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Researcher · Ghent University · Belgium

Gustaaf Schoukens

Gustaaf Schoukens publishes mostly in Mechanics of Materials, Polymers and Plastics and Mechanical Engineering, on topics such as Tribology and Wear Analysis, Lubricants and Their Additives and Synthesis and properties of polymers.

OpenAlex
World rank
#3,687,961
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Belgium
#33,252
of 67,186
Works
134
Citations
1.7k
Citations per work
13.0
h-index
29
i10-index 49Top 6.8% in Mechanics of Materials
Gustaaf Schoukens

What does Gustaaf Schoukens research?

Gustaaf Schoukens's work is mostly in Engineering (38%), Materials Science (34%), Medicine (4%).

Physical Sciences: 97 works · 72.4% of their workEngineering: 52 works · 38.5% of their workMechanics of Materials: 37 works · 27.7% of their workMechanical Engineering: 14 works · 10.8% of their workMaterials Science: 45 works · 33.9% of their workPolymers and Plastics: 28 works · 21.1% of their workBiomaterials: 12 works · 8.9% of their workMaterials Chemistry: 5 works · 3.9% of their workEverything else: 32 works · 23.7% of their workHealth Sciences: 5 works · 3.9% of their workMedicine: 5 works · 3.9% of their workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 5 works · 3.9% of their workTHEIR WORKGustaaf Schoukens134works
Physical Sciences72%Health Sciences4%

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. Engineering5238.5%
    2. Materials Science4533.9%
  2. Everything else3223.7%
    1. Medicine53.9%
  1. 1Mechanics of Materials28% of their works
  2. 2Polymers and Plastics21% of their works
  3. 3Mechanical Engineering11% of their works
  4. 4Biomaterials9% of their works
  5. 5Materials Chemistry4% of their works
  6. 6Orthopedics and Sports Medicine4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Gustaaf Schoukens's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Nanocomposites, Mechanical Properties, Nanoparticles, Polymer Tribology, Wear Behavior, Friction, Ionic Liquids and Lubricants.

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 21 words, with their numbers
  1. Nanocomposites812 topics
  2. Mechanical Properties742 topics
  3. Nanoparticles653 topics
  4. Polymer Tribology591 topic
  5. Wear Behavior591 topic
  6. Friction402 topics
  7. Ionic Liquids372 topics
  8. Lubricants281 topic
  9. Tribology281 topic
  10. Elemental Sulfur251 topic
  11. Polyimides251 topic
  12. Layered Silicate221 topic
  13. Polymer221 topic
  14. Polymer Blends151 topic
  15. Polymer Crystallization151 topic
  16. Adhesion121 topic
  17. Gecko121 topic
  18. Fiber Networks111 topic
  19. Paper Mechanics111 topic
  20. Cellulose Nanocrystals91 topic
  21. Nanocellulose91 topic

Where does Gustaaf Schoukens work?

Gustaaf Schoukens's main affiliation in the publication record is Ghent University, Belgium.

How many publications and citations does Gustaaf Schoukens have?

OpenAlex counts 134 works and 1,739 citations for Gustaaf Schoukens, an h-index of 29, ranking #3,687,961 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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