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Researcher · Sanquin · Netherlands

Koen Mertens

Koen Mertens publishes mostly in Hematology, Genetics and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, on topics such as Blood Coagulation and Thrombosis Mechanisms, Hemophilia Treatment and Research and Coagulation, Bradykinin, Polyphosphates, and Angioedema.

OpenAlex
World rank
#1,758,175
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Netherlands
#38,887
of 107,149
Works
111
Citations
4.8k
Citations per work
43.2
h-index
37
i10-index 70Top 7.5% in Hematology
Koen Mertens

What does Koen Mertens research?

Koen Mertens's work is mostly in Medicine (85%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (3%).

Health Sciences: 94 works · 84.6% of their workMedicine: 94 works · 84.6% of their workHematology: 66 works · 59.7% of their workGenetics: 17 works · 15.6% of their workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 7 works · 5.9% of their workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 4 works · 3.4% of their workEverything else: 14 works · 12.2% of their workLife Sciences: 4 works · 3.2% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4 works · 3.2% of their workCancer Research: 2 works · 1.9% of their workMolecular Biology: 1 works · 1.3% of their workTHEIR WORKKoen Mertens111works
Life Sciences3%Health Sciences85%

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. Medicine9484.6%
  2. Everything else1412.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology43.2%
  1. 1Hematology60% of their works
  2. 2Genetics16% of their works
  3. 3Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging6% of their works
  4. 4Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine3% of their works
  5. 5Cancer Research2% of their works
  6. 6Molecular Biology1% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Koen Mertens's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Hemostasis, Inflammation, Protease-Activated Receptors, Thrombin, Factor VIII, Hemophilia, Thrombosis and Hereditary Angioedema.

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. Hemostasis1173 topics
  2. Inflammation1102 topics
  3. Protease-Activated Receptors771 topic
  4. Thrombin771 topic
  5. Factor VIII741 topic
  6. Hemophilia741 topic
  7. Thrombosis732 topics
  8. Hereditary Angioedema401 topic
  9. Kinin Receptor Family401 topic
  10. Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura331 topic
  11. Platelets331 topic
  12. Imaging81 topic
  13. PET/CT81 topic
  14. Fibrinogen71 topic
  15. Transglutaminases71 topic
  16. Fc Receptors51 topic
  17. Therapeutic Antibodies51 topic
  18. Matrix Metalloproteinases41 topic
  19. Tissue Inhibitors of Metalloproteinases41 topic

Where does Koen Mertens work?

Koen Mertens's main affiliation in the publication record is Sanquin, Netherlands.

How many publications and citations does Koen Mertens have?

OpenAlex counts 111 works and 4,794 citations for Koen Mertens, an h-index of 37, ranking #1,758,175 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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