Arno Thielens

2.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
90 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Arno Thielens is a scholar working on Biophysics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Arno Thielens has authored 90 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 58 papers in Biophysics, 53 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 50 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Arno Thielens's work include Electromagnetic Fields and Biological Effects (58 papers), Wireless Body Area Networks (45 papers) and Energy Harvesting in Wireless Networks (21 papers). Arno Thielens is often cited by papers focused on Electromagnetic Fields and Biological Effects (58 papers), Wireless Body Area Networks (45 papers) and Energy Harvesting in Wireless Networks (21 papers). Arno Thielens collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, United States and France. Arno Thielens's co-authors include Wout Joseph, Ana Claudia Arias, Carol Baumbauer, Jonathan Ting, Sifat Muin, Yasser Khan, Luc Martens, Günter Vermeeren, Hendrik Rogier and Jan M. Rabaey and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, Scientific Reports and Environmental Health Perspectives.

In The Last Decade

Arno Thielens

81 papers receiving 1.7k citations

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Arno Thielens Belgium	22	989	952	604	144	135	90	1.7k
Kyungmin Na South Korea	9	855 0.9×	1.1k 1.2×	36 0.1×	35 0.2×		18	1.7k
Andrew J. Jajack United States	9	538 0.5×	1.2k 1.3×	40 0.1×	4 0.0×	3 0.0×	23	1.8k
Jong Min Choi South Korea	24	204 0.2×	309 0.3×	14 0.0×	47 0.3×	41 0.3×	94	1.6k
Mohamed Elsherif United Arab Emirates	25	590 0.6×	935 1.0×	47 0.1×	11 0.1×		48	2.0k
Norihisa Miki Japan	26	683 0.7×	1.5k 1.6×	15 0.0×	62 0.4×	2 0.0×	229	2.3k
Luca Maiolo Italy	23	1.0k 1.0×	828 0.9×	36 0.1×	73 0.5×		145	1.9k
Md. Biplob Hossain Bangladesh	28	1.3k 1.3×	1.2k 1.3×	9 0.0×	84 0.6×	3 0.0×	82	2.3k
Yuyao Lu China	21	1.1k 1.1×	2.0k 2.1×	10 0.0×	22 0.2×	3 0.0×	57	2.8k
Keisuke Morishima Japan	26	354 0.4×	1.4k 1.5×	14 0.0×	52 0.4×		183	2.2k
Hyoungsoo Kim South Korea	26	1.1k 1.1×	1.1k 1.2×	12 0.0×	45 0.3×		97	2.4k

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Aminzadeh, Reza, Elisabeth Cardis, Stefan Dongus, et al.. (2025). Temporal change of outdoor RF-EMF levels in four European countries: a microenvironmental measurement study. Environmental Research. 285(Pt 1). 122315–122315.

Jalilian, Hamed, Isabelle Deltour, Arno Thielens, et al.. (2025). Determining the relationship between mobile phone network signal strength and radiofrequency electromagnetic field exposure: protocol and pilot study to derive conversion functions. Open Research Europe. 4. 206–206.

Fröhlich, Jürg, Fani Hatjina, Anke Huss, et al.. (2024). Numerical Dosimetry of Calliphora Vomitoria Pupae under Radio-Frequency Electromagnetic Exposure. University of Twente Research Information. 1 indexed citations

Thielens, Arno, et al.. (2024). A Circular, Wireless Surface-Electromyography Array. Sensors. 24(4). 1119–1119. 1 indexed citations

Virto, Laura Recuero, et al.. (2024). The exposure of nonhuman living organisms to mobile communication emissions: A survey to establish European stakeholders’ policy option preferences. Risk Analysis. 44(11). 2554–2568.

Thielens, Arno, et al.. (2024). Radio Frequency Electromagnetic Field Exposure of Insects at 10 cm From an Antenna. IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters. 24(2). 414–418. 1 indexed citations

Bhatt, Chhavi Raj, Stuart Henderson, Masoumeh Sanagou, et al.. (2024). Micro-environmental personal radio-frequency electromagnetic field exposures in Melbourne: A longitudinal trend analysis. Environmental Research. 251(Pt 2). 118629–118629. 6 indexed citations

Jalilian, Hamed, Isabelle Deltour, Arno Thielens, et al.. (2024). Determining the relationship between mobile phone network signal strength and radiofrequency electromagnetic field exposure: protocol and pilot study to derive conversion functions. Open Research Europe. 4. 206–206. 2 indexed citations

Thielens, Arno, et al.. (2023). On-Body Path Loss Modeling in the 110 GHz to 170 GHz Frequency Range. Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University). 4.

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Thielens, Arno, et al.. (2023). Design of an Efficient Antenna for Asian Hornet (Vespa Velutina) Tracking Using Insect Telemetry. Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University). 73–74. 1 indexed citations

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Joseph, Wout, Reza Aminzadeh, Pie Müller, et al.. (2021). Radio-frequency exposure of the yellow fever mosquito (A. aegypti) from 2 to 240 GHz. PLoS Computational Biology. 17(10). e1009460–e1009460. 11 indexed citations

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Wel, Luuk van, Ilaria Liorni, M. Elisabeth Koopman‐Verhoeff, et al.. (2021). Estimated all-day and evening whole-brain radiofrequency electromagnetic fields doses, and sleep in preadolescents. Environmental Research. 204(Pt C). 112291–112291. 12 indexed citations

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Thielens, Arno, Günter Vermeeren, Emmeric Tanghe, et al.. (2020). User and non-user EMF-exposure assessment of massive MIMO in an outdoor urban environment using Ray-Tracing method with stochastic geometry. Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University). 1 indexed citations

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Aminzadeh, Reza, Arno Thielens, Maxim Zhadobov, Luc Martens, & Wout Joseph. (2020). WBAN Channel Modeling for 900 MHz and 60 GHz Communications. IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation. 69(7). 4083–4092. 15 indexed citations

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Joseph, Wout, et al.. (2019). Characterisation of spatial and temporal variability of RF-EMF exposure levels in urban environments in Flanders, Belgium. Environmental Research. 175. 351–366. 29 indexed citations

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Torfs, Guy, Arno Thielens, Dries Vande Ginste, et al.. (2017). ATTO: Wireless Networking at Fiber Speed. Journal of Lightwave Technology. 36(8). 1468–1477. 22 indexed citations

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Bhatt, Chhavi Raj, Arno Thielens, Mary Redmayne, et al.. (2016). Measuring personal exposure from 900MHz mobile phone base stations in Australia and Belgium using a novel personal distributed exposimeter. Environment International. 92-93. 388–397. 26 indexed citations

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Joseph, Wout, Achilles D. Boursianis, Theodoros Samaras, et al.. (2015). FAST ASSESSMENT OF RF POWER ABSORPTION IN INDOOR ENVIRONMENTS BY ROOM ELECTROMAGNETICS THEORY. Radiation Protection Dosimetry. 171(4). 477–482. 1 indexed citations

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Thielens, Arno, Sam Agneessens, Leen Verloock, et al.. (2014). On-body calibration and processing for a combination of two radio-frequency personal exposimeters. Radiation Protection Dosimetry. 163(1). 58–69. 27 indexed citations

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Thielens, Arno, Sam Agneessens, Leen Verloock, et al.. (2013). Personal distributed exposimeter for radio frequency exposure assessment in real environments. Bioelectromagnetics. 34(7). 563–567. 34 indexed citations

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