Steven Boeynaems

6.1k total citations · 3 hit papers
26 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

About

Steven Boeynaems is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Neurology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Steven Boeynaems has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Molecular Biology, 12 papers in Neurology and 9 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Steven Boeynaems's work include RNA Research and Splicing (12 papers), Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research (11 papers) and Neurogenetic and Muscular Disorders Research (9 papers). Steven Boeynaems is often cited by papers focused on RNA Research and Splicing (12 papers), Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research (11 papers) and Neurogenetic and Muscular Disorders Research (9 papers). Steven Boeynaems collaborates with scholars based in United States, Belgium and Hungary. Steven Boeynaems's co-authors include Ludo Van Den Bosch, Péter Tompa, Frédéric Rousseau, Joost Schymkowitz, James Shorter, Mónika Fuxreiter, Simon Alberti, Magdalini Polymenidou, Nicolas L. Fawzi and Tanja Mittag and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Chemical Reviews and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Steven Boeynaems

26 papers receiving 3.4k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Protein Phase Separation: A New Phase in Cell Biology

2018 1.4k citations Steven Boeynaems, Simon Alberti et al. Trends in Cell Biology profile →
Modifiers of C9orf72 dipeptide repeat toxicity connect nucleocytoplasmic transport defects to FTD/ALS

2015 446 citations Ana Jovičić, Jérôme Mertens et al. Nature Neuroscience profile →
Spontaneous driving forces give rise to protein−RNA condensates with coexisting phases and complex material properties

2019 341 citations Steven Boeynaems, Alex S. Holehouse et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Steven Boeynaems United States	19	2.7k	890	561	280	268	26	3.4k
Anderson Kanagaraj United States	9	2.5k 0.9×	612 0.7×	363 0.6×	254 0.9×	149 0.6×	9	2.9k
Jamshid Temirov United States	19	3.5k 1.3×	640 0.7×	378 0.7×	399 1.4×	212 0.8×	23	4.5k
Lin Guo United States	24	2.5k 0.9×	852 1.0×	435 0.8×	393 1.4×	380 1.4×	71	3.5k
Amandine Molliex United States	8	3.0k 1.1×	736 0.8×	331 0.6×	396 1.4×	243 0.9×	10	3.5k
Shovamayee Maharana Germany	14	5.4k 2.0×	662 0.7×	329 0.6×	693 2.5×	186 0.7×	18	6.0k
Avinash Patel Germany	9	2.9k 1.1×	455 0.5×	219 0.4×	465 1.7×	145 0.5×	10	3.3k
Marcus Jahnel Germany	15	5.4k 2.0×	592 0.7×	276 0.5×	659 2.4×	173 0.6×	18	6.0k
Shambaditya Saha Germany	7	3.0k 1.1×	390 0.4×	188 0.3×	429 1.5×	123 0.5×	7	3.4k
Saskia Hutten Germany	21	2.5k 0.9×	421 0.5×	278 0.5×	194 0.7×	123 0.5×	31	2.9k
Frank Shewmaker United States	33	3.3k 1.2×	680 0.8×	317 0.6×	359 1.3×	183 0.7×	60	3.8k

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Boeynaems, Steven, Yanniv Dorone, Anca Marian, et al.. (2023). Poly(A)-binding protein is an ataxin-2 chaperone that regulates biomolecular condensates. Molecular Cell. 83(12). 2020–2034.e6. 18 indexed citations

Qin, Wei, Joleen S. Cheah, James Messing, et al.. (2023). Dynamic mapping of proteome trafficking within and between living cells by TransitID. Cell. 186(15). 3307–3324.e30. 75 indexed citations

Vercruysse, Thomas, et al.. (2022). Cellular Stress Induces Nucleocytoplasmic Transport Deficits Independent of Stress Granules. Biomedicines. 10(5). 1057–1057. 6 indexed citations

Lasker, Keren, Steven Boeynaems, Vinson Lam, et al.. (2022). The material properties of a bacterial-derived biomolecular condensate tune biological function in natural and synthetic systems. Nature Communications. 13(1). 5643–5643. 74 indexed citations

