Steven Maere

17.0k total citations · 6 hit papers
52 papers, 9.2k citations indexed

About

Steven Maere is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Steven Maere has authored 52 papers receiving a total of 9.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Molecular Biology, 34 papers in Plant Science and 11 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Steven Maere's work include Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (17 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (15 papers) and Plant Molecular Biology Research (9 papers). Steven Maere is often cited by papers focused on Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (17 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (15 papers) and Plant Molecular Biology Research (9 papers). Steven Maere collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, United States and Germany. Steven Maere's co-authors include Martin Kuiper, Yves Van de Peer, Axel Meyer, Kevin Vanneste, Stefanie De Bodt, Jeffrey A. Fawcett, Jeroen Raes, Tineke Casneuf, Guy Baele and Marc Van Montagu and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Steven Maere

49 papers receiving 9.1k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

BiNGO: a Cytoscape plugin to assess overrepresentation of Gene Ontology categories in Biological Networks

2005 3.2k citations Steven Maere, Martin Kuiper et al. profile →
The evolutionary significance of ancient genome duplications

2009 813 citations Yves Van de Peer, Steven Maere et al. profile →
Modeling gene and genome duplications in eukaryotes

2005 700 citations Steven Maere, Stefanie De Bodt et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Domestication and Divergence of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Beer Yeasts

2016 468 citations Brigida Gallone, Jan Steensels et al. profile →
Plants with double genomes might have had a better chance to survive the Cretaceous–Tertiary extinction event

2009 466 citations Jeffrey A. Fawcett, Steven Maere et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Vascular transcription factors guide plant epidermal responses to limiting phosphate conditions

2020 209 citations Steven Maere et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Steven Maere Belgium	33	6.1k	4.7k	1.4k	782	607	52	9.2k
Chengjie Chen China	27	8.2k 1.3×	8.6k 1.8×	847 0.6×	571 0.7×	463 0.8×	75	13.4k
Mukesh Jain India	52	6.4k 1.0×	8.6k 1.8×	1.3k 0.9×	629 0.8×	277 0.5×	147	12.2k
Hui Yao China	44	4.9k 0.8×	1.9k 0.4×	996 0.7×	1.1k 1.4×	511 0.8×	166	7.6k
Jason Miller United States	19	5.5k 0.9×	2.7k 0.6×	1.8k 1.3×	394 0.5×	435 0.7×	56	9.0k
Gustavo A Salazar United Kingdom	11	7.7k 1.3×	3.7k 0.8×	1.3k 0.9×	385 0.5×	368 0.6×	17	11.5k
Matloob Qureshi United Kingdom	6	7.5k 1.2×	3.6k 0.8×	1.3k 0.9×	382 0.5×	356 0.6×	6	11.2k
Steven Kelly United Kingdom	44	6.9k 1.1×	4.3k 0.9×	1.6k 1.1×	1.4k 1.7×	355 0.6×	147	11.8k
Amaia Sangrador‐Vegas Ireland	13	6.2k 1.0×	3.3k 0.7×	1.4k 1.0×	624 0.8×	599 1.0×	15	10.4k
Scott Schwartz United States	25	5.0k 0.8×	2.2k 0.5×	1.8k 1.3×	443 0.6×	342 0.6×	36	8.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Steven Maere

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Fields of papers citing papers by Steven Maere

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Steven Maere

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

All Works

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Mertens, Stien, M Vermeersch, Judith Van Dingenen, et al.. (2025). Fast track to environmentally adapted rhizobia for growing soybean at northern latitudes using citizen science. The ISME Journal.

Alexander, Harriet, et al.. (2025). A case for absolute gene expression estimates in microbiome studies using metatranscriptomics. The ISME Journal. 19(1).

