Sarah De Saeger

21.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
466 papers, 15.9k citations indexed

About

Sarah De Saeger is a scholar working on Plant Science, Food Science and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Sarah De Saeger has authored 466 papers receiving a total of 15.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 362 papers in Plant Science, 102 papers in Food Science and 77 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Sarah De Saeger's work include Mycotoxins in Agriculture and Food (345 papers), Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology (94 papers) and Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases (76 papers). Sarah De Saeger is often cited by papers focused on Mycotoxins in Agriculture and Food (345 papers), Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology (94 papers) and Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases (76 papers). Sarah De Saeger collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, Russia and China. Sarah De Saeger's co-authors include Carlos Van Peteghem, Marthe De Boevre, Irina Yu. Goryacheva, José Diana Di Mavungu, Emmanuel Njumbe Ediage, Natalia V. Beloglazova, Christof Van Poucke, Geert Haesaert, Kris Audenaert and Liberty Sibanda and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Analytical Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Sarah De Saeger

450 papers receiving 15.5k 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.

Masked mycotoxins: A review

2012 605 citations Franz Berthiller, Colin Crews et al. Molecular Nutrition & Food Research profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sarah De Saeger Belgium	68	10.8k	3.6k	3.1k	2.1k	1.9k	466	15.9k
Rudolf Krska Austria	77	17.4k 1.6×	3.7k 1.0×	5.2k 1.7×	3.7k 1.8×	1.5k 0.8×	490	22.3k
Michael Sulyok Austria	61	10.9k 1.0×	2.1k 0.6×	3.3k 1.1×	2.6k 1.3×	580 0.3×	372	14.0k
Jordí Mañes Spain	62	8.2k 0.8×	2.3k 0.6×	5.6k 1.8×	1.2k 0.6×	795 0.4×	380	14.4k
Angelo Visconti Italy	62	7.9k 0.7×	2.3k 0.6×	2.9k 0.9×	2.4k 1.2×	745 0.4×	246	11.1k
Hans‐Ulrich Humpf Germany	54	5.6k 0.5×	3.5k 1.0×	1.6k 0.5×	1.5k 0.7×	667 0.4×	340	11.8k
Antonio J. Ramos Spain	59	9.1k 0.8×	1.2k 0.3×	2.7k 0.9×	2.9k 1.4×	414 0.2×	283	11.4k
Sonia Marı́n Spain	59	9.1k 0.8×	1.1k 0.3×	2.6k 0.8×	3.2k 1.5×	438 0.2×	259	10.9k
Chiara Dall’Asta Italy	50	5.9k 0.6×	1.8k 0.5×	2.3k 0.8×	1.3k 0.6×	509 0.3×	302	9.8k
Naresh Magan United Kingdom	67	11.4k 1.1×	2.2k 0.6×	2.4k 0.8×	4.7k 2.3×	1.7k 0.9×	382	15.5k
Vicente Sanchís Spain	57	9.5k 0.9×	1.2k 0.3×	2.7k 0.9×	3.5k 1.7×	394 0.2×	287	11.3k

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Muloi, Dishon, et al.. (2025). Multi-mycotoxin occurrence and their risk to poultry health in semi-intensive broiler farms in Kenya. Poultry Science. 104(5). 105008–105008.

Odongo, Grace Akinyi, Zdenko Herceg, Rita Khoueiry, et al.. (2025). Aflatoxin B1 induces subtle but coordinated histone modifications in Epstein-Barr virus infected and non-infected Burkitt lymphoma cells. Environment International. 204. 109813–109813.

Argaw, Alemayehu, et al.. (2024). Prenatal ochratoxin A exposure, birth outcomes and infant growth in rural Burkina Faso: A human biomonitoring sub-study from the MISAME-III trial. Emerging contaminants. 10(4). 100355–100355. 3 indexed citations

Delgado‐Povedano, María del Mar, Laura Gámiz‐Gracia, Ana M. García‐Campaña, et al.. (2024). Liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry for the determination of multiple mycotoxins in serum through suspect screening and targeted approaches: Advancing human mycotoxin biomonitoring. Microchemical Journal. 208. 112562–112562. 3 indexed citations

Tesfamariam, Kokeb, et al.. (2024). Dietary mycotoxin exposure and human health risks: A protocol for a systematic review. Environment International. 184. 108456–108456. 11 indexed citations

