Wouter Saelens
Impact in
- Biophysics top 0.5%
- Cell Image Analysis Techniques
- Immunology top 2%
- Immune cells in cancer
- Immune Cell Function and Interaction
Papers in
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- Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics 14
- Gene Regulatory Network Analysis 5
- Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks 4
- Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics 4
- Gene expression and cancer classification 3
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- T-cell and B-cell Immunology 3
- Immunotherapy and Immune Responses 2
- Co-authors
- Yvan Saeys (15 shared papers)Robrecht Cannoodt (12 shared papers)Robin Browaeys (1 shared paper)Helena Todorov (4 shared papers)Stein Aerts (1 shared paper)Kristofer Davie (1 shared paper)Sara Aibar (1 shared paper)Bram Van de Sande (1 shared paper)
- Journals
- Nature Communications (4 papers)Nature Methods (2 papers)iScience (1 paper)Genome biology (1 paper)Nature Biotechnology (1 paper)
- Partner nations
- BelgiumSwitzerlandUnited States
In The Last Decade
Wouter Saelens
18 papers receiving 4.5k citations
Wouter Saelens's Hit Papers
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 132
- Biophysics 390
- Immunology 1.3k
- Molecular Biology 2.8k
- Cancer Research 506
- Neurology 271
Countries citing papers authored by Wouter Saelens
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Co-authors
The 25 scholars most cited alongside Wouter Saelens, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.
All Works
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| # | Work | ||
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| 1 | NicheNet: modeling intercellular communication by linking ligands to target genes Hit paper breakdown → | 2019 | 1101 |
| 2 | A comparison of single-cell trajectory inference methods Hit paper breakdown → | 2019 | 961 |
| 3 | A scalable SCENIC workflow for single-cell gene regulatory network analysis Hit paper breakdown → | 2020 | 794 |
| 4 | Yolk Sac Macrophages, Fetal Liver, and Adult Monocytes Can Colonize an Empty Niche and Develop into Functional Tissue-Resident Macrophages Hit paper breakdown → | 2016 | 447 |
| 5 | Trajectory-based differential expression analysis for single-cell sequencing data Hit paper breakdown → | 2020 | 393 |
| 6 | 2018 | 182 | |
| 7 | Live-seq enables temporal transcriptomic recording of single cells Hit paper breakdown → | 2022 | 163 |
| 8 | 2016 | 127 | |
| 9 | 2016 | 111 | |
| 10 | 2021 | 67 | |
| 11 | 2022 | 43 | |
| 12 | 2021 | 31 | |
| 13 | 2018 | 17 | |
| 14 | 2020 | 16 | |
| 15 | 2024 | 9 | |
| 16 | 2025 | 2 | |
| 17 | 2024 | 2 | |
| 18 | 2022 | 2 | |
| 19 | Dimensionality Reduction Methods in a Common Format [R package dyndimred version 1.0.3] | 2020 | 1 |
| 20 | 2025 | 0 |
About Wouter Saelens
Wouter Saelens is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Immunology, Cancer Research, Surgery and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, having authored 21 papers that have together received 4.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics (14 papers), Gene Regulatory Network Analysis (5 papers), Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks (4 papers), Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (4 papers), Gene expression and cancer classification (3 papers), T-cell and B-cell Immunology (3 papers), Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics (2 papers) and Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (2 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Biophysics (390 citations), Immunology (1.3k citations), Molecular Biology (2.8k citations), Cancer Research (506 citations) and Neurology (271 citations). Wouter Saelens has collaborated with scholars based in Belgium, Switzerland and United States. Frequent co-authors include Yvan Saeys, Robrecht Cannoodt, Robin Browaeys, Helena Todorov, Stein Aerts, Kristofer Davie, Sara Aibar, Bram Van de Sande, Joke Reumers and Gert Hulselmans. Their work appears in journals such as Nature Communications, Nature Methods, iScience, Genome biology and Nature Biotechnology.
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