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Researcher · Flemish Institute for Technological Research · Belgium

Karolien Vanbroekhoven

Karolien Vanbroekhoven publishes mostly in Biomedical Engineering, Environmental Engineering and Polymers and Plastics, on topics such as Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation, Lignin and Wood Chemistry and Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication.

ORCID 0000-0003-1173-6497 OpenAlex
World rank
#218,890
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Belgium
#1,644
of 67,186
Works
146
Citations
8.7k
Citations per work
59.5
h-index
44
i10-index 87Top 3.5% in Biomedical Engineering
Karolien Vanbroekhoven

What does Karolien Vanbroekhoven research?

Karolien Vanbroekhoven's work is mostly in Engineering (20%), Environmental Science (20%), Materials Science (8%).

Physical Sciences: 79 works · 54.0% of their workEngineering: 30 works · 20.4% of their workBiomedical Engineering: 21 works · 14.5% of their workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 9 works · 5.9% of their workEnvironmental Science: 29 works · 19.6% of their workEnvironmental Engineering: 19 works · 13.0% of their workEnvironmental Chemistry: 10 works · 6.6% of their workMaterials Science: 11 works · 7.6% of their workPolymers and Plastics: 11 works · 7.6% of their workEnergy: 9 works · 6.4% of their workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 9 works · 6.4% of their workEverything else: 67 works · 46.0% of their workTHEIR WORKKarolienVanbroekhoven146works
Physical Sciences54%

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. Engineering3020.4%
    2. Environmental Science2919.6%
    3. Materials Science117.6%
    4. Energy96.4%
  2. Everything else6746.0%
  1. 1Biomedical Engineering14% of their works
  2. 2Environmental Engineering13% of their works
  3. 3Polymers and Plastics8% of their works
  4. 4Environmental Chemistry7% of their works
  5. 5Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment6% of their works
  6. 6Electrical and Electronic Engineering6% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Karolien Vanbroekhoven's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Extracellular Electron Transfer, Microbial Fuel Cells, Graphene, Nanomaterials, Catalytic Transformation, Lignin Valorization, Remediation and Carbon-Based Materials.

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 19 words, with their numbers
  1. Extracellular Electron Transfer431 topic
  2. Microbial Fuel Cells431 topic
  3. Graphene392 topics
  4. Nanomaterials392 topics
  5. Catalytic Transformation351 topic
  6. Lignin Valorization351 topic
  7. Remediation302 topics
  8. Carbon-Based Materials211 topic
  9. Electrochemical Capacitors211 topic
  10. Polymer Composites201 topic
  11. Self-Healing201 topic
  12. Carbon Dioxide191 topic
  13. Electrocatalysis191 topic
  14. Electrochemical Biosensors181 topic
  15. Glucose Sensors181 topic
  16. Metal Removal171 topic
  17. Sulfate-Reducing Bacteria171 topic
  18. Contamination131 topic
  19. Heavy Metals131 topic

Where does Karolien Vanbroekhoven work?

Karolien Vanbroekhoven's main affiliation in the publication record is Flemish Institute for Technological Research, Belgium.

How many publications and citations does Karolien Vanbroekhoven have?

OpenAlex counts 146 works and 8,682 citations for Karolien Vanbroekhoven, an h-index of 44, ranking #218,890 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.

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