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Researcher · Ghent University · Belgium

Alain Goossens

Alain Goossens publishes mostly in Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Insect Science, on topics such as Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis, Insect-Plant Interactions and Control and Plant tissue culture and regeneration.

ORCID 0000-0002-1599-551X OpenAlex
World rank
#57,855
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Belgium
#287
of 67,186
Works
312
Citations
23k
Citations per work
72.2
h-index
79
i10-index 188Top 0.7% in Molecular Biology
Alain Goossens

What does Alain Goossens research?

Alain Goossens's work is mostly in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (42%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (29%), Medicine (2%).

Life Sciences: 221 works · 70.8% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 130 works · 41.7% of their workMolecular Biology: 118 works · 37.7% of their workBiotechnology: 7 works · 2.2% of their workCell Biology: 6 works · 1.8% of their workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 91 works · 29.1% of their workPlant Science: 72 works · 23.1% of their workInsect Science: 19 works · 6.0% of their workEverything else: 85 works · 27.3% of their workHealth Sciences: 6 works · 1.9% of their workMedicine: 6 works · 1.9% of their workPharmacology: 6 works · 1.9% of their workTHEIR WORKAlain Goossens312works
Life Sciences71%Health Sciences2%

Their six largest subfields, inside their fields and domains; the grey slice is everything else they publish. The interactive view splits every one of their works down to single topics.

The fields and subfields, with their numbers
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology13041.7%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences9129.1%
  2. Everything else8527.3%
    1. Medicine61.9%
  1. 1Molecular Biology38% of their works
  2. 2Plant Science23% of their works
  3. 3Insect Science6% of their works
  4. 4Biotechnology2% of their works
  5. 5Pharmacology2% of their works
  6. 6Cell Biology2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Alain Goossens's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Gene Expression, Transcription Factors, Isoprenoid Pathway, Terpenoid Biosynthesis, Agrobacterium-Mediated Transformation, Herbivore-Induced Plant Volatiles, Jasmonate Signaling and Plant Secondary Metabolites.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Gene Expression822 topics
  2. Transcription Factors742 topics
  3. Isoprenoid Pathway711 topic
  4. Terpenoid Biosynthesis711 topic
  5. Agrobacterium-Mediated Transformation431 topic
  6. Herbivore-Induced Plant Volatiles431 topic
  7. Jasmonate Signaling431 topic
  8. Plant Secondary Metabolites431 topic
  9. Development391 topic
  10. Plant391 topic
  11. Flavonoid Biosynthesis351 topic
  12. MYB351 topic
  13. Light Harvesting341 topic
  14. Photosystem II341 topic
  15. Plant Hormones311 topic
  16. Strigolactones311 topic
  17. Saponins281 topic
  18. Triterpenoids281 topic

Where does Alain Goossens work?

Alain Goossens's main affiliation in the publication record is Ghent University, Belgium.

How many publications and citations does Alain Goossens have?

OpenAlex counts 312 works and 22,521 citations for Alain Goossens, an h-index of 79, ranking #57,855 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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