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Researcher · Ghent University · Belgium

Ellen De Backer

Ellen De Backer publishes mostly in Microbiology, Epidemiology and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, on topics such as Reproductive tract infections research, Urinary Tract Infections Management and Gut microbiota and health.

OpenAlex
World rank
#1,776,264
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Belgium
#16,282
of 67,186
Works
16
Citations
1.3k
Citations per work
79.7
h-index
11
i10-index 11Top 58% in Microbiology (Immunology and Microbiology)
Ellen De Backer

What does Ellen De Backer research?

Ellen De Backer's work is mostly in Medicine (31%), Immunology and Microbiology (27%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (13%).

Life Sciences: 7 works · 46.7% of their workImmunology and Microbiology: 4 works · 26.7% of their workMicrobiology: 4 works · 26.7% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 works · 13.3% of their workMolecular Biology: 1 works · 8.9% of their workClinical Biochemistry: 1 works · 4.4% of their workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 works · 6.7% of their workFood Science: 1 works · 6.7% of their workHealth Sciences: 5 works · 31.1% of their workMedicine: 5 works · 31.1% of their workEpidemiology: 4 works · 22.2% of their workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 works · 8.9% of their workEverything else: 4 works · 22.2% of their workTHEIR WORKEllen De Backer16works
Life Sciences47%Health Sciences31%

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. Immunology and Microbiology426.7%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology213.3%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences16.7%
    1. Medicine531.1%
  3. Everything else422.2%
  1. 1Microbiology27% of their works
  2. 2Epidemiology22% of their works
  3. 3Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health9% of their works
  4. 4Molecular Biology9% of their works
  5. 5Food Science7% of their works
  6. 6Clinical Biochemistry4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Ellen De Backer's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Sexually Transmitted Infections, Vaginal Microbiome, Epidemiology, Antimicrobial Resistance, Urinary Tract Infections, Gut Microbiota, Inflammation and Microbial Communities.

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
  1. Sexually Transmitted Infections121 topic
  2. Vaginal Microbiome121 topic
  3. Epidemiology82 topics
  4. Antimicrobial Resistance61 topic
  5. Urinary Tract Infections61 topic
  6. Gut Microbiota41 topic
  7. Inflammation41 topic
  8. Microbial Communities41 topic
  9. Preterm Birth41 topic
  10. Group B Streptococcus31 topic
  11. Neonatal Sepsis31 topic
  12. Prebiotics31 topic
  13. Probiotics31 topic
  14. Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization-Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry21 topic
  15. Microorganism Identification21 topic
  16. Pelvic Floor Dysfunction21 topic
  17. Urinary Incontinence21 topic

Where does Ellen De Backer work?

Ellen De Backer's main affiliation in the publication record is Ghent University, Belgium.

How many publications and citations does Ellen De Backer have?

OpenAlex counts 16 works and 1,275 citations for Ellen De Backer, an h-index of 11, ranking #1,776,264 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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