North Sea area. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 16748–16748. 12 indexed citations

Tender, Caroline De, Lisa Devriese, Annelies Haegeman, et al.. (2017). Temporal Dynamics of Bacterial and Fungal Colonization on Plastic Debris in the North Sea. Environmental Science & Technology. 51(13). 7350–7360. 273 indexed citations

Chechenova, Maria B., et al.. (2017). Functional redundancy and nonredundancy between two Troponin C isoforms inDrosophilaadult muscles. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 28(6). 760–770. 17 indexed citations

Chechenova, Maria B., Sara Maes, & Richard M. Cripps. (2015). Expression of the Troponin C at 41C Gene in Adult Drosophila Tubular Muscles Depends upon Both Positive and Negative Regulatory Inputs. PLoS ONE. 10(12). e0144615–e0144615. 3 indexed citations

Bekaert, Karen, Lisa Devriese, Sara Maes, & Johan Robbens. (2014). Characterization of the dominant bacterial communities during storage of Norway lobster and Norway lobster tails ( Nephrops norvegicus ) based on 16S rDNA analysis by PCR-DGGE. Food Microbiology. 46. 132–138. 42 indexed citations

Maes, Sara, et al.. (2014). A semi-artificial rearing system for the specialist predatory ladybird Cryptolaemus montrouzieri. BioControl. 59(5). 557–564. 18 indexed citations

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Bonte, Jochem, Dominiek Vangansbeke, Sara Maes, et al.. (2012). Moisture Source and Diet affect Development and Reproduction ofOrius thripoborusandOrius naivashae, two Predatory Anthocorids from Southern Africa. Journal of Insect Science. 12(1). 1–16. 114 indexed citations

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Berckmans, Barbara, Valya Vassileva, Sara Maes, et al.. (2011). Auxin-Dependent Cell Cycle Reactivation through Transcriptional Regulation of Arabidopsis E2Fa by Lateral Organ Boundary Proteins. The Plant Cell. 23(10). 3671–3683. 183 indexed citations

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Radziejwoski, Amandine, Kobe Vlieghe, Tim Lammens, et al.. (2010). Atypical E2F activity coordinates PHR1 photolyase gene transcription with endoreduplication onset. The EMBO Journal. 30(2). 355–363. 59 indexed citations

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Manes, Carmem-Lara de O., Dorota Kwiatkowska, Barbara Berckmans, et al.. (2010). Cyclin-dependent kinase activity retains the shoot apical meristem cells in an undifferentiated state. The Plant Journal. 64(1). no–no. 26 indexed citations

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Cools, Toon, Anelia Iantcheva, Sara Maes, Hilde Van den Daele, & Lieven De Veylder. (2010). A replication stress-induced synchronization method for Arabidopsis thaliana root meristems. The Plant Journal. 64(4). 705–714. 55 indexed citations

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Takahashi, Naoki, Tim Lammens, Véronique Boudolf, et al.. (2008). The DNA replication checkpoint aids survival of plants deficient in the novel replisome factor ETG1. The EMBO Journal. 27(13). 1840–1851. 74 indexed citations

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Lammens, Tim, Véronique Boudolf, Lykourgos‐Panagiotis Zalmas, et al.. (2008). Atypical E2F activity restrains APC/C ^CCS52A2 function obligatory for endocycle onset. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 105(38). 14721–14726. 150 indexed citations

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Kamei, Claire Lessa Alvim, Joanna Boruc, Klaas Vandepoele, et al.. (2008). ThePRA1Gene Family in Arabidopsis . PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 147(4). 1735–1749. 37 indexed citations

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Vlieghe, Kobe, Véronique Boudolf, Gerrit T.S. Beemster, et al.. (2005). The DP-E2F-like Gene DEL1 Controls the Endocycle in Arabidopsis thaliana. Current Biology. 15(1). 59–63. 141 indexed citations

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Boudolf, Véronique, Kobe Vlieghe, Gerrit T.S. Beemster, et al.. (2004). The Plant-Specific Cyclin-Dependent Kinase CDKB1;1 and Transcription Factor E2Fa-DPa Control the Balance of Mitotically Dividing and Endoreduplicating Cells in Arabidopsis. The Plant Cell. 16(10). 2683–2692. 227 indexed citations

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Veylder, Lieven De, Tom Beeckman, Gerrit T.S. Beemster, et al.. (2002). Control of proliferation, endoreduplication and differentiation by the Arabidopsis E2Fa-DPa transcription factor. The EMBO Journal. 21(6). 1360–1368. 320 indexed citations

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