Christine Wyns

12.3k total citations · 4 hit papers
111 papers, 5.5k citations indexed

About

Christine Wyns is a scholar working on Reproductive Medicine, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Christine Wyns has authored 111 papers receiving a total of 5.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 86 papers in Reproductive Medicine, 64 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 24 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. Recurrent topics in Christine Wyns's work include Reproductive Biology and Fertility (60 papers), Sperm and Testicular Function (47 papers) and Reproductive Health and Technologies (35 papers). Christine Wyns is often cited by papers focused on Reproductive Biology and Fertility (60 papers), Sperm and Testicular Function (47 papers) and Reproductive Health and Technologies (35 papers). Christine Wyns collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, Netherlands and Switzerland. Christine Wyns's co-authors include Anne Van Langendonckt, Jonathan Poels, Mara Curaba, Jacques Donnez, Maxime Vermeulen, Francesca de Michele, Carlos Calhaz–Jorge, M. Kupka, Michelle Nisolle and Maria Grazia Giudice and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and International Journal of Molecular Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Christine Wyns

101 papers receiving 5.3k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Fertility and infertility: Definition and epidemiology

2018 1.4k citations Christine Wyns et al. profile →
Fertility preservation and post-treatment pregnancies in post-pubertal cancer patients: ESMO Clinical Practice Guidelines†

2020 281 citations Christine Wyns et al. Annals of Oncology profile →
Assisted reproductive technology in Europe, 2012: results generated from European registers by ESHRE

2016 263 citations Carlos Calhaz–Jorge, C. De Geyter et al. Human Reproduction profile →
Survey on ART and IUI: legislation, regulation, funding and registries in European countries

2020 174 citations Carlos Calhaz–Jorge, M. Kupka et al. Human Reproduction Open profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Christine Wyns Belgium	36	4.0k	3.0k	1.2k	1.1k	719	111	5.5k
Giovanni Battista La Sala Italy	42	2.6k 0.6×	1.7k 0.6×	1.3k 1.1×	829 0.8×	492 0.7×	207	5.2k
David B. Seifer United States	49	5.8k 1.4×	4.8k 1.6×	2.2k 1.8×	764 0.7×	442 0.6×	233	8.0k
Dror Meirow Israel	47	4.7k 1.2×	5.6k 1.8×	872 0.7×	1.9k 1.7×	427 0.6×	114	7.1k
K. Diedrich Germany	50	6.6k 1.6×	5.1k 1.7×	2.8k 2.3×	806 0.7×	447 0.6×	457	9.1k
Anders Nyboe Andersen Denmark	52	6.1k 1.5×	5.0k 1.7×	3.9k 3.2×	1.1k 1.0×	266 0.4×	192	9.0k
Stefano Venturoli Italy	44	4.6k 1.2×	2.8k 0.9×	464 0.4×	633 0.6×	598 0.8×	169	6.2k
D.D.M. Braat Netherlands	41	4.6k 1.2×	2.8k 0.9×	2.6k 2.1×	836 0.8×	195 0.3×	163	6.4k
Patrick Thonneau France	31	1.8k 0.5×	1.3k 0.4×	1.0k 0.8×	626 0.6×	772 1.1×	88	3.7k
René Frydman France	58	4.6k 1.1×	4.4k 1.4×	2.5k 2.0×	1.1k 1.0×	481 0.7×	197	8.6k
Osamu Ishihara Japan	38	4.9k 1.2×	3.1k 1.0×	3.8k 3.1×	922 0.8×	315 0.4×	177	8.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Christine Wyns

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Moghassemi, Saeid, Saba Nikanfar, Arezoo Dadashzadeh, et al.. (2025). The revolutionary role of placental derivatives in biomedical research. Bioactive Materials. 49. 456–485. 3 indexed citations

Bafort, Céline, Sharon Lie Fong, Steffen Fieuws, et al.. (2025). Conservative endometrioma surgery: The combined technique versus CO2-laser vaporization only (BLAST: Belgium LAser STudy): Clinical protocol for a multicenter randomized controlled trial. PLoS ONE. 20(3). e0315709–e0315709.

