Teun Boekhout

37.8k total citations · 8 hit papers
352 papers, 17.7k citations indexed

About

Teun Boekhout is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Molecular Biology and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Teun Boekhout has authored 352 papers receiving a total of 17.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 151 papers in Epidemiology, 148 papers in Molecular Biology and 146 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Teun Boekhout's work include Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases (146 papers), Fungal Infections and Studies (135 papers) and Antifungal resistance and susceptibility (116 papers). Teun Boekhout is often cited by papers focused on Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases (146 papers), Fungal Infections and Studies (135 papers) and Antifungal resistance and susceptibility (116 papers). Teun Boekhout collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, China and United States. Teun Boekhout's co-authors include Bart Theelen, Jack W. Fell, Ferry Hagen, Marizeth Groenewald, Jacques F. Meis, Gloria Scorzetti, Vincent Robert, Mara R. Diaz, Álvaro Fonseca and Thomas L. Dawson and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Teun Boekhout

348 papers receiving 17.3k citations

Hit Papers

Biodiversity and systematics of basidiomycetous yeasts as... 2000 2026 2008 2017 2000 2018 2004 2015 2012 200 400 600
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  1. Biodiversity and systematics of basidiomycetous yeasts as determined by large-subunit rDNA D1/D2 domain sequence analysis.
    2000 725 citations Teun Boekhout et al. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY profile →
  2. Large-scale generation and analysis of filamentous fungal DNA barcodes boosts coverage for kingdom fungi and reveals thresholds for fungal species and higher taxon delimitation
    2018 661 citations Duong Vu, Abdullah M. S. Al‐Hatmi et al. profile →
  3. A rare genotype of Cryptococcus gattii caused the cryptococcosis outbreak on Vancouver Island (British Columbia, Canada)
    2004 572 citations Sarah Kidd, Ferry Hagen et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  4. Recognition of seven species in the Cryptococcus gattii/Cryptococcus neoformans species complex
    2015 491 citations Ferry Hagen, Kantarawee Khayhan et al. profile →
  5. Dectin-1 is an extracellular pathogen sensor for the induction and processing of IL-1β via a noncanonical caspase-8 inflammasome
    2012 471 citations Bart Theelen, Teun Boekhout et al. profile →
  6. Yarrowia lipolytica: Safety assessment of an oleaginous yeast with a great industrial potential
    2013 371 citations Teun Boekhout et al. Critical Reviews in Microbiology profile →
  7. ESCMID and ECMM joint clinical guidelines for the diagnosis and management of rare invasive yeast infections
    2013 368 citations Maiken Cavling Arendrup, Teun Boekhout et al. profile →
  8. Towards an integrated phylogenetic classification of theTremellomycetes
    2015 357 citations Andrey Yurkov, Teun Boekhout et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Teun Boekhout Netherlands 67 8.1k 6.3k 5.8k 5.6k 5.1k 352 17.7k
Josep Guarro Spain 67 8.2k 1.0× 8.5k 1.4× 2.8k 0.5× 9.1k 1.6× 6.3k 1.2× 647 19.8k
Sybren de Hoog Netherlands 88 13.1k 1.6× 9.5k 1.5× 5.2k 0.9× 15.9k 2.8× 10.9k 2.1× 719 29.6k
Theodore C. White United States 50 6.4k 0.8× 7.6k 1.2× 3.7k 0.6× 2.2k 0.4× 3.1k 0.6× 115 13.8k
Christina A. Cuomo United States 53 4.3k 0.5× 4.5k 0.7× 6.7k 1.1× 2.0k 0.4× 4.0k 0.8× 145 15.1k
Judith Berman United States 63 5.4k 0.7× 7.2k 1.2× 6.3k 1.1× 1.7k 0.3× 3.2k 0.6× 185 13.7k
Nikolay Vyahhi Russia 6 2.2k 0.3× 2.8k 0.4× 13.0k 2.2× 1.5k 0.3× 5.2k 1.0× 7 24.8k
Dmitry Antipov Russia 16 2.2k 0.3× 2.8k 0.4× 12.2k 2.1× 1.2k 0.2× 4.8k 0.9× 29 23.5k
Andrey D. Prjibelski Russia 15 2.1k 0.3× 2.6k 0.4× 11.7k 2.0× 1.2k 0.2× 4.6k 0.9× 25 22.5k
Jianping Xu Canada 53 3.0k 0.4× 3.1k 0.5× 3.5k 0.6× 3.1k 0.6× 5.0k 1.0× 385 10.9k
Sergey Nurk United States 11 2.0k 0.2× 2.6k 0.4× 12.2k 2.1× 1.1k 0.2× 4.6k 0.9× 13 22.6k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Hyde, K. D., Teun Boekhout, Chitrabhanu S. Bhunjun, et al.. (2024). Fungal numbers: global needs for a realistic assessment. Fungal Diversity. 128(1). 191–225. 11 indexed citations
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Mixão, Verónica, Ewa Księżopolska, Ester Saus, et al.. (2023). Evolution of loss of heterozygosity patterns in hybrid genomes of Candida yeast pathogens. BMC Biology. 21(1). 105–105. 13 indexed citations
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Coelho, Marco A., Giuseppe Ianiri, Bart Theelen, et al.. (2023). Frequent transitions in mating-type locus chromosomal organization in Malassezia and early steps in sexual reproduction. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120(32). e2305094120–e2305094120. 13 indexed citations
