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Researcher · Ghent University · Belgium

Fien Mertens

Fien Mertens publishes mostly in General Health Professions, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Geriatrics and Gerontology, on topics such as Interprofessional Education and Collaboration, Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues and Dental Health and Care Utilization.

ORCID 0000-0002-0040-3737 OpenAlex
World rank
#1,319,701
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Belgium
#12,115
of 67,186
Works
52
Citations
783
Citations per work
15.1
h-index
15
i10-index 16Top 23% in General Health Professions
Fien Mertens

What does Fien Mertens research?

Fien Mertens's work is mostly in Medicine (30%), Health Professions (28%), Dentistry (6%).

Health Sciences: 33 works · 64.2% of their workMedicine: 16 works · 29.9% of their workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 9 works · 18.2% of their workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 5 works · 8.8% of their workOncology: 2 works · 2.9% of their workHealth Professions: 15 works · 28.5% of their workGeneral Health Professions: 15 works · 28.5% of their workDentistry: 3 works · 5.8% of their workPeriodontics: 3 works · 5.8% of their workEverything else: 17 works · 32.9% of their workSocial Sciences: 2 works · 2.9% of their workSocial Sciences: 2 works · 2.9% of their workSociology and Political Science: 2 works · 2.9% of their workTHEIR WORKFien Mertens52works
Health Sciences64%Social Sciences3%

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. Medicine1629.9%
    2. Health Professions1528.5%
    3. Dentistry35.8%
  2. Everything else1732.9%
    1. Social Sciences22.9%
  1. 1General Health Professions28% of their works
  2. 2Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health18% of their works
  3. 3Geriatrics and Gerontology9% of their works
  4. 4Periodontics6% of their works
  5. 5Oncology3% of their works
  6. 6Sociology and Political Science3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Fien Mertens's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Healthcare Outcomes, Interprofessional Education, Teamwork, End-of-Life, Palliative Care, Dental Caries, Inappropriate Medication Use and Oral Health.

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. Healthcare Outcomes262 topics
  2. Interprofessional Education201 topic
  3. Teamwork201 topic
  4. End-of-Life181 topic
  5. Palliative Care181 topic
  6. Dental Caries81 topic
  7. Inappropriate Medication Use81 topic
  8. Oral Health81 topic
  9. Polypharmacy81 topic
  10. Patient-Centered Care61 topic
  11. Physician Communication61 topic
  12. Competency-Based Education51 topic
  13. Professional Identity Formation51 topic
  14. Frailty41 topic
  15. Geriatric Assessment41 topic
  16. Nursing Home41 topic
  17. Quality of Care41 topic

Where does Fien Mertens work?

Fien Mertens's main affiliation in the publication record is Ghent University, Belgium.

How many publications and citations does Fien Mertens have?

OpenAlex counts 52 works and 783 citations for Fien Mertens, an h-index of 15, ranking #1,319,701 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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