Pirard, Céline, Pascale Laurent, Christine Wyns, et al.. (2025). Impact of virtual reality with or without hypnosis before oocyte retrieval: A randomised study. Complementary Therapies in Medicine. 88. 103125–103125. 2 indexed citations

Vallée, Alexandre, Felice Petraglia, J. Keckstein, et al.. (2024). Horizons in Endometriosis: Proceedings of the Montreux Reproductive Summit, 14-15 July 2023. Facts Views and Vision in ObGyn. 16(Supplement 1). 1–32. 5 indexed citations

Calhaz–Jorge, Carlos, Christian De Geyter, Thomas Ebner, et al.. (2024). EuMAR stakeholder engagement: an analysis of medically assisted reproduction (MAR) data collection practices in EU countries. Human Reproduction. 39(11). 2379–2386. 1 indexed citations

Calhaz–Jorge, Carlos, J Smeenk, Christine Wyns, et al.. (2024). Survey on ART and IUI: legislation, regulation, funding, and registries in European countries—an update. Human Reproduction. 39(9). 1909–1924. 6 indexed citations

Amorim, Christiani A., et al.. (2023). Cancer cell contamination and decontamination methods for ovaries and testes: special focus on prepubertal gonads with a view to safe fertility restoration. Human Reproduction. 38(5). 780–798. 11 indexed citations

Smeenk, J, Christine Wyns, C. De Geyter, et al.. (2023). O-153 Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) in Europe 2020 and development of a strategy of vigilance: Preliminary results generated from European registers by the ESHRE EIM Consortium. Human Reproduction. 38(Supplement_1). 14 indexed citations

Geyter, Christian De, Carlos Calhaz–Jorge, V. Goossens, et al.. (2023). EuMAR: a roadmap towards a prospective, cycle-by-cycle registry of medically assisted reproduction in Europe. Human Reproduction Open. 2023(2). hoad011–hoad011. 3 indexed citations

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Calhaz–Jorge, Carlos, M. Kupka, Christine Wyns, et al.. (2020). Survey on ART and IUI: legislation, regulation, funding and registries in European countries. Human Reproduction Open. 2020(1). hoz044–hoz044. 174 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ferraretti, Anna Pia, K.G. Nygren, Anders Nyboe Andersen, et al.. (2017). Trends over 15 years in ART in Europe: an analysis of 6 million cycles†. Human Reproduction Open. 2017(2). hox012–hox012. 77 indexed citations

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Poels, Jonathan, et al.. (2016). Transplantation of testicular tissue in alginate hydrogel loaded with VEGF nanoparticles improves spermatogonial recovery. Journal of Controlled Release. 234. 79–89. 55 indexed citations

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Picton, Helen M., Christine Wyns, Richard A. Anderson, et al.. (2015). A European perspective on testicular tissue cryopreservation for fertility preservation in prepubertal and adolescent boys. Human Reproduction. 30(11). 2463–2475. 241 indexed citations

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Wyns, Christine, Mara Curaba, B. Vanabelle, Anne Van Langendonckt, & Jacques Donnez. (2010). Options for fertility preservation in prepubertal boys. Human Reproduction Update. 16(3). 312–328. 184 indexed citations

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Wyns, Christine, François‐Xavier Wese, Jacques Donnez, Anne Van Langendonckt, & Mara Curaba. (2009). Long-Term Spermatogonial Survival in Cryopreserved and Xenografted Immature Human Testicular Tissue Editorial Comment. The Journal of Urology. 181(5). 2249–2250. 1 indexed citations

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Wyns, Christine, Anne Van Langendonckt, F.X. Wese, J. Donnez, & Mara Curaba. (2008). Long-term spermatogonial survival in cryopreserved and xenografted immature human testicular tissue. Human Reproduction. 23(11). 2402–2414. 172 indexed citations

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Bleiberg, Harry, Philippe Autier, Alain Hendlisz, et al.. (2006). Colorectal cancer (CRC) screening using sigmoidoscopy followed by colonoscopy: a feasibility and efficacy study on a cancer institute based population. Annals of Oncology. 17(8). 1328–1332. 8 indexed citations

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Langendonckt, Anne Van, et al.. (2000). Pregnancy outcome following human embryo culture in G1.2/G2.2 and Sydney IVF cleavage/blastocyst sequential media: A prospective randomized comparative study. Human Reproduction. 15. 141–142. 2 indexed citations

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Bassil, S., Christine Wyns, & Jacques Donnez. (2000). A Randomized Prospective Cross-Over Study of Highly Purified Follicle-Stimulating Hormone and Human Menopausal Gonadotrophin for Ovarian Hyperstimulation in Women Aged 37–41 Years. Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics. 17(2). 107–112. 1 indexed citations

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Nisolle, Michelle, et al.. (1994). Immunohistochemical analysis of estrogen and progesterone receptors in endometrium and peritoneal endometriosis: a new quantitative method. Fertility and Sterility. 62(4). 751–759. 83 indexed citations

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