Sonia Beeckmans

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
46 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Sonia Beeckmans is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry and Clinical Biochemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Sonia Beeckmans has authored 46 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Molecular Biology, 17 papers in Materials Chemistry and 8 papers in Clinical Biochemistry. Recurrent topics in Sonia Beeckmans's work include Enzyme Structure and Function (17 papers), Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research (9 papers) and Protein Structure and Dynamics (9 papers). Sonia Beeckmans is often cited by papers focused on Enzyme Structure and Function (17 papers), Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research (9 papers) and Protein Structure and Dynamics (9 papers). Sonia Beeckmans collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, Vietnam and United States. Sonia Beeckmans's co-authors include Edilbert Van Driessche, Louis Kanarek, Hartmut Franz, T.C. Bøg-Hansen, Uwe Pfüller, A. P. Kallikorm, Henri De Greve, Remy Loris, Francine Deboeck and Lode Wyns and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Journal of Molecular Biology and Analytical Biochemistry.

In The Last Decade

Sonia Beeckmans

46 papers receiving 1.2k 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.

Lectins: Biology, Biochemistry, Clinical Biochemistry

1981 512 citations Edilbert Van Driessche, Hartmut Franz et al. VUBIR (Vrije Universiteit Brussel) profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sonia Beeckmans Belgium	16	816	297	202	187	142	46	1.3k
Edilbert Van Driessche Belgium	18	684 0.8×	409 1.4×	260 1.3×	64 0.3×	175 1.2×	44	1.4k
Blair A. Fraser United States	21	797 1.0×	286 1.0×	107 0.5×	87 0.5×	23 0.2×	40	1.8k
Jacques‐Edouard Germond Switzerland	26	1.9k 2.3×	83 0.3×	258 1.3×	77 0.4×	99 0.7×	44	2.7k
Mirtha M. Flawiá Argentina	26	991 1.2×	126 0.4×	158 0.8×	41 0.2×	55 0.4×	52	1.7k
G. Cohen Israel	17	820 1.0×	43 0.1×	100 0.5×	111 0.6×	85 0.6×	21	1.3k
Konstantin V. Korotkov United States	33	1.7k 2.1×	238 0.8×	206 1.0×	140 0.7×	77 0.5×	78	3.4k
Teh‐Yung Liu United States	25	886 1.1×	259 0.9×	75 0.4×	51 0.3×	93 0.7×	48	1.7k
Bent Foltmann Denmark	25	1.1k 1.4×	137 0.5×	236 1.2×	104 0.6×	429 3.0×	79	1.8k
Paul L. Skatrud United States	23	1.6k 2.0×	91 0.3×	361 1.8×	99 0.5×	157 1.1×	45	2.6k
Lynn S. Grinna United States	14	913 1.1×	485 1.6×	98 0.5×	21 0.1×	182 1.3×	19	1.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sonia Beeckmans

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Driessche, Edilbert Van, et al.. (2011). Serum carbohydrate-binding IgM are present in Vietnamese striped catfish (Pangasianodon hypophthalmus) but not in North African catfish (Clarias gariepinus). Developmental & Comparative Immunology. 36(2). 418–432. 5 indexed citations

Madoroba, Evelyn, Edilbert Van Driessche, Henri De Greve, et al.. (2009). Prevalence of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli virulence genes from scouring piglets in Zimbabwe. Tropical Animal Health and Production. 41(7). 1539–1547. 27 indexed citations

Driessche, Edilbert Van, et al.. (2009). Stability, Subunit Interactions and Carbohydrate-Binding of the Seed Lectin from Pterocarpus angolensis. Protein and Peptide Letters. 16(9). 1120–1134. 8 indexed citations

Buts, L., Abel Garcia‐Pino, Anne Imberty, et al.. (2006). Structural basis for the recognition of complex‐type biantennary oligosaccharides by Pterocarpus angolensis lectin. FEBS Journal. 273(11). 2407–2420. 11 indexed citations

Loris, Remy, Abel Garcia‐Pino, L. Buts, et al.. (2005). Crystallization and crystal manipulation of the Pterocarpus angolensis seed lectin. Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography. 61(6). 685–689. 6 indexed citations

Loris, Remy, Ivo Van Walle, Henri De Greve, et al.. (2003). Structural Basis of Oligomannose Recognition by the Pterocarpus angolensis Seed Lectin. Journal of Molecular Biology. 335(5). 1227–1240. 46 indexed citations

Massant, Jan, Patrik Verstreken, Virginie Durbecq, et al.. (2002). Metabolic Channeling of Carbamoyl Phosphate, a Thermolabile Intermediate. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 277(21). 18517–18522. 17 indexed citations

Beeckmans, Sonia. (1999). Chromatographic Methods to Study Protein–Protein Interactions. Methods. 19(2). 278–305. 47 indexed citations

Beeckmans, Sonia & Edilbert Van Driessche. (1998). Pig Heart Fumarase Contains Two Distinct Substrate-binding Sites Differing in Affinity. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 273(48). 31661–31669. 23 indexed citations

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Beeckmans, Sonia, Edilbert Van Driessche, & Louis Kanarek. (1993). Immobilized enzymes as tools for the demonstration of metabolon formation. A short overview. Journal of Molecular Recognition. 6(4). 195–204. 22 indexed citations

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Kanarek, Louis, et al.. (1993). Purification of the Glyoxylate Cycle Enzyme Malate Synthase from Maize (Zea mays L) and Characterization of a Proteolytic Fragment. Protein Expression and Purification. 4(6). 519–528. 7 indexed citations

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Driessche, Edilbert Van, et al.. (1992). The purification and physicochemical characterization of maize (Zea mays L.) isocitrate lyase. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 297(1). 9–18. 16 indexed citations

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Beeckmans, Sonia, et al.. (1990). Affinity electrophoresis as a tool to investigate clustering of sequential enzymes. VUBIR (Vrije Universiteit Brussel). 1 indexed citations

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Beeckmans, Sonia, Edilbert Van Driessche, & Louis Kanarek. (1990). Clustering of sequential enzymes in the glycolytic pathway and the citric acid cycle. Journal of Cellular Biochemistry. 43(4). 297–306. 25 indexed citations

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Beeckmans, Sonia, Edilbert Van Driessche, & Louis Kanarek. (1989). The visualization by affinity electrophoresis of a specific association between the consecutive citric acid cycle enzymes fumarase and malate dehydrogenase. European Journal of Biochemistry. 183(2). 449–454. 25 indexed citations

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Beeckmans, Sonia, et al.. (1989). Further Physicochemical Characterization of the Novel Human Brain Protein h₃. Journal of Neurochemistry. 52(4). 1123–1126. 6 indexed citations

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Convents, André, et al.. (1988). Glycoprotein nature of α₂‐adrenergic receptors labeled with p‐azido[³H] clonidine in calf retina membranes. FEBS Letters. 234(2). 480–484. 5 indexed citations

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Beeckmans, Sonia & Louis Kanarek. (1982). Kinetics of immobilized pig heart fumarase. Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology. 7(3). 177–188. 6 indexed citations

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Beeckmans, Sonia & Louis Kanarek. (1982). Subunit interactions in pig heart fumarase—II. Study of tetramer-dimer equilibrium in function of enzyme concentration and temperature. International Journal of Biochemistry. 14(11). 971–975. 2 indexed citations

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Driessche, Edilbert Van, Hartmut Franz, Sonia Beeckmans, et al.. (1981). Lectins: Biology, Biochemistry, Clinical Biochemistry. VUBIR (Vrije Universiteit Brussel). 512 indexed citations breakdown →

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