Mertens, Stien, Judith Van Dingenen, Sofie Bekaert, et al.. (2023). Citizen science boosts fundamental and applied research for sustainable soybean cultivation in North‐Western Europe. Plants People Planet. 6(2). 490–504. 1 indexed citations

Debray, Kévin, Jonas De Saeger, Sabine Van Glabeke, et al.. (2023). SMAP design : a multiplex PCR amplicon and gRNA design tool to screen for natural and CRISPR-induced genetic variation. Nucleic Acids Research. 51(7). e37–e37. 4 indexed citations

Cruz, Daniel Felipe, Tom De Swaef, Peter Lootens, et al.. (2023). Predicting yield of individual field-grown rapeseed plants from rosette-stage leaf gene expression. PLoS Computational Biology. 19(5). e1011161–e1011161. 8 indexed citations

Motte, Hans, Boris Parizot, Wei Xuan, et al.. (2023). Interspecies co‐expression analysis of lateral root development using inducible systems in rice, Medicago, and Arabidopsis. The Plant Journal. 116(4). 1052–1063. 1 indexed citations

Wuyts, Nathalie, Stien Mertens, Bernard Cannoot, et al.. (2021). Drought affects the rate and duration of organ growth but not inter-organ growth coordination. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 186(2). 1336–1353. 19 indexed citations

Maere, Steven, et al.. (2021). ksrates: positioning whole-genome duplications relative to speciation events in Ks distributions. Figshare. 3 indexed citations

Maere, Steven, et al.. (2021). ksrates : positioning whole-genome duplications relative to speciation events in K S distributions. Bioinformatics. 38(2). 530–532. 33 indexed citations

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Cruz, Daniel Felipe, Heike Sprenger, Dorota Herman, et al.. (2020). Using single‐plant‐omics in the field to link maize genes to functions and phenotypes. Molecular Systems Biology. 16(12). e9667–e9667. 20 indexed citations

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Gallone, Brigida, Jan Steensels, Stijn F. L. Mertens, et al.. (2019). Interspecific hybridization facilitates niche adaptation in beer yeast. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 3(11). 1562–1575. 82 indexed citations

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Cova, Marta, Sara Artigas-Jerónimo, Aída González-Díaz, et al.. (2018). The Apicomplexa-specific glucosamine-6-phosphate N-acetyltransferase gene family encodes a key enzyme for glycoconjugate synthesis with potential as therapeutic target. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 4005–4005. 12 indexed citations

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Ruelens, Philip, Zhicheng Zhang, Hilda van Mourik, et al.. (2017). The Origin of Floral Organ Identity Quartets. The Plant Cell. 29(2). 229–242. 39 indexed citations

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Bel, Michiel Van, et al.. (2017). Reciprocally Retained Genes in the Angiosperm Lineage Show the Hallmarks of Dosage Balance Sensitivity. The Plant Cell. 29(11). 2766–2785. 59 indexed citations

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Li, Zhen, et al.. (2016). Gene Duplicability of Core Genes Is Highly Consistent across All Angiosperms. The Plant Cell. 28(2). 326–344. 165 indexed citations

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Baute, Joke, Dorota Herman, Frederik Coppens, et al.. (2016). Combined Large-Scale Phenotyping and Transcriptomics in Maize Reveals a Robust Growth Regulatory Network. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 170(3). 1848–1867. 43 indexed citations

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Clauw, Pieter, Frederik Coppens, Arthur Korte, et al.. (2016). Leaf Growth Response to Mild Drought: Natural Variation in Arabidopsis Sheds Light on Trait Architecture. The Plant Cell. 28(10). 2417–2434. 71 indexed citations

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Fawcett, Jeffrey A., Steven Maere, & Yves Van de Peer. (2009). Plants with double genomes might have had a better chance to survive the Cretaceous–Tertiary extinction event. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 106(14). 5737–5742. 466 indexed citations breakdown →

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Vandepoele, Klaas, et al.. (2006). The gain and loss of genes during 600 million years of vertebrate evolution. Genome biology. 7(5). R43–R43. 285 indexed citations

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Maere, Steven, Stefanie De Bodt, Jeroen Raes, et al.. (2005). Modeling gene and genome duplications in eukaryotes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 102(15). 5454–5459. 700 indexed citations breakdown →

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