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Researcher · Janssen (Belgium) · Belgium

Marc Mercken

Marc Mercken publishes mostly in Physiology, Molecular Biology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, on topics such as Alzheimer's disease research and treatments, Prion Diseases and Protein Misfolding and Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms.

World rank
#970,047
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in Belgium
#11,936
of 18,604
Works
18
Citations
47
Citations per work
2.6

What does Marc Mercken research?

Physiology: 35.0%Molecular Biology: 25.0%Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 15.0%Neurology: 10.0%other fields: 15.0%35%top field
Physiology35.0%Molecular Biology25.0%Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience15.0%Neurology10.0%other fields15.0%

Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.

  1. 1Physiology35% of their works
  2. 2Molecular Biology25% of their works
  3. 3Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience15% of their works
  4. 4Neurology10% of their works
  5. 5Developmental Neuroscience5% of their works
  6. 6Psychiatry and Mental health5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Marc Mercken's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Neurodegeneration, Neuroinflammation, Amyloid Hypothesis, Tau Pathology, Protein Aggregation, Molecular Basis, Prion Diseases and Brain Development.

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. Neurodegeneration92 topics
  2. Neuroinflammation92 topics
  3. Amyloid Hypothesis71 topic
  4. Tau Pathology71 topic
  5. Protein Aggregation52 topics
  6. Molecular Basis41 topic
  7. Prion Diseases41 topic
  8. Brain Development32 topics
  9. Astrocytes21 topic
  10. Microglia21 topic
  11. Adult Stem Cells11 topic
  12. Cardiac Amyloidosis11 topic
  13. Huntington's Disease11 topic
  14. Neurogenesis11 topic
  15. Neuropeptides11 topic
  16. Neurotransmission11 topic
  17. Polyglutamine11 topic
  18. Receptors11 topic
  19. Synaptic Plasticity11 topic
  20. Transthyretin11 topic

Where does Marc Mercken work?

Marc Mercken's main affiliation in the publication record is Janssen (Belgium), Belgium.

How many publications and citations does Marc Mercken have?

Science Explorer counts 18 works and 47 citations for Marc Mercken, ranking #970,047 of 1,633,909 researchers worldwide on the composite 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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