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Researcher · Vrije Universiteit Brussel · Belgium

Matthias B. Näf

Matthias B. Näf publishes mostly in Biomedical Engineering, Pharmacology and Rehabilitation, on topics such as Prosthetics and Rehabilitation Robotics, Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation and Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery.

OpenAlex
World rank
#1,660,600
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Belgium
#15,227
of 67,186
Works
18
Citations
932
Citations per work
51.8
h-index
9
i10-index 9Top 69% in Biomedical Engineering
Matthias B. Näf

What does Matthias B. Näf research?

Matthias B. Näf's work is mostly in Engineering (39%), Medicine (37%), Social Sciences (9%).

Physical Sciences: 7 works · 39.1% of their workEngineering: 7 works · 39.1% of their workBiomedical Engineering: 7 works · 39.1% of their workHealth Sciences: 7 works · 36.9% of their workMedicine: 7 works · 36.9% of their workPharmacology: 4 works · 19.6% of their workRehabilitation: 2 works · 13.0% of their workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 works · 4.3% of their workEverything else: 2 works · 13.1% of their workSocial Sciences: 2 works · 10.9% of their workSocial Sciences: 2 works · 8.7% of their workSociology and Political Science: 2 works · 8.7% of their workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 works · 2.2% of their workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 works · 2.2% of their workTHEIR WORKMatthias B. Näf18works
Physical Sciences39%Health Sciences37%Social Sciences11%

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. Engineering739.1%
    1. Medicine736.9%
  3. Everything else213.1%
    1. Social Sciences28.7%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting02.2%
  1. 1Biomedical Engineering39% of their works
  2. 2Pharmacology20% of their works
  3. 3Rehabilitation13% of their works
  4. 4Sociology and Political Science9% of their works
  5. 5Pathology and Forensic Medicine4% of their works
  6. 6Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Matthias B. Näf's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Exoskeletons, Lower Limb, Low Back Pain, Chronic Pain, Global Burden, Motor Recovery, Neural Plasticity and Electromyography.

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 17 words, with their numbers
  1. Exoskeletons121 topic
  2. Lower Limb121 topic
  3. Low Back Pain112 topics
  4. Chronic Pain91 topic
  5. Global Burden91 topic
  6. Motor Recovery61 topic
  7. Neural Plasticity61 topic
  8. Electromyography51 topic
  9. Muscle Fatigue51 topic
  10. Bildungsungleichheit21 topic
  11. Intervertebral Disc21 topic
  12. Lumbar Disc Degeneration21 topic
  13. Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse21 topic
  14. Bioinspired Robotics11 topic
  15. Human Microbiome11 topic
  16. Microbial Metabolites11 topic
  17. Soft Robotics11 topic

Where does Matthias B. Näf work?

Matthias B. Näf's main affiliation in the publication record is Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium.

How many publications and citations does Matthias B. Näf have?

OpenAlex counts 18 works and 932 citations for Matthias B. Näf, an h-index of 9, ranking #1,660,600 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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