Steven De Jonghe

4.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
131 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Steven De Jonghe is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Organic Chemistry and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Steven De Jonghe has authored 131 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 66 papers in Molecular Biology, 60 papers in Organic Chemistry and 50 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Steven De Jonghe's work include Biochemical and Molecular Research (26 papers), HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment (24 papers) and Synthesis and biological activity (16 papers). Steven De Jonghe is often cited by papers focused on Biochemical and Molecular Research (26 papers), HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment (24 papers) and Synthesis and biological activity (16 papers). Steven De Jonghe collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, United States and China. Steven De Jonghe's co-authors include Piet Herdewijn, Johan Neyts, Dirk Jochmans, Laura Vangeel, Piet Maes, Jef Rozenski, Pieter Leyssen, Winston Chiu, Elisabetta Groaz and Ling‐Jie Gao and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Clinical Investigation, Nature Communications and The Journal of Immunology.

In The Last Decade

Steven De Jonghe

124 papers receiving 2.3k 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.

Remdesivir, Molnupiravir and Nirmatrelvir remain active against SARS-CoV-2 Omicron and other variants of concern

2022 290 citations Laura Vangeel, Winston Chiu et al. Antiviral Research profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Steven De Jonghe Belgium	25	932	919	739	332	222	131	2.4k
Radim Nencka Czechia	28	936 1.0×	1.1k 1.2×	305 0.4×	321 1.0×	150 0.7×	90	2.4k
Michael G. Natchus United States	29	1.0k 1.1×	879 1.0×	744 1.0×	585 1.8×	151 0.7×	69	2.9k
Pravin L. Kotian United States	21	627 0.7×	808 0.9×	549 0.7×	732 2.2×	127 0.6×	45	2.0k
Lisa M. Johansen United States	19	941 1.0×	1.2k 1.3×	136 0.2×	389 1.2×	309 1.4×	23	2.8k
Scott D. Pegan United States	26	838 0.9×	835 0.9×	256 0.3×	146 0.4×	329 1.5×	60	2.1k
Bart L. Staker United States	25	492 0.5×	2.9k 3.2×	694 0.9×	241 0.7×	281 1.3×	99	3.9k
Arnab K. Chatterjee United States	30	444 0.5×	1.7k 1.8×	1.0k 1.4×	379 1.1×	360 1.6×	76	3.5k
Franck Amblard United States	22	878 0.9×	1.2k 1.3×	1.4k 1.9×	524 1.6×	93 0.4×	87	3.0k
Kiira Ratia United States	24	1.8k 1.9×	1.3k 1.4×	233 0.3×	282 0.8×	839 3.8×	41	3.3k
William C. Groutas United States	34	1.5k 1.6×	1.1k 1.2×	1.2k 1.6×	238 0.7×	640 2.9×	131	3.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Steven De Jonghe

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Mansouri, Az‐eddine El, Mohamed Maatallah, Ahmad Mehdi, et al.. (2025). New 1,2,3-triazole-α-aminophosphonate acyclic nucleosides scaffold: Design, synthesis, docking studies and biological evaluation as potential S. aureus agents. Journal of Molecular Structure. 1352. 144537–144537.

Gao, Ling‐Jie, Sirle Saul, Tran Do Hoang Nhu, et al.. (2025). Structure–Activity Relationship Study of 3-Alkynyl-6-aryl-isothiazolo[4,3-b]pyridines as Dual Inhibitors of the Lipid Kinases PIKfyve and PIP4K2C. Pharmaceuticals. 18(9). 1341–1341.

Liu, Na, Fabao Zhao, Dongwei Kang, et al.. (2025). Discovery of Small Molecules Targeting Norovirus 3CL Protease by Multi-Stage Virtual Screening. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 26(12). 5625–5625.

