Simon Stael

2.8k total citations
43 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Simon Stael is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Spectroscopy. According to data from OpenAlex, Simon Stael has authored 43 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Molecular Biology, 26 papers in Plant Science and 3 papers in Spectroscopy. Recurrent topics in Simon Stael's work include Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (19 papers), Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance (13 papers) and Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (8 papers). Simon Stael is often cited by papers focused on Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (19 papers), Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance (13 papers) and Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (8 papers). Simon Stael collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, Sweden and Austria. Simon Stael's co-authors include Markus Teige, Frank Van Breusegem, Norbert Mehlmer, Bernhard Wurzinger, Ute C. Vothknecht, Roman G. Bayer, Andrea Mair, Patrick J. Willems, Kris Gevaert and Edina Csaszar and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Nature Communications and The EMBO Journal.

In The Last Decade

Simon Stael

42 papers receiving 2.0k citations

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Simon Stael 1.4k 1.3k 96 81 67 43 2.0k
Raquel L. Chan 3.8k 2.6× 3.0k 2.4× 77 0.8× 50 0.6× 81 1.2× 103 4.5k
Marcelo Desimone 1.5k 1.0× 1.3k 1.0× 56 0.6× 28 0.3× 52 0.8× 21 1.9k
Yohei Nanjo 1.8k 1.2× 759 0.6× 61 0.6× 50 0.6× 77 1.1× 47 2.2k
Andrea Mair 1.1k 0.8× 939 0.7× 151 1.6× 39 0.5× 34 0.5× 18 1.5k
Michael Wrzaczek 2.0k 1.4× 1.2k 1.0× 90 0.9× 21 0.3× 40 0.6× 33 2.4k
Wolfgang Hoehenwarter 1.1k 0.8× 1.2k 1.0× 101 1.1× 27 0.3× 44 0.7× 60 2.1k
James A. Sullivan 2.2k 1.5× 2.4k 1.9× 177 1.8× 101 1.2× 132 2.0× 33 3.0k
Naohiro Kato 2.0k 1.4× 1.7k 1.4× 273 2.8× 28 0.3× 70 1.0× 56 2.7k
Loreto Holuigue 2.0k 1.4× 1.6k 1.3× 121 1.3× 33 0.4× 53 0.8× 54 2.7k
Jeong‐Il Kim 2.0k 1.4× 1.7k 1.3× 65 0.7× 87 1.1× 41 0.6× 100 2.4k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Simon Stael

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Simon Stael

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

All Works

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Zou, Yong, Melanie Krebs, Karin Schumacher, et al.. (2025). ATG8 delipidation is not universally critical for autophagy in plants. Nature Communications. 16(1). 403–403. 8 indexed citations
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Armengot, Laia, Svenja C. Saile, Esperanza Fernández, et al.. (2025). Lack of AtMC1 catalytic activity triggers autoimmunity dependent on NLR stability. EMBO Reports. 26(9). 2378–2412. 2 indexed citations
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Stael, Simon, et al.. (2025). Proteasome shuttle protein DSK2b regulates the enzymatic browning of potato. Postharvest Biology and Technology. 227. 113566–113566.
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Zou, Yong, et al.. (2025). Four guidelines to identify bona fide protease–substrate pairs. Journal of Experimental Botany. 76(15). 4313–4325. 1 indexed citations
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Zvereva, Anna S., Matteo Grenzi, Qun Yang, et al.. (2025). The burning glass effect of water droplets triggers a high light-induced calcium response in the chloroplast stroma. Current Biology. 35(11). 2642–2658.e7. 1 indexed citations
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Liu, Chen, Thorsten Pfirrmann, Elena A. Minina, et al.. (2024). Seed longevity is controlled by metacaspases. Nature Communications. 15(1). 6748–6748. 6 indexed citations
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Cosenza‐Contreras, Miguel, Niko Pinter, Manuel Rogg, et al.. (2024). TermineR: Extracting information on endogenous proteolytic processing from shotgun proteomics data. PROTEOMICS. 24(19). e2300491–e2300491. 11 indexed citations
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Zou, Yong, Adrian N. Dauphinee, Anna Åsman, et al.. (2023). Thermoprotection by a cell membrane–localized metacaspase in a green alga. The Plant Cell. 36(3). 665–687. 6 indexed citations
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Fernández-Fernández, Álvaro D., Simon Stael, & Frank Van Breusegem. (2023). Mechanisms controlling plant proteases and their substrates. Cell Death and Differentiation. 30(4). 1047–1058. 9 indexed citations
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Krahn, Daniel, Kyoko Morimoto, Marko Novinec, et al.. (2022). Activity-based probes trap early active intermediates during metacaspase activation. iScience. 25(11). 105247–105247. 3 indexed citations
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Canher, Balkan, et al.. (2021). Pars Pro Toto: Every Single Cell Matters. Frontiers in Plant Science. 12. 656825–656825. 11 indexed citations
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Durán-Flores, Dalia, et al.. (2020). Breaking Bad News: Dynamic Molecular Mechanisms of Wound Response in Plants. Frontiers in Plant Science. 11. 610445–610445. 74 indexed citations
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Fernández-Fernández, Álvaro D., Robert P. Kumpf, Patrick J. Willems, et al.. (2019). Damage on plants activates Ca 2+ -dependent metacaspases for release of immunomodulatory peptides. Science. 363(6433). 179 indexed citations
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Yao, Panfeng, Renyu Deng, Yunji Huang, et al.. (2019). Diverse biological effects of glycosyltransferase genes from Tartary buckwheat. BMC Plant Biology. 19(1). 339–339. 21 indexed citations
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Willems, Patrick J., Amna Mhamdi, Simon Stael, et al.. (2016). The ROS Wheel: Refining ROS Transcriptional Footprints. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 171(3). 1720–1733. 119 indexed citations
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Wrzaczek, Michael, Julia P. Vainonen, Simon Stael, et al.. (2014). GRIM REAPER peptide binds to receptor kinase PRK 5 to trigger cell death in Arabidopsis. The EMBO Journal. 34(1). 55–66. 80 indexed citations
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Minina, Elena A., Simon Stael, Frank Van Breusegem, & Peter V. Bozhkov. (2014). Plant Metacaspase Activation and Activity. Methods in molecular biology. 1133. 237–253. 9 indexed citations
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Stael, Simon, Patrick J. Willems, Katrien Van Der Kelen, et al.. (2014). Plant innate immunity – sunny side up?. Trends in Plant Science. 20(1). 3–11. 163 indexed citations
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Bayer, Roman G., Simon Stael, Edina Csaszar, & Markus Teige. (2011). Mining the soluble chloroplast proteome by affinity chromatography. PROTEOMICS. 11(7). 1287–1299. 38 indexed citations

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