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Researcher · KU Leuven · Belgium

Ronny Bruffaerts

Ronny Bruffaerts publishes mostly in Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology and General Health Professions, on topics such as Mental Health Treatment and Access, Suicide and Self-Harm Studies and Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development.

ORCID 0000-0002-0330-3694 OpenAlex
World rank
#40,690
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Belgium
#166
of 67,186
Works
538
Citations
48k
Citations per work
88.4
h-index
95
i10-index 250Top 0.3% in Clinical Psychology
Ronny Bruffaerts

What does Ronny Bruffaerts research?

Ronny Bruffaerts's work is mostly in Psychology (49%), Health Professions (8%), Medicine (6%).

Social Sciences: 281 works · 52.2% of their workPsychology: 263 works · 48.8% of their workClinical Psychology: 155 works · 28.8% of their workSocial Psychology: 88 works · 16.3% of their workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 20 works · 3.7% of their workSocial Sciences: 18 works · 3.4% of their workEducation: 18 works · 3.4% of their workEverything else: 182 works · 33.9% of their workHealth Sciences: 75 works · 13.9% of their workHealth Professions: 45 works · 8.4% of their workGeneral Health Professions: 45 works · 8.4% of their workMedicine: 30 works · 5.5% of their workPsychiatry and Mental health: 30 works · 5.5% of their workTHEIR WORKRonny Bruffaerts538works
Health Sciences14%Social Sciences52%

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. Psychology26348.8%
    2. Social Sciences183.4%
  2. Everything else18233.9%
    1. Health Professions458.4%
    2. Medicine305.5%
  1. 1Clinical Psychology29% of their works
  2. 2Social Psychology16% of their works
  3. 3General Health Professions8% of their works
  4. 4Psychiatry and Mental health6% of their works
  5. 5Experimental and Cognitive Psychology4% of their works
  6. 6Education3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Ronny Bruffaerts's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Depression, Epidemiology, Psychological Distress, Mental Disorders, Stigma, Adolescents, Mental Health and Suicidal Behavior.

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 22 words, with their numbers
  1. Depression3454 topics
  2. Epidemiology2792 topics
  3. Psychological Distress2282 topics
  4. Mental Disorders1901 topic
  5. Stigma1901 topic
  6. Adolescents1652 topics
  7. Mental Health1142 topics
  8. Suicidal Behavior891 topic
  9. Suicide891 topic
  10. Anxiety792 topics
  11. Emotion Regulation761 topic
  12. Psychopathology761 topic
  13. Antipsychotic Drugs451 topic
  14. Neurocognitive Deficits451 topic
  15. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy411 topic
  16. Internet-based Interventions411 topic
  17. COVID-19381 topic
  18. Pandemic381 topic
  19. Crisis Resolution351 topic
  20. Home Treatment351 topic
  21. Social Relationships321 topic
  22. Socioeconomic Inequalities321 topic

Where does Ronny Bruffaerts work?

Ronny Bruffaerts's main affiliation in the publication record is KU Leuven, Belgium.

How many publications and citations does Ronny Bruffaerts have?

OpenAlex counts 538 works and 47,565 citations for Ronny Bruffaerts, an h-index of 95, ranking #40,690 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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