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Researcher · Digipolis (Belgium) · Belgium

Erik Mertens

Erik Mertens publishes mostly in Ophthalmology, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and Epidemiology, on topics such as Corneal surgery and disorders, Intraocular Surgery and Lenses and Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies.

ORCID 0000-0003-1873-1613 OpenAlex
World rank
#5,118,970
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Belgium
#45,575
of 67,186
Works
48
Citations
365
Citations per work
7.6
h-index
8
i10-index 6Top 64% in Ophthalmology
Erik Mertens

What does Erik Mertens research?

Erik Mertens's work is mostly in Medicine (86%).

Health Sciences: 41 works · 85.8% of their workMedicine: 41 works · 85.8% of their workOphthalmology: 16 works · 34.3% of their workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 14 works · 28.6% of their workEpidemiology: 6 works · 12.4% of their workSurgery: 2 works · 4.8% of their workDermatology: 2 works · 3.8% of their workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 works · 1.9% of their workEverything else: 7 works · 14.2% of their workTHEIR WORKErik Mertens48works
Health Sciences86%

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. Medicine4185.8%
  2. Everything else714.2%
  1. 1Ophthalmology34% of their works
  2. 2Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging29% of their works
  3. 3Epidemiology12% of their works
  4. 4Surgery5% of their works
  5. 5Dermatology4% of their works
  6. 6Pathology and Forensic Medicine2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Erik Mertens's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Intraocular Pressure, Glaucoma, Corneal Biomechanics, Keratoconus, Femtosecond Laser, Intraocular Lens Implantation, Myopia and Visual Impairment.

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. Intraocular Pressure332 topics
  2. Glaucoma272 topics
  3. Corneal Biomechanics251 topic
  4. Keratoconus251 topic
  5. Femtosecond Laser191 topic
  6. Intraocular Lens Implantation191 topic
  7. Myopia121 topic
  8. Visual Impairment121 topic
  9. Optic Nerve81 topic
  10. Retinal Ganglion Cells81 topic
  11. Endophthalmitis41 topic
  12. Keratitis41 topic
  13. Corneal Regeneration31 topic
  14. Tissue Engineering31 topic
  15. Adaptive Optics21 topic
  16. Microphthalmia21 topic
  17. Ocular Development21 topic
  18. Wavefront Sensing21 topic

Where does Erik Mertens work?

Erik Mertens's main affiliation in the publication record is Digipolis (Belgium), Belgium.

How many publications and citations does Erik Mertens have?

OpenAlex counts 48 works and 365 citations for Erik Mertens, an h-index of 8, ranking #5,118,970 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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