Dirk Avonts

879 total citations
50 papers, 659 citations indexed

About

Dirk Avonts is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Microbiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Dirk Avonts has authored 50 papers receiving a total of 659 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Epidemiology, 17 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 17 papers in Microbiology. Recurrent topics in Dirk Avonts's work include Reproductive tract infections research (16 papers), Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (8 papers) and Cervical Cancer and HPV Research (8 papers). Dirk Avonts is often cited by papers focused on Reproductive tract infections research (16 papers), Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (8 papers) and Cervical Cancer and HPV Research (8 papers). Dirk Avonts collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, Poland and Democratic Republic of the Congo. Dirk Avonts's co-authors include Peter Piot, Paul Van Royen, Véronique Verhoeven, A Meheus, Jan B. Vermorken, Lieve Peremans, Marc Baay, L Fransen, Joke Denekens and Benoît Nemery and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and The Journal of Infectious Diseases.

In The Last Decade

Dirk Avonts

45 papers receiving 620 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Dirk Avonts Belgium	15	259	255	217	158	77	50	659
Kathleen Paul United States	17	168 0.6×	212 0.8×	128 0.6×	143 0.9×	45 0.6×	32	830
M. B. Aldous United States	9	296 1.1×	255 1.0×	74 0.3×	94 0.6×	147 1.9×	16	839
Ian Jones United Kingdom	16	276 1.1×	102 0.4×	104 0.5×	116 0.7×	34 0.4×	48	818
Amy Ratcliffe United States	14	222 0.9×	126 0.5×	82 0.4×	123 0.8×	70 0.9×	21	895
Casey N. Pinto United States	12	123 0.5×	83 0.3×	127 0.6×	88 0.6×	50 0.6×	28	518
Karen Worthington Australia	11	97 0.4×	304 1.2×	82 0.4×	110 0.7×	164 2.1×	40	636
Emma Johansson Sweden	20	145 0.6×	312 1.2×	64 0.3×	110 0.7×	318 4.1×	66	1.2k
Iréne Eriksson Sweden	14	195 0.8×	51 0.2×	182 0.8×	86 0.5×	28 0.4×	34	776
Erin L. Murray United States	14	359 1.4×	155 0.6×	52 0.2×	43 0.3×	38 0.5×	26	628
Katrin Lang Estonia	13	179 0.7×	62 0.2×	106 0.5×	83 0.5×	41 0.5×	48	641

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Dirk Avonts

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20 of 20 papers shown

Brusselen, Daan Van, Dirk Avonts, Benoît Nemery, et al.. (2024). Air pollution and bronchiolitis: a case–control study in Antwerp, Belgium. European Journal of Pediatrics. 183(5). 2431–2442. 2 indexed citations

Boeckxstaens, Pauline, et al.. (2017). Is it possible to register the ideas, concerns and expectations behind the reason for encounter as a means of classifying patient preferences with ICPC-2?. Primary Health Care Research & Development. 19(1). 1–6. 13 indexed citations

Gowin, Ewelina, Jacek Wysocki, Dirk Avonts, Danuta Januszkiewicz‐Lewandowska, & Michał Michalak. (2016). Usefulness of inflammatory biomarkers in discriminating between bacterial and aseptic meningitis in hospitalized children from a population with low vaccination coverage. Archives of Medical Science. 2(2). 408–414. 14 indexed citations

Brusselen, Daan Van, Wouter Arrázola de Oñate, Bino Maiheu, et al.. (2016). Health Impact Assessment of a Predicted Air Quality Change by Moving Traffic from an Urban Ring Road into a Tunnel. The Case of Antwerp, Belgium. PLoS ONE. 11(5). e0154052–e0154052. 21 indexed citations

Pype, Peter, et al.. (2015). Collecting and registering sexual health information in the context of HIV risk in the electronic medical record of general practitioners: a qualitative exploration of the preference of general practitioners in urban communities in Flanders (Belgium). Primary Health Care Research & Development. 17(4). 333–350. 8 indexed citations

Gowin, Ewelina, et al.. (2012). Stimulating preventive procedures in primary care. Effect of PIUPOZ program on the delivery of preventive procedures. Archives of Medical Science. 4(4). 704–710. 10 indexed citations

Peeters, Bart, Els Mehuys, Inge Van Tongelen, et al.. (2012). Ramadan fasting and diabetes: An observational study among Turkish migrants in Belgium. Primary care diabetes. 6(4). 293–296. 19 indexed citations

Avonts, Dirk, et al.. (2010). De mantelzorger in beeld. Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University). 39(7). 250–251. 1 indexed citations

Avonts, Dirk, et al.. (2009). The Ramadan: do Muslim diabetes patients adhere to their religion or to the doctor?. 20. 1 indexed citations

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Hendrickx, Kristin, et al.. (2009). Learning intimate examinations with simulated patients: The evaluation of medical students’ performance. Medical Teacher. 31(4). e139–e147. 15 indexed citations

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Hendrickx, Kristin, Hilde Philips, & Dirk Avonts. (2008). Correlates of safe sex behaviour among low-educated adolescents of different ethnic origin in Antwerp, Belgium. The European Journal of Contraception & Reproductive Health Care. 13(2). 164–172. 6 indexed citations

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Verhoeven, Véronique, Lieve Peremans, Dirk Avonts, & Paul Van Royen. (2006). The profile of emergency contraception users in a chlamydia prevalence study in primary care in Belgium. The European Journal of Contraception & Reproductive Health Care. 11(3). 175–180. 10 indexed citations

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Baay, Marc, Véronique Verhoeven, Lieve Peremans, Dirk Avonts, & Jan B. Vermorken. (2006). General practitioners’ perception of risk factors for cervical cancer development: Consequences for patient education. Patient Education and Counseling. 62(2). 277–281. 12 indexed citations

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Verhoeven, Véronique, Marc Baay, Annelies Colliers, et al.. (2006). The male factor in cervical carcinogenesis: A questionnaire study of men's awareness in primary care. Preventive Medicine. 43(5). 389–393. 18 indexed citations

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Avonts, Dirk, et al.. (2005). Diabetes type 2 bij allochtonen: hogere incidentie, meer complicaties en toch een vergeten groep. 34(9). 510–517. 1 indexed citations

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Verhoeven, Véronique, Dirk Avonts, Etienne Vermeire, Luc Debaene, & Paul Van Royen. (2004). A short educational intervention on communication skills improves the quality of screening for Chlamydia in GPs in Belgium: a cluster randomised controlled trial. Patient Education and Counseling. 57(1). 101–105. 22 indexed citations

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Baay, Marc, Véronique Verhoeven, Kristien Wouters, et al.. (2004). The Prevalence of the Human Papillomavirus in Cervix and Vagina in Low-risk and High-risk Populations. Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases. 36(6-7). 456–459. 16 indexed citations

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Peremans, Lieve, et al.. (2000). Contraceptive knowledge and expectations by adolescents: an explanation by focus groups. Patient Education and Counseling. 40(2). 133–141. 32 indexed citations

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Vandenbruaene, M, Robert Colebunders, F Mascart-Lemone, et al.. (1995). Equal IgG Antibody Response to Pneumococcal Vaccination in All Stages of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Disease. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 172(2). 551–553. 25 indexed citations

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Avonts, Dirk, et al.. (1989). Sexually transmitted diseases and Chlamydia trachomatis in women consulting for contraception.. Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University). 39(327). 418–20. 7 indexed citations

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