Ridder, Jeroen de, Leentje Persoons, Steven De Jonghe, et al.. (2024). Synthesis and functional screening of novel inhibitors targeting the HDAC6 zinc finger ubiquitin-binding domain. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 285. 117208–117208. 1 indexed citations

Froeyen, Matheus, et al.. (2024). Synthesis of a 3,7-Disubstituted Isothiazolo[4,3-b]pyridine as a Potential Inhibitor of Cyclin G-Associated Kinase. Molecules. 29(5). 954–954. 2 indexed citations

Nhu, Tran Do Hoang, Aditi Agrawal, Dominique Schols, et al.. (2024). Synthesis of 3-heteroaryl-pyrrolo[2,3-b]pyridines as potent inhibitors of AP-2-associated protein kinase 1 (AAK1) with antiviral activity. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 280. 116967–116967. 2 indexed citations

Poudel, Tej Narayan, et al.. (2024). Protecting Group Control of Hydroxyketone-Hemiketal Tautomeric Equilibrium Enables the Stereoselective Synthesis of a 1′-Azido C-Nucleoside. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 89(23). 17389–17399. 1 indexed citations

Jonghe, Steven De, Johan Neyts, Christophe Pannecouque, et al.. (2023). A new alkaloid from Pancratium maritimum - Structure elucidation using computer-assisted structure elucidation (CASE) and evaluation of cytotoxicity and anti-SARS-CoV-2 activity. Phytochemistry Letters. 58. 1–7. 4 indexed citations

Vanhoutte, Roeland, Marta Barniol‐Xicota, Winston Chiu, et al.. (2023). Azapeptide activity-based probes for the SARS-CoV-2 main protease enable visualization of inhibition in infected cells. Chemical Science. 14(7). 1666–1672. 7 indexed citations

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Peng, Wen Li, Neng Wang, Xiaohuan Li, et al.. (2023). Photo-induced scandium-catalyzed biomimetic skeleton conversion of lathyrane to naturally rare eupholathone Euphorbia diterpenes. Chemical Communications. 59(82). 12290–12293. 3 indexed citations

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Li, Qifei, Sandra Claes, Tom Van Loy, et al.. (2023). Synthesis and structure–activity relationship study of phenoxybenzylpiperazine analogues as CCR8 agonists. Bioorganic Chemistry. 139. 106755–106755.

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Jonghe, Steven De, A.M. Baldé, Wouter Herrebout, et al.. (2023). Anti-SARS-CoV-2 Activity and Cytotoxicity of Amaryllidaceae Alkaloids from Hymenocallis littoralis. Molecules. 28(7). 3222–3222. 13 indexed citations

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Jonghe, Steven De, Leentje Persoons, Dominique Schols, et al.. (2023). Synthesis and cancer cell cytotoxicity of 2-aryl-4-(4-aryl-2-oxobut-3-en-1-ylidene)-substituted benzothiazepanes. Phytochemistry Letters. 55. 117–123. 2 indexed citations

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Gao, Shenghua, Hongtao Xu, Steven De Jonghe, et al.. (2022). Identification of Polyphenol Derivatives as Novel SARS-CoV-2 and DENV Non-Nucleoside RdRp Inhibitors. Molecules. 28(1). 160–160. 6 indexed citations

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Chiu, Winston, Christel Van den Eynde, Christophe Buyck, et al.. (2022). Development and optimization of a high‐throughput screening assay for in vitro anti‐SARS‐CoV‐2 activity: Evaluation of 5676 Phase 1 Passed Structures. Journal of Medical Virology. 94(7). 3101–3111. 12 indexed citations

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Chiu, Winston, Laura Vangeel, Dirk Jochmans, et al.. (2022). Development of a robust and convenient dual-reporter high-throughput screening assay for SARS-CoV-2 antiviral drug discovery. Antiviral Research. 210. 105506–105506. 10 indexed citations

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Singh, Abhimanyu K., Sergio E. Martinez, Hoai Viet Nguyen, et al.. (2021). Sliding of HIV-1 reverse transcriptase over DNA creates a transient P pocket – targeting P-pocket by fragment screening. Nature Communications. 12(1). 7127–7127. 7 indexed citations

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Martinez, Sergio E., Abhimanyu K. Singh, Hoai Viet Nguyen, et al.. (2021). Exploring the dNTP -binding site of HIV-1 reverse transcriptase for inhibitor design. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 225. 113785–113785. 3 indexed citations

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Felicetti, Tommaso, Chiara Bertagnin, Maria Letizia Barreca, et al.. (2021). 1,2,4-Triazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidines: Efficient one-step synthesis and functionalization as influenza polymerase PA-PB1 interaction disruptors. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 221. 113494–113494. 25 indexed citations

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Vangeel, Laura, Steven De Jonghe, Dirk Jochmans, et al.. (2021). Identification and evaluation of potential SARS-CoV-2 antiviral agents targeting mRNA cap guanine N7-Methyltransferase. Antiviral Research. 193. 105142–105142. 27 indexed citations

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