Birgit Mertens
Birgit Mertens publishes mostly in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, on topics such as Nuclear Receptors and Signaling, Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals and Nerve injury and regeneration.
- World rank
- #1,587,991 of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
- Rank in Belgium
- #18,239 of 18,604
- Works
- 21
- Citations
- 5
- Citations per work
- 0.2
What does Birgit Mertens research?
Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.
- 1Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience18% of their works
- 2Molecular Biology11% of their works
- 3Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis11% of their works
- 4Plant Science7% of their works
- 5Pharmacology7% of their works
- 6General Health Professions7% of their works
Research topics
Which keywords describe Birgit Mertens's research?
The keywords of their largest research topics: Bisphenol A, Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals, NR4A2, Nurr1, BDNF, Ecosystem Functioning, Neurotrophins and Biotechnology.
- Soil Carbon Sequestration
- Mycorrhizal Fungi
- Genetically Modified Crops
- Fungal Diversity
- Biotechnology
- Ecosystem Functioning
- Nurr1
- Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals
- Bisphenol A
- NR4A2
- BDNF
- Neurotrophins
- Comet Assay
- Genetic Modification
- Genotoxicity Testing
- Nitrogen Cycle
- Transgenic Animals
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 17 words, with their numbers
- Bisphenol A31 topic
- Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals31 topic
- NR4A231 topic
- Nurr131 topic
- BDNF21 topic
- Ecosystem Functioning22 topics
- Neurotrophins21 topic
- Biotechnology11 topic
- Comet Assay11 topic
- Fungal Diversity11 topic
- Genetic Modification11 topic
- Genetically Modified Crops11 topic
- Genotoxicity Testing11 topic
- Mycorrhizal Fungi11 topic
- Nitrogen Cycle11 topic
- Soil Carbon Sequestration11 topic
- Transgenic Animals11 topic
Where does Birgit Mertens work?
Birgit Mertens's main affiliation in the publication record is Institut Scientifique de Santé Publique, Belgium.
How many publications and citations does Birgit Mertens have?
Science Explorer counts 21 works and 5 citations for Birgit Mertens, ranking #1,587,991 of 1,633,909 researchers worldwide on the composite 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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