Erik De Clercq

2.8k papers and 116.9k indexed citations i.

About

Erik De Clercq is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Erik De Clercq has authored 2.8k papers receiving a total of 116.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 1.3k papers in Infectious Diseases, 970 papers in Epidemiology and 901 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Erik De Clercq’s work include HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment (1.2k papers), HIV Research and Treatment (823 papers) and Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research (421 papers). Erik De Clercq is often cited by papers focused on HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment (1.2k papers), HIV Research and Treatment (823 papers) and Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research (421 papers). Erik De Clercq collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, United States and China. Erik De Clercq's co-authors include Jan Balzarini, Dominique Schols, Christophe Pannecouque, Johan Neyts, Robert Snoeck, Rudi Pauwels, Guangdi Li, Masanori Baba, Graciela Andreï and Antonı́n Holý and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Erik De Clercq

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Erik De Clercq. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Erik De Clercq 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 Erik De Clercq. Erik De Clercq is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

Fields of papers citing papers by Erik De Clercq

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This network shows the impact of papers produced by Erik De Clercq. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Erik De Clercq. The network helps show where Erik De Clercq may publish in the future.

Countries citing papers authored by Erik De Clercq

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