Johan Bierkens

1.3k total citations
28 papers, 915 citations indexed

About

Johan Bierkens is a scholar working on Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Pollution and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Johan Bierkens has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 915 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, 8 papers in Pollution and 4 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Johan Bierkens's work include Heavy metals in environment (7 papers), Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology (5 papers) and Computational Drug Discovery Methods (3 papers). Johan Bierkens is often cited by papers focused on Heavy metals in environment (7 papers), Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology (5 papers) and Computational Drug Discovery Methods (3 papers). Johan Bierkens collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, United Kingdom and France. Johan Bierkens's co-authors include Mirja Van Holderbeke, Jurgen Buekers, Luc Int Panis, Greet Schoeters, Christa Cornelis, Roel Smolders, J.H. Hendry, N. Falla, Lieve Geerts and Brigitte Borremans and has published in prestigious journals such as Blood, The Science of The Total Environment and Environmental Pollution.

In The Last Decade

Johan Bierkens

27 papers receiving 878 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Johan Bierkens Belgium 15 299 229 156 129 106 28 915
Di Chen China 20 92 0.3× 68 0.3× 191 1.2× 189 1.5× 15 0.1× 78 1.3k
Mike Fay United States 15 606 2.0× 328 1.4× 103 0.7× 44 0.3× 16 0.2× 30 1.4k
Gregory J. Miller United States 22 148 0.5× 113 0.5× 476 3.1× 56 0.4× 17 0.2× 39 1.4k
Tianyu Li China 17 73 0.2× 221 1.0× 167 1.1× 171 1.3× 43 0.4× 64 1.3k
Huiming Li China 17 519 1.7× 615 2.7× 104 0.7× 55 0.4× 44 0.4× 75 1.4k
Xiaoxiao Li China 20 65 0.2× 121 0.5× 160 1.0× 77 0.6× 8 0.1× 97 1.4k
Jingrong Zhang China 16 62 0.2× 207 0.9× 136 0.9× 155 1.2× 21 0.2× 66 1.1k
Enda Hayes United Kingdom 23 648 2.2× 89 0.4× 300 1.9× 36 0.3× 160 1.5× 100 1.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Johan Bierkens

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Fields of papers citing papers by Johan Bierkens

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Johan Bierkens

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Lemmens, Sophie, et al.. (2020). Systematic Review on Fractal Dimension of the Retinal Vasculature in Neurodegeneration and Stroke: Assessment of a Potential Biomarker. Frontiers in Neuroscience. 14. 16–16. 61 indexed citations
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Fierens, Tine, Mirja Van Holderbeke, Arