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Researcher · Hartcentrum Hasselt · Belgium

Wim Laffut

Wim Laffut publishes mostly in Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology and Immunology, on topics such as SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing, COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies and Respiratory viral infections research.

OpenAlex
World rank
#4,366,796
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Belgium
#39,192
of 67,186
Works
28
Citations
289
Citations per work
10.3
h-index
9
i10-index 7Top 71% in Infectious Diseases
Wim Laffut

What does Wim Laffut research?

Wim Laffut's work is mostly in Medicine (48%), Immunology and Microbiology (8%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (6%).

Health Sciences: 13 works · 48.2% of their workMedicine: 13 works · 48.2% of their workInfectious Diseases: 7 works · 26.6% of their workEpidemiology: 4 works · 12.7% of their workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 works · 5.1% of their workSurgery: 1 works · 3.8% of their workEverything else: 11 works · 37.9% of their workLife Sciences: 4 works · 13.9% of their workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 works · 7.6% of their workImmunology: 2 works · 7.6% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 works · 6.3% of their workEndocrinology: 2 works · 6.3% of their workTHEIR WORKWim Laffut28works
Life Sciences14%Health Sciences48%

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. Medicine1348.2%
  2. Everything else1137.9%
    1. Immunology and Microbiology27.6%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology26.3%
  1. 1Infectious Diseases27% of their works
  2. 2Epidemiology13% of their works
  3. 3Immunology8% of their works
  4. 4Endocrinology6% of their works
  5. 5Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging5% of their works
  6. 6Surgery4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Wim Laffut's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: SARS-CoV-2, ACE2 Receptor, COVID-19, Epidemiology, Diagnostics, Healthcare-Associated Infections, wastewater surveillance and Clinical Characteristics.

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 21 words, with their numbers
  1. SARS-CoV-2153 topics
  2. ACE2 Receptor92 topics
  3. COVID-1992 topics
  4. Epidemiology92 topics
  5. Diagnostics61 topic
  6. Healthcare-Associated Infections62 topics
  7. wastewater surveillance61 topic
  8. Clinical Characteristics51 topic
  9. Thrombosis51 topic
  10. Coronavirus41 topic
  11. Human Metapneumovirus41 topic
  12. Respiratory Syncytial Virus41 topic
  13. Vaccine41 topic
  14. Antimicrobial Prophylaxis31 topic
  15. Deep Learning31 topic
  16. ICU31 topic
  17. Medical Imaging31 topic
  18. Surgical Site Infection31 topic
  19. Ventilator-associated Pneumonia31 topic
  20. Genomics21 topic
  21. Plant Pathogenic Bacteria21 topic

Where does Wim Laffut work?

Wim Laffut's main affiliation in the publication record is Hartcentrum Hasselt, Belgium.

How many publications and citations does Wim Laffut have?

OpenAlex counts 28 works and 289 citations for Wim Laffut, an h-index of 9, ranking #4,366,796 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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