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Hare, Rasmus Krøger, Amir Arastehfar, Søren Rosendahl, et al.. (2022). Candidemia among Hospitalized Pediatric Patients Caused by Several Clonal Lineages of Candida parapsilosis. Journal of Fungi. 8(2). 183–183. 9 indexed citations
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Badiee, Parisa, Teun Boekhout, Ali Zarei Mahmoudabadi, et al.. (2022). Multicenter Study of Susceptibility of Aspergillus Species Isolated from Iranian University Hospitals to Seven Antifungal Agents. Microbiology Spectrum. 10(3). e0253921–e0253921. 14 indexed citations
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Theelen, Bart, Verónica Mixão, Giuseppe Ianiri, et al.. (2022). Multiple Hybridization Events Punctuate the Evolutionary Trajectory of Malassezia furfur. mBio. 13(2). e0385321–e0385321. 13 indexed citations
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Theelen, Bart, et al.. (2022). Mitogenomics and mitochondrial gene phylogeny decipher the evolution of Saccharomycotina yeasts. Genome Biology and Evolution. 14(5). 12 indexed citations
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Clancey, Shelly Applen, Terrance Shea, Anna Floyd Averette, et al.. (2022). Obligate sexual reproduction of a homothallic fungus closely related to the Cryptococcus pathogenic species complex. eLife. 11. 6 indexed citations
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Arastehfar, Amir, João Nóbrega de Almeida, David S. Perlin, et al.. (2021). Multidrug-resistantTrichosporonspecies: underestimated fungal pathogens posing imminent threats in clinical settings. Critical Reviews in Microbiology. 47(6). 679–698. 17 indexed citations
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Boekhout, Teun, M. Catherine Aime, Dominik Begerow, et al.. (2021). The evolving species concepts used for yeasts: from phenotypes and genomes to speciation networks. Fungal Diversity. 109(1). 27–55. 39 indexed citations
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Boekhout, Teun, Anthony S. Amend, Fouad El Baidouri, et al.. (2021). Trends in yeast diversity discovery. Fungal Diversity. 114(1). 491–537. 60 indexed citations
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Rhimi, Wafa, et al.. (2020). Conventional therapy and new antifungal drugs againstMalasseziainfections. Medical Mycology. 59(3). 215–234. 22 indexed citations
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Chen, Min, Nan Hong, Shan Hu, et al.. (2020). Molecular identification of Cryptococcus gattii from cerebrospinal fluid using single-cell sequencing: A case study. Journal of Infection. 81(4). 634–638. 9 indexed citations
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Theelen, Bart, Claudia Cafarchia, Georgios Gaitanis, et al.. (2017). Malassezia ecology, pathophysiology, and treatment. Medical Mycology. 56(suppl_1). S10–S25. 189 indexed citations
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Boekhout, Teun, et al.. (2011). Bensingtonia rectispora sp. nov. and Bensingtonia bomiensis sp. nov., novel ballistoconidium-forming yeast species from plant leaves collected in Tibet. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY. 62. 2 indexed citations
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Brink, Joost van den, Robert A. Samson, Ferry Hagen, Teun Boekhout, & Ronald P. de Vries. (2011). Phylogeny of the industrial relevant, thermophilic genera Myceliophthora and Corynascus. Fungal Diversity. 52(1). 197–207. 48 indexed citations
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Ma, Hansong, Ferry Hagen, Dov J. Stekel, et al.. (2009). The fatal fungal outbreak on Vancouver Island is characterized by enhanced intracellular parasitism driven by mitochondrial regulation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 106(31). 12980–12985. 138 indexed citations
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Kidd, Sarah, Ferry Hagen, Karen H. Bartlett, et al.. (2004). A rare genotype of Cryptococcus gattii caused the cryptococcosis outbreak on Vancouver Island (British Columbia, Canada). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 101(49). 17258–17263. 572 indexed citations breakdown →
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Gupta, Aditya K., Roma Batra, Robyn Bluhm, Teun Boekhout, & Thomas L. Dawson. (2004). Skin diseases associated with Malassezia species. Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology. 51(5). 785–798. 343 indexed citations
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Boekhout, Teun. (1985). Notulae ad Floram agaricinam neerlandicam — IX. Mycenella. Persoonia - Molecular Phylogeny and Evolution of Fungi. 12(4). 427–440. 3 indexed citations

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