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Researcher · KU Leuven · Belgium

Wim Thielemans

Wim Thielemans publishes mostly in Biomaterials, Biomedical Engineering and Materials Chemistry, on topics such as Advanced Cellulose Research Studies, biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties and Lignin and Wood Chemistry.

ORCID 0000-0003-4451-1964 OpenAlex
World rank
#466,684
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Belgium
#3,941
of 67,186
Works
304
Citations
17k
Citations per work
55.1
h-index
57
i10-index 166Top 1.9% in Biomaterials
Wim Thielemans

What does Wim Thielemans research?

Wim Thielemans's work is mostly in Materials Science (37%), Engineering (18%), Chemistry (5%).

Physical Sciences: 181 works · 59.4% of their workMaterials Science: 111 works · 36.6% of their workBiomaterials: 74 works · 24.2% of their workMaterials Chemistry: 22 works · 7.2% of their workPolymers and Plastics: 16 works · 5.2% of their workEngineering: 54 works · 17.9% of their workBiomedical Engineering: 36 works · 11.9% of their workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 18 works · 6.0% of their workChemistry: 15 works · 4.9% of their workOrganic Chemistry: 15 works · 4.9% of their workEverything else: 123 works · 40.6% of their workTHEIR WORKWim Thielemans304works
Physical Sciences59%

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. Materials Science11136.6%
    2. Engineering5417.9%
    3. Chemistry154.9%
  2. Everything else12340.6%
  1. 1Biomaterials24% of their works
  2. 2Biomedical Engineering12% of their works
  3. 3Materials Chemistry7% of their works
  4. 4Electrical and Electronic Engineering6% of their works
  5. 5Polymers and Plastics5% of their works
  6. 6Organic Chemistry5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Wim Thielemans's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Biomedical Applications, Cellulose Nanocrystals, Nanocellulose, Nanocomposites, Biodegradable Polymers, Polyhydroxyalkanoates, Polylactic Acid and Tissue Engineering.

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 20 words, with their numbers
  1. Biomedical Applications2025 topics
  2. Cellulose Nanocrystals1021 topic
  3. Nanocellulose1021 topic
  4. Nanocomposites823 topics
  5. Biodegradable Polymers642 topics
  6. Polyhydroxyalkanoates441 topic
  7. Polylactic Acid441 topic
  8. Tissue Engineering382 topics
  9. Catalytic Transformation211 topic
  10. Desalination211 topic
  11. Lignin Valorization211 topic
  12. Membrane Technology211 topic
  13. Chitin201 topic
  14. Chitosan201 topic
  15. Carbon-Based Materials181 topic
  16. Electrospinning181 topic
  17. Graphene181 topic
  18. Hemicelluloses181 topic
  19. Nanofibers181 topic
  20. Pectin181 topic

Where does Wim Thielemans work?

Wim Thielemans's main affiliation in the publication record is KU Leuven, Belgium.

How many publications and citations does Wim Thielemans have?

OpenAlex counts 304 works and 16,759 citations for Wim Thielemans, an h-index of 57, ranking #466,684 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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