Erik Muls

4.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
76 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

Erik Muls is a scholar working on Surgery, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Erik Muls has authored 76 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Surgery, 19 papers in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism and 17 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Erik Muls's work include Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health (17 papers), Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins (15 papers) and Pharmacology and Obesity Treatment (8 papers). Erik Muls is often cited by papers focused on Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health (17 papers), Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins (15 papers) and Pharmacology and Obesity Treatment (8 papers). Erik Muls collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, Netherlands and United States. Erik Muls's co-authors include Greet Vansant, Mieke Hulens, Roeland Lysens, Roger Bouillon, Albrecht Claessens, G. Vantrappen, T. L. Peeters, J.L. Urbain, J. Janssens and Jan Tack and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Circulation and Gastroenterology.

In The Last Decade

Erik Muls

73 papers receiving 2.8k 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.

  1. Improvement of Gastric Emptying in Diabetic Gastroparesis by Erythromycin
    1990 567 citations Erik Muls et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Erik Muls 799 737 680 377 357 76 2.9k
Stig Attvall 698 0.9× 493 0.7× 1.5k 2.1× 260 0.7× 191 0.5× 68 2.6k
Virginia Boccardi 1.3k 1.6× 533 0.7× 381 0.6× 129 0.3× 247 0.7× 128 3.2k
Fritz Horber 2.0k 2.5× 2.0k 2.7× 1.1k 1.6× 147 0.4× 424 1.2× 110 5.7k
J. H. B. Scarpello 735 0.9× 754 1.0× 827 1.2× 154 0.4× 81 0.2× 73 2.6k
Miguel A. Rubio 1.4k 1.7× 2.3k 3.1× 770 1.1× 197 0.5× 620 1.7× 214 4.8k
Myrlene A. Staten 1.6k 2.0× 1.5k 2.0× 943 1.4× 63 0.2× 431 1.2× 52 3.7k
Didier Quilliot 644 0.8× 881 1.2× 239 0.4× 105 0.3× 172 0.5× 134 2.4k
Carmelinda Ruggiero 1.0k 1.3× 612 0.8× 312 0.5× 70 0.2× 383 1.1× 120 4.9k
Petra Verhoef 1.1k 1.4× 1.8k 2.4× 242 0.4× 152 0.4× 1.1k 3.0× 98 6.2k
Hong Xu 584 0.7× 234 0.3× 272 0.4× 131 0.3× 348 1.0× 128 2.5k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Erik Muls

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Erik Muls

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Descamps, Olivier, Guy De Backer, Lieven Annemans, Erik Muls, & André Scheen. (2012). [New European guidelines for the management of dyslipidaemia in cardiovascular prevention].. PubMed. 67(3). 118–27. 1 indexed citations
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Descamps, Olivier, Guy De Backer, Lieven Annemans, Erik Muls, & André Scheen. (2012). Les nouvelles recommandations Europeennes pour le traitement des dyslipidemies en prevention cardiovasculaire.. RMLG. Revue médicale de Liège. 67(3). 1 indexed citations
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Hermans, Michel P., Carlos Brotons, Moses Elisaf, et al.. (2012). Optimal type 2 diabetes mellitus management: the randomised controlled OPTIMISE benchmarking study: baseline results from six European countries. European Journal of Preventive Cardiology. 20(6). 1095–1105. 26 indexed citations
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Nobels, Frank, Carlos Brotons, Moses Elisaf, et al.. (2011). Study rationale and design of OPTIMISE, a randomised controlled trial on the effect of benchmarking on quality of care in type 2 diabetes mellitus. Cardiovascular Diabetology. 10(1). 82–82. 11 indexed citations
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Brinkman, Maree, Frank Buntinx, Eliane Kellen, et al.. (2011). Dietary intake of micronutrients and the risk of developing bladder cancer: results from the Belgian case–control study on bladder cancer risk. Cancer Causes & Control. 22(3). 469–478. 33 indexed citations
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Hermans, Michel P., et al.. (2010). Evaluating Benchmarking to Optimize Management of Type 2 Diabetes Patients: The Belgian Data of the Optimise study. Document Server@UHasselt (UHasselt). 1 indexed citations
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Jadoul, Michel, Muel Telo Muyer, Mala Ali Mapatano, et al.. (2010). Albuminurie pathologique lors du dépistage du diabète en milieu semi-rural (cité de Kisantu en RD Congo). Néphrologie & Thérapeutique. 6(6). 513–519. 10 indexed citations
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Muyer, Muel Telo, et al.. (2010). Mortality of young patients with diabetes in Kinshasa, DR Congo. Diabetic Medicine. 27(4). 405–411. 12 indexed citations
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Brinkman, Maree, Frank Buntinx, Eliane Kellen, et al.. (2010). Consumption of animal products, olive oil and dietary fat and results from the Belgian case–control study on bladder cancer risk. European Journal of Cancer. 47(3). 436–442. 37 indexed citations
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Muls, Erik, et al.. (2007). Évolution de la composition corporelle et du métabolisme basal au cours de la grossesse chez la noire congolaise de Kinshasa, République démocratique du Congo (RDC). Journal de gynécologie, obstétrique et biologie de la reproduction. Supplément. 36(7). 699–704. 3 indexed citations
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Mapatano, Mala Ali, et al.. (2007). OBESITY IN DIABETIC PATIENTS IN KINSHASA, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO. Acta Clinica Belgica. 62(5). 293–297. 5 indexed citations
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Matricali, Giovanni, et al.. (2006). Economic aspects of diabetic foot care in a multidisciplinary setting: a review. Diabetes/Metabolism Research and Reviews. 23(5). 339–347. 58 indexed citations
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Hulens, Mieke, Greet Vansant, Albrecht Claessens, Roeland Lysens, & Erik Muls. (2003). Predictors of 6‐minute walk test results in lean, obese and morbidly obese women. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports. 13(2). 98–105. 200 indexed citations
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Longo‐Mbenza, Benjamin, et al.. (2002). The role of early hemodynamic impairment and disease duration on diabetic cardiomyopathy and hypertension in central Africans with atherosclerosis. Journal of Diabetes and its Complications. 16(2). 146–152. 8 indexed citations
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Vansant, Greet, Ann Mertens, & Erik Muls. (2001). The effect of atorvastatin on postprandial lipaemia in overweight or obese women homozygous for apo E3. Acta Cardiologica. 56(3). 149–154. 5 indexed citations
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Muls, Erik, Philippe Autier, William Malbecq, & Greet Vansant. (1997). Coronary Heart Disease Risk Factors and LDL Cholesterol-Lowering Efficacy of Fibrates and Simvastatin. Clinical Drug Investigation. 14(2). 98–108. 2 indexed citations
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Hoogerbrugge, Nicoline, et al.. (1990). The efficacy and safety of pravastatin, compared to and in combination with bile acid binding resins, in familial hypercholesterolaemia. Journal of Internal Medicine. 228(3). 261–266. 31 indexed citations
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Blaton, V., Erik Muls, Gert Laekeman, et al.. (1988). Dietary influences of evening primrose oil on serum-lipids, prostaglandins and platelet-function in non-insulin dependent diabetics. 26(5). 286–286. 1 indexed citations
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Blaton, V., et al.. (1986). Effects of dietary alpha-linolenate and gamma-linolenate supplementation on serum-lipids, prostaglandins and platelet-function in man. Clinical Chemistry. 32(6). 1098–1098. 2 indexed citations

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