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Researcher · University of Groningen · Netherlands

Ralf G. J. C. Heijkants

Ralf G. J. C. Heijkants publishes mostly in Surgery, Polymers and Plastics and Biomaterials, on topics such as Knee injuries and reconstruction techniques, Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes and Polymer composites and self-healing.

OpenAlex
World rank
#1,542,606
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Netherlands
#34,564
of 107,149
Works
19
Citations
1.2k
Citations per work
64.1
h-index
14
i10-index 15Top 30% in Surgery
Ralf G. J. C. Heijkants

What does Ralf G. J. C. Heijkants research?

Ralf G. J. C. Heijkants's work is mostly in Medicine (45%), Materials Science (31%), Engineering (6%).

Health Sciences: 9 works · 45.1% of their workMedicine: 9 works · 45.1% of their workSurgery: 7 works · 39.2% of their workRheumatology: 1 works · 5.9% of their workPhysical Sciences: 7 works · 37.2% of their workMaterials Science: 6 works · 31.3% of their workPolymers and Plastics: 3 works · 17.6% of their workBiomaterials: 1 works · 7.8% of their workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 1 works · 5.9% of their workEngineering: 1 works · 5.9% of their workBiomedical Engineering: 1 works · 5.9% of their workEverything else: 3 works · 17.7% of their workTHEIR WORKRalf G. J. C.Heijkants19works
Physical Sciences37%Health Sciences45%

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. Medicine945.1%
    1. Materials Science631.3%
    2. Engineering15.9%
  3. Everything else317.7%
  1. 1Surgery39% of their works
  2. 2Polymers and Plastics18% of their works
  3. 3Biomaterials8% of their works
  4. 4Biomedical Engineering6% of their works
  5. 5Surfaces, Coatings and Films6% of their works
  6. 6Rheumatology6% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Ralf G. J. C. Heijkants's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Anterior Cruciate Ligament, Injury Risk, Arthroplasty, Total Knee Replacement, Biodegradable Polymers, Biomedical Applications, Nanocomposites and Polymer Composites.

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 19 words, with their numbers
  1. Anterior Cruciate Ligament111 topic
  2. Injury Risk111 topic
  3. Arthroplasty81 topic
  4. Total Knee Replacement81 topic
  5. Biodegradable Polymers62 topics
  6. Biomedical Applications52 topics
  7. Nanocomposites52 topics
  8. Polymer Composites41 topic
  9. Self-Healing41 topic
  10. Cartilage31 topic
  11. Layered Silicate31 topic
  12. Mussel-Inspired31 topic
  13. Osteoarthritis31 topic
  14. Polymer31 topic
  15. Surface Chemistry31 topic
  16. Biomaterials21 topic
  17. Polyhydroxyalkanoates21 topic
  18. Polylactic Acid21 topic
  19. Scaffolds21 topic

Where does Ralf G. J. C. Heijkants work?

Ralf G. J. C. Heijkants's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Groningen, Netherlands.

How many publications and citations does Ralf G. J. C. Heijkants have?

OpenAlex counts 19 works and 1,218 citations for Ralf G. J. C. Heijkants, an h-index of 14, ranking #1,542,606 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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