Suleiman, Rashid, et al.. (2024). Aflatoxin awareness and preventive agricultural practices are key to adoption of biocontrol among maize smallholder farmers in Tanzania. Mycotoxin Research. 41(1). 179–189. 1 indexed citations

Saeger, Sarah De, et al.. (2023). Public health risk due to aflatoxin and fumonisin contamination in rice in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 10(1). 7 indexed citations

Boevre, Marthe De, Arnau Vidal, Hannes Mikula, et al.. (2023). Natural Occurrence, Exposure Assessment & Risk Characterization of Alternaria Mycotoxins in Apple By-Products in Argentina. Exposure and Health. 16(1). 149–158. 13 indexed citations

Saeger, Sarah De, Marthe De Boevre, G. O. Adegoke, et al.. (2023). Mycotoxin reduction and metabolite profiles of ogi produced using traditional fermentation methods. Food Hydrocolloids for Health. 4. 100160–100160. 3 indexed citations

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Mesfin, Addisalem, Carl Lachat, Seifu Hagos Gebreyesus, et al.. (2023). Mycotoxins Exposure of Lactating Women and Its Relationship with Dietary and Pre/Post-Harvest Practices in Rural Ethiopia. Toxins. 15(4). 285–285. 5 indexed citations

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Tesfamariam, Kokeb, Seifu Hagos Gebreyesus, Carl Lachat, et al.. (2022). Chronic aflatoxin exposure during pregnancy is associated with lower fetal growth trajectories: a prospective cohort from the Butajira Nutrition, Mental Health, and Pregnancy (BUNMAP) Study in rural Ethiopia. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 116(6). 1634–1641. 11 indexed citations

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Saeger, Sarah De, Marthe De Boevre, G. O. Adegoke, et al.. (2021). Effect of Selected Cooking Ingredients for Nixtamalization on the Reduction of Fusarium Mycotoxins in Maize and Sorghum. Toxins. 13(1). 27–27. 18 indexed citations

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Martins, Carla, Duarte Torres, Carla Lopes, et al.. (2020). Deoxynivalenol exposure assessment through a modelling approach of food intake and biomonitoring data – A contribution to the risk assessment of an enteropathogenic mycotoxin. Food Research International. 140. 109863–109863. 14 indexed citations

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Adekoya, Ifeoluwa, Patrick Berka Njobeh, Adewale Olusegun Obadina, et al.. (2019). Investigation of the Metabolic Profile and Toxigenic Variability of Fungal Species Occurring in Fermented Foods and Beverage from Nigeria and South Africa Using UPLC-MS/MS. Toxins. 11(2). 85–85. 13 indexed citations

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Arroyo‐Manzanares, Natalia, José Diana Di Mavungu, Inmaculada Garrido‐Jurado, et al.. (2017). Analytical strategy for determination of known and unknown destruxins using hybrid quadrupole-Orbitrap high-resolution mass spectrometry. Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry. 409(13). 3347–3357. 14 indexed citations

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Broekaert, Nathan, Mathias Devreese, Stijn Schauvliege, et al.. (2016). Deoxynivalenol-3-β-D-glucoside : in vitro cytotoxicity and in vivo oral bioavailability and hydrolysis in broiler chicken and pig. Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University). 1 indexed citations

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Wauters, Jella, et al.. (2016). Rapid method for the simultaneous detection of boar taint compounds by means of solid phase microextraction coupled to gas chromatography/mass spectrometry. Journal of Chromatography A. 1462. 124–133. 15 indexed citations

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Berthiller, Franz, Colin Crews, Chiara Dall’Asta, et al.. (2012). Masked mycotoxins: A review. Molecular Nutrition & Food Research. 57(1). 165–186. 605 indexed citations breakdown →

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Saeger, Sarah De. (2011). Determining mycotoxins and mycotoxigenic fungi in food and feed. Woodhead Publishing Limited eBooks. 72 indexed citations

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Sergent, Thérèse, Sarah De Saeger, Luc Pussemier, et al.. (2005). Differential modulation of ochratoxin A absorption across Caco-2 cells by dietary polyphenols, used at realistic intestinal concentrations. Toxicology Letters. 159(1). 60–70. 69 indexed citations

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