Sofie Dobbelaere

2.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
10 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Sofie Dobbelaere is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Sofie Dobbelaere has authored 10 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Plant Science, 3 papers in Molecular Biology and 1 paper in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Sofie Dobbelaere's work include Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (5 papers), Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (5 papers) and Nematode management and characterization studies (3 papers). Sofie Dobbelaere is often cited by papers focused on Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (5 papers), Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (5 papers) and Nematode management and characterization studies (3 papers). Sofie Dobbelaere collaborates with scholars based in Belgium and Israel. Sofie Dobbelaere's co-authors include Jos Vanderleyden, Yaacov Okon, Anja Croonenborghs, Ann Vande Broek, Stijn Spaepen, Saul Burdman, Jesús Caballero-Mellado, Daniel E. Kadouri, Juan Francisco Aguirre-Medina and Shlomo Sarig and has published in prestigious journals such as Plant and Soil, Biology and Fertility of Soils and Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Sofie Dobbelaere

10 papers receiving 1.5k 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.

Plant Growth-Promoting Effects of Diazotrophs in the Rhizosphere

2003 691 citations Sofie Dobbelaere, Jos Vanderleyden et al. Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sofie Dobbelaere Belgium	7	1.4k	273	235	199	108	10	1.7k
S. S. Sindhu India	24	1.8k 1.2×	367 1.3×	324 1.4×	230 1.2×	133 1.2×	122	2.2k
Z. A. Zahir Pakistan	20	2.1k 1.4×	444 1.6×	186 0.8×	251 1.3×	90 0.8×	50	2.3k
Zulkifli Shamsuddin Malaysia	18	913 0.6×	227 0.8×	138 0.6×	99 0.5×	80 0.7×	47	1.1k
Kauser A. Malik Pakistan	17	1.0k 0.7×	255 0.9×	158 0.7×	126 0.6×	86 0.8×	27	1.2k
Rabia Khalid Pakistan	6	1.1k 0.8×	253 0.9×	240 1.0×	120 0.6×	175 1.6×	15	1.4k
Halimi Mohd Saud Malaysia	21	1.3k 0.9×	368 1.3×	287 1.2×	130 0.7×	144 1.3×	101	1.7k
John R. Lamont Canada	5	1.2k 0.8×	310 1.1×	169 0.7×	66 0.3×	135 1.3×	8	1.4k
Pranaba Nanda Bhattacharyya India	9	1.6k 1.1×	367 1.3×	236 1.0×	109 0.5×	116 1.1×	25	1.9k
Rocheli de Souza Brazil	11	1.0k 0.7×	313 1.1×	180 0.8×	63 0.3×	143 1.3×	16	1.2k
Gayathri Ilangumaran Canada	6	1.5k 1.0×	359 1.3×	180 0.8×	80 0.4×	155 1.4×	7	1.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Sofie Dobbelaere

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sofie Dobbelaere

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sofie Dobbelaere

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

All Works

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10 of 10 papers shown

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Vandamme, Erick, et al.. (2011). Industrial biomass: source of chemicals, materials, and energy! : implications and limitations of the use of biomass as a source for food, chemicals, materials and energy. Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University). 2 indexed citations

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Vandermeulen, Valerie, Ann Verspecht, Guido Van Huylenbroeck, et al.. (2010). Hoe biobased is de Vlaamse economie. Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University). 2 indexed citations

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Spaepen, Stijn, Sofie Dobbelaere, Anja Croonenborghs, & Jos Vanderleyden. (2008). Effects of Azospirillum brasilense indole-3-acetic acid production on inoculated wheat plants. Plant and Soil. 312(1-2). 15–23. 142 indexed citations

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Morgan-Sagastume, Fernando, Nico Boon, Sofie Dobbelaere, Tom Defoirdt, & Willy Verstraete. (2005). Production of acylated homoserine lactones byAeromonasandPseudomonasstrains isolated from municipal activated sludge. Canadian Journal of Microbiology. 51(11). 924–933. 36 indexed citations

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Dobbelaere, Sofie, Jos Vanderleyden, & Yaacov Okon. (2003). Plant Growth-Promoting Effects of Diazotrophs in the Rhizosphere. Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences. 22(2). 107–149. 691 indexed citations breakdown →

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Dobbelaere, Sofie, et al.. (2002). Use of green fluorescent protein to visualize rice root colonization by Azospirillum irakense and A. brasilense. Functional Plant Biology. 29(11). 1279–1285. 14 indexed citations

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Dobbelaere, Sofie, et al.. (2002). Effect of inoculation with wild type Azospirillum brasilense and A. irakense strains on development and nitrogen uptake of spring wheat and grain maize. Biology and Fertility of Soils. 36(4). 284–297. 135 indexed citations

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Dobbelaere, Sofie, Anja Croonenborghs, Jos Vanderleyden, et al.. (2001). Responses of agronomically important crops to inoculation with Azospirillum. Australian Journal of Plant Physiology. 28(9). 871–879. 299 indexed citations

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Dobbelaere, Sofie, et al.. (2000). Azospirillum-plant root interactions: signaling and metabolic interactions. 761–777. 5 indexed citations

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Dobbelaere, Sofie, et al.. (1999). Phytostimulatory effect of Azospirillum brasilense wild type and mutant strains altered in IAA production on wheat. Plant and Soil. 212(2). 153–162. 335 indexed citations

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