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Researcher · KU Leuven · Belgium

Kurt de Vlam

Kurt de Vlam publishes mostly in Rheumatology, Immunology and Hematology, on topics such as Spondyloarthritis Studies and Treatments, Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies and Psoriasis: Treatment and Pathogenesis.

ORCID 0000-0003-3848-5122 OpenAlex
World rank
#814,378
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Belgium
#7,425
of 67,186
Works
297
Citations
9.3k
Citations per work
31.4
h-index
39
i10-index 97Top 6% in Rheumatology
Kurt de Vlam

What does Kurt de Vlam research?

Kurt de Vlam's work is mostly in Medicine (63%), Immunology and Microbiology (14%).

Health Sciences: 188 works · 63.2% of their workMedicine: 188 works · 63.2% of their workRheumatology: 142 works · 47.7% of their workHematology: 21 works · 7.0% of their workPsychiatry and Mental health: 9 works · 3.1% of their workPharmacology: 9 works · 3.0% of their workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 7 works · 2.4% of their workEverything else: 68 works · 22.8% of their workLife Sciences: 42 works · 14.0% of their workImmunology and Microbiology: 42 works · 14.0% of their workImmunology: 42 works · 14.0% of their workTHEIR WORKKurt de Vlam297works
Life Sciences14%Health Sciences63%

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. Medicine18863.2%
  2. Everything else6822.8%
    1. Immunology and Microbiology4214.0%
  1. 1Rheumatology48% of their works
  2. 2Immunology14% of their works
  3. 3Hematology7% of their works
  4. 4Psychiatry and Mental health3% of their works
  5. 5Pharmacology3% of their works
  6. 6Orthopedics and Sports Medicine2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Kurt de Vlam's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Inflammation, Ankylosing Spondylitis, Spondyloarthritis, Biological Therapy, Rheumatoid Arthritis, IL-17, TH17 Cells and Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis.

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 20 words, with their numbers
  1. Inflammation1982 topics
  2. Ankylosing Spondylitis1881 topic
  3. Spondyloarthritis1881 topic
  4. Biological Therapy1821 topic
  5. Rheumatoid Arthritis1821 topic
  6. IL-171101 topic
  7. TH17 Cells1101 topic
  8. Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis521 topic
  9. Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis521 topic
  10. Epidemiology382 topics
  11. Psychological Factors382 topics
  12. Treatment372 topics
  13. Chronic Fatigue Syndrome211 topic
  14. Fibromyalgia211 topic
  15. Chronic Pain171 topic
  16. Global Burden171 topic
  17. Cartilage161 topic
  18. Femoral Head161 topic
  19. Osteoarthritis161 topic
  20. Osteonecrosis161 topic

Where does Kurt de Vlam work?

Kurt de Vlam's main affiliation in the publication record is KU Leuven, Belgium.

How many publications and citations does Kurt de Vlam have?

OpenAlex counts 297 works and 9,314 citations for Kurt de Vlam, an h-index of 39, ranking #814,378 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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