Science Explorer Back to mapMap
Discussion
Researcher · Antwerp Maritime Academy · Belgium

Helen Verstraelen

Helen Verstraelen publishes mostly in Mechanical Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Metals and Alloys, on topics such as Structural Integrity and Reliability Analysis, Corrosion Behavior and Inhibition and Hydrogen embrittlement and corrosion behaviors in metals.

OpenAlex
World rank
#6,744,228
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Belgium
#58,915
of 67,186
Works
15
Citations
89
Citations per work
5.9
h-index
6
i10-index 3Top 74% in Mechanical Engineering
Helen Verstraelen

What does Helen Verstraelen research?

Helen Verstraelen's work is mostly in Materials Science (38%), Engineering (32%), Environmental Science (18%).

Physical Sciences: 13 works · 87.5% of their workMaterials Science: 6 works · 37.5% of their workMaterials Chemistry: 3 works · 20.0% of their workMetals and Alloys: 3 works · 17.5% of their workEngineering: 5 works · 32.5% of their workMechanical Engineering: 4 works · 30.0% of their workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 works · 2.5% of their workEnvironmental Science: 3 works · 17.5% of their workEnvironmental Engineering: 2 works · 12.5% of their workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 works · 5.0% of their workEverything else: 2 works · 12.5% of their workTHEIR WORKHelen Verstraelen15works
Physical Sciences88%

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. Materials Science637.5%
    2. Engineering532.5%
    3. Environmental Science317.5%
  2. Everything else212.5%
  1. 1Mechanical Engineering30% of their works
  2. 2Materials Chemistry20% of their works
  3. 3Metals and Alloys18% of their works
  4. 4Environmental Engineering12% of their works
  5. 5Global and Planetary Change5% of their works
  6. 6Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Helen Verstraelen's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Pitting Corrosion, Corrosion, Pipeline, Corrosion Inhibitors, Metal Corrosion, Climate Change, Hydrogen Embrittlement and Passive Films.

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. The words come from the keyword list OpenAlex gives each topic, not from the text of the papers, so a word can appear that none of the papers uses.

All 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Pitting Corrosion182 topics
  2. Corrosion111 topic
  3. Pipeline111 topic
  4. Corrosion Inhibitors81 topic
  5. Metal Corrosion81 topic
  6. Climate Change72 topics
  7. Hydrogen Embrittlement71 topic
  8. Passive Films71 topic
  9. Emissions51 topic
  10. Maritime Transportation51 topic
  11. Biodiversity21 topic
  12. Marine Invasions21 topic
  13. Container Terminals11 topic
  14. Ecosystem-Based Management11 topic
  15. Marine Spatial Planning11 topic
  16. Operations Research11 topic
  17. Residual Stress11 topic
  18. Welding11 topic

Where does Helen Verstraelen work?

Helen Verstraelen's main affiliation in the publication record is Antwerp Maritime Academy, Belgium.

How many publications and citations does Helen Verstraelen have?

OpenAlex counts 15 works and 89 citations for Helen Verstraelen, an h-index of 6, ranking #6,744,228 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised citation 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.

Papers, co-authors, who cited this work and researchers on the nearest topics have tabs of their own, above. Is this your page? Claim it with your ORCID iD, or request a correction or removal.

Discussion

Ask a question or share a note about Helen Verstraelen. Keep it to the research: no personal attacks, advertising or links. Any reader can report a post, which collapses it for everyone until it is opened.