Sofie Saerens

2.7k total citations
18 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Sofie Saerens is a scholar working on Food Science, Molecular Biology and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Sofie Saerens has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Food Science, 12 papers in Molecular Biology and 4 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Sofie Saerens's work include Fermentation and Sensory Analysis (16 papers), Fungal and yeast genetics research (10 papers) and Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (6 papers). Sofie Saerens is often cited by papers focused on Fermentation and Sensory Analysis (16 papers), Fungal and yeast genetics research (10 papers) and Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (6 papers). Sofie Saerens collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, United States and Denmark. Sofie Saerens's co-authors include Freddy R. Delvaux, Johan M. Thevelein, Kevin J. Verstrepen, Patrick Van Dijck, Pieter J. Verbelen, Stijn D. M. Van Laere, Sebastiaan E. Van Mulders, Arnout Voet, Elke Nevoigt and Michael Crafack and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Applied and Environmental Microbiology and Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology.

In The Last Decade

Sofie Saerens

18 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Sofie Saerens Belgium 17 1.5k 756 680 283 261 18 1.9k
Manuela Giordano Italy 23 873 0.6× 323 0.4× 344 0.5× 102 0.4× 96 0.4× 49 1.3k
Montse Poblet Spain 16 895 0.6× 449 0.6× 487 0.7× 213 0.8× 175 0.7× 27 1.2k
Benoit Divol South Africa 29 1.8k 1.2× 703 0.9× 1.2k 1.7× 384 1.4× 166 0.6× 78 2.2k
Braulio Esteve‐Zarzoso Spain 30 3.0k 2.0× 969 1.3× 2.1k 3.1× 366 1.3× 141 0.5× 49 3.4k
Marius G. Lambrechts South Africa 19 1.4k 0.9× 1.1k 1.4× 878 1.3× 384 1.4× 314 1.2× 34 2.1k
Giorgia Perpetuini Italy 26 1.4k 0.9× 678 0.9× 741 1.1× 222 0.8× 68 0.3× 63 1.8k
Marta Bertolino Italy 22 768 0.5× 248 0.3× 256 0.4× 79 0.3× 52 0.2× 66 1.2k
Mariana Combina Argentina 28 1.4k 0.9× 371 0.5× 1.9k 2.8× 272 1.0× 64 0.2× 78 2.4k
Paola Piombino Italy 24 1.4k 0.9× 540 0.7× 723 1.1× 153 0.5× 375 1.4× 60 2.1k
Herbert Michlmayr Austria 24 547 0.4× 443 0.6× 1.1k 1.6× 229 0.8× 105 0.4× 41 1.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Sofie Saerens

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sofie Saerens

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sofie Saerens

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

All Works

18 of 18 papers shown
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Carlsen, Simon, et al.. (2024). Amino acid preference and fermentation performance of Pichia kluyveri strains in a synthetic wort. LWT. 199. 116059–116059. 5 indexed citations
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Carlsen, Simon, et al.. (2022). Non-Saccharomyces yeasts for beer production: Insights into safety aspects and considerations. International Journal of Food Microbiology. 383. 109951–109951. 26 indexed citations
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Melkonian, Chrats, Willi Gottstein, Sonja Blasche, et al.. (2019). Finding Functional Differences Between Species in a Microbial Community: Case Studies in Wine Fermentation and Kefir Culture. Frontiers in Microbiology. 10. 1347–1347. 26 indexed citations
4.
Crafack, Michael, Carl Emil Eskildsen, Mikael Agerlin Petersen, et al.. (2014). Impact of starter cultures and fermentation techniques on the volatile aroma and sensory profile of chocolate. Food Research International. 63. 306–316. 134 indexed citations
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Hubmann, Georg, María R. Foulquié-Moreno, Elke Nevoigt, et al.. (2013). Quantitative trait analysis of yeast biodiversity yields novel gene tools for metabolic engineering. Metabolic Engineering. 17. 68–81. 39 indexed citations
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Crafack, Michael, Sofie Saerens, Andreas Blennow, et al.. (2013). Influencing cocoa flavour using Pichia kluyveri and Kluyveromyces marxianus in a defined mixed starter culture for cocoa fermentation. International Journal of Food Microbiology. 167(1). 103–116. 123 indexed citations
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Hyma, Katie E., Sofie Saerens, Kevin J. Verstrepen, & Justin C. Fay. (2011). Divergence in wine characteristics produced by wild and domesticated strains of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. FEMS Yeast Research. 11(7). 540–551. 41 indexed citations
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Saerens, Sofie, et al.. (2010). Genetic improvement of brewer’s yeast: current state, perspectives and limits. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 86(5). 1195–1212. 67 indexed citations
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Saerens, Sofie, Freddy R. Delvaux, Kevin J. Verstrepen, & Johan M. Thevelein. (2009). Production and biological function of volatile esters in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Microbial Biotechnology. 3(2). 165–177. 377 indexed citations
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Verbelen, Pieter J., Sofie Saerens, Sebastiaan E. Van Mulders, & Freddy R. Delvaux. (2009). The role of oxygen in yeast metabolism during high cell density brewery fermentations. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 82(6). 1143–1156. 53 indexed citations
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Verbelen, Pieter J., et al.. (2009). Stability of high cell density brewery fermentations during serial repitching. Biotechnology Letters. 31(11). 1729–1737. 17 indexed citations
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Laere, Stijn D. M. Van, Sofie Saerens, Kevin J. Verstrepen, et al.. (2008). Flavour formation in fungi: characterisation of KlAtf, the Kluyveromyces lactis orthologue of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae alcohol acetyltransferases Atf1 and Atf2. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 78(5). 783–792. 35 indexed citations
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Verbelen, Pieter J., et al.. (2008). Impact of pitching rate on yeast fermentation performance and beer flavour. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 82(1). 155–167. 63 indexed citations
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Saerens, Sofie, Pieter J. Verbelen, Nele Vanbeneden, Johan M. Thevelein, & Freddy R. Delvaux. (2008). Monitoring the influence of high-gravity brewing and fermentation temperature on flavour formation by analysis of gene expression levels in brewing yeast. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 80(6). 1039–1051. 108 indexed citations
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Mulders, Sebastiaan E. Van, Sofie Saerens, Luk Daenen, et al.. (2008). Phenotypic diversity of Flo protein family-mediated adhesion inSaccharomyces cerevisiae. FEMS Yeast Research. 9(2). 178–190. 109 indexed citations
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Saerens, Sofie, et al.. (2008). Ethyl ester production during brewery fermentation, a review. Lirias (KU Leuven). 33(2). 82–90. 22 indexed citations
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Saerens, Sofie, Freddy R. Delvaux, Kevin J. Verstrepen, Patrick Van Dijck, & Johan M. Thevelein. (2007). Parameters Affecting Ethyl Ester Production bySaccharomyces cerevisiaeduring Fermentation. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 74(2). 454–461. 389 indexed citations
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Saerens, Sofie, Kevin J. Verstrepen, Stijn D. M. Van Laere, et al.. (2005). The Saccharomyces cerevisiae EHT1 and EEB1 Genes Encode Novel Enzymes with Medium-chain Fatty Acid Ethyl Ester Synthesis and Hydrolysis Capacity. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 281(7). 4446–4456. 241 indexed citations

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