David Spitaels

18 total papers · 448 total citations
10 papers, 266 citations indexed

About

David Spitaels is a scholar working on Rheumatology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, David Spitaels has authored 10 papers receiving a total of 266 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Rheumatology, 4 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 3 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in David Spitaels’s work include Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms (7 papers), Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies (6 papers) and Clinical practice guidelines implementation (3 papers). David Spitaels is often cited by papers focused on Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms (7 papers), Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies (6 papers) and Clinical practice guidelines implementation (3 papers). David Spitaels collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, Netherlands and Norway. David Spitaels's co-authors include Rosella Hermens, Patrik Vankrunkelsven, Frank P. Luyten, Bert Vaes, Bert Aertgeerts, Miek Smeets, Dieter Van Assche, Pavlos Mamouris, Sabine Verschueren and Luis Marco-Ruiz and has published in prestigious journals such as BMJ Open, Implementation Science and Arthritis Care & Research.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Spitaels

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of David Spitaels. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of David Spitaels based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with David Spitaels. David Spitaels is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

David Spitaels

9 papers receiving 262 citations

Fields of papers citing papers by David Spitaels

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Countries citing papers authored by David Spitaels

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