Kım, Garam, Lisa Nakayama, Jacob A. Blum, et al.. (2022). Genome-wide CRISPR screen reveals v-ATPase as a drug target to lower levels of ALS protein ataxin-2. Cell Reports. 41(4). 111508–111508. 17 indexed citations

Fazal, Raheem, Steven Boeynaems, Ann Swijsen, et al.. (2021). HDAC6 inhibition restores TDP‐43 pathology and axonal transport defects in human motor neurons with TARDBP mutations. The EMBO Journal. 40(7). e106177–e106177. 71 indexed citations

Boeynaems, Steven, et al.. (2021). Synthetic hydrogel mimics of the nuclear pore complex for the study of nucleocytoplasmic transport defects in C9orf72 ALS/FTD. Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry. 414(1). 525–532. 4 indexed citations

Baatsen, Pieter, Katlijn Vints, Christopher Cawthorne, et al.. (2021). A workflow for streamlined acquisition and correlation of serial regions of interest in array tomography. BMC Biology. 19(1). 152–152. 7 indexed citations

Dorone, Yanniv, Steven Boeynaems, Eduardo Flores, et al.. (2021). A prion-like protein regulator of seed germination undergoes hydration-dependent phase separation. Cell. 184(16). 4284–4298.e27. 126 indexed citations

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Boeynaems, Steven, et al.. (2021). Designer Condensates: A Toolkit for the Biomolecular Architect. Journal of Molecular Biology. 433(12). 166837–166837. 36 indexed citations

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Boeynaems, Steven, Alex S. Holehouse, Venera Weinhardt, et al.. (2019). Spontaneous driving forces give rise to protein−RNA condensates with coexisting phases and complex material properties. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(16). 7889–7898. 341 indexed citations breakdown →

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Vercruysse, Thomas, et al.. (2019). C9orf72-generated poly-GR and poly-PR do not directly interfere with nucleocytoplasmic transport. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 15728–15728. 43 indexed citations

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Swinnen, Bart, André Bento‐Abreu, Tania F. Gendron, et al.. (2018). A zebrafish model for C9orf72 ALS reveals RNA toxicity as a pathogenic mechanism. Acta Neuropathologica. 135(3). 427–443. 88 indexed citations

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Boeynaems, Steven, Péter Tompa, & Ludo Van Den Bosch. (2018). Phasing in on the cell cycle. Cell Division. 13(1). 1–1. 22 indexed citations

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Bogaert, Elke, Steven Boeynaems, Masato Kato, et al.. (2018). Molecular Dissection of FUS Points at Synergistic Effect of Low-Complexity Domains in Toxicity. Cell Reports. 24(3). 529–537.e4. 69 indexed citations

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Boeynaems, Steven, Simon Alberti, Nicolas L. Fawzi, et al.. (2018). Protein Phase Separation: A New Phase in Cell Biology. Trends in Cell Biology. 28(6). 420–435. 1419 indexed citations breakdown →

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Boeynaems, Steven, Mathias De Decker, Péter Tompa, & Ludo Van Den Bosch. (2017). Arginine-rich Peptides Can Actively Mediate Liquid-liquid Phase Separation. BIO-PROTOCOL. 7(17). e2525–e2525. 27 indexed citations

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Boeynaems, Steven, Elke Bogaert, Emiel Michiels, et al.. (2016). Drosophila screen connects nuclear transport genes to DPR pathology in c9ALS/FTD. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 20877–20877. 194 indexed citations

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Boeynaems, Steven, Elke Bogaert, Philip Van Damme, & Ludo Van Den Bosch. (2016). Inside out: the role of nucleocytoplasmic transport in ALS and FTLD. Acta Neuropathologica. 132(2). 159–173. 89 indexed citations

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Jovičić, Ana, Jérôme Mertens, Steven Boeynaems, et al.. (2015). Modifiers of C9orf72 dipeptide repeat toxicity connect nucleocytoplasmic transport defects to FTD/ALS. Nature Neuroscience. 18(9). 1226–1229. 446 indexed citations breakdown →

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