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Researcher · KU Leuven · Belgium

René Westhovens

René Westhovens publishes mostly in Rheumatology, Pathology and Forensic Medicine and Hematology, on topics such as Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies, Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research and Spondyloarthritis Studies and Treatments.

ORCID 0000-0002-3432-3073 OpenAlex
World rank
#393,594
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Belgium
#3,283
of 67,186
Works
653
Citations
32k
Citations per work
48.3
h-index
69
i10-index 253Top 1.3% in Rheumatology
René Westhovens

What does René Westhovens research?

René Westhovens's work is mostly in Medicine (58%), Immunology and Microbiology (4%).

Health Sciences: 382 works · 58.5% of their workMedicine: 382 works · 58.5% of their workRheumatology: 229 works · 35.0% of their workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 52 works · 7.9% of their workHematology: 46 works · 7.1% of their workGenetics: 35 works · 5.3% of their workOncology: 21 works · 3.2% of their workEverything else: 244 works · 37.4% of their workLife Sciences: 27 works · 4.1% of their workImmunology and Microbiology: 27 works · 4.1% of their workImmunology: 27 works · 4.1% of their workTHEIR WORKRené Westhovens653works
Life Sciences4%Health Sciences58%

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. Medicine38258.5%
  2. Everything else24437.4%
    1. Immunology and Microbiology274.1%
  1. 1Rheumatology35% of their works
  2. 2Pathology and Forensic Medicine8% of their works
  3. 3Hematology7% of their works
  4. 4Genetics5% of their works
  5. 5Immunology4% of their works
  6. 6Oncology3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe René Westhovens's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Autoantibodies, Inflammation, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Rituximab, Antiphospholipid Syndrome, Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Ankylosing Spondylitis and Spondyloarthritis.

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 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Autoantibodies5283 topics
  2. Inflammation3611 topic
  3. Rheumatoid Arthritis3611 topic
  4. Rituximab1332 topics
  5. Antiphospholipid Syndrome1071 topic
  6. Systemic Lupus Erythematosus1071 topic
  7. Ankylosing Spondylitis1061 topic
  8. Spondyloarthritis1061 topic
  9. Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis921 topic
  10. Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis921 topic
  11. Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia811 topic
  12. Genomic Aberrations811 topic
  13. Fibrosis601 topic
  14. Systemic Sclerosis601 topic
  15. Classification521 topic
  16. Lymphoma521 topic
  17. Fc Receptors411 topic
  18. Therapeutic Antibodies411 topic

Where does René Westhovens work?

René Westhovens's main affiliation in the publication record is KU Leuven, Belgium.

How many publications and citations does René Westhovens have?

OpenAlex counts 653 works and 31,517 citations for René Westhovens, an h-index of 69, ranking #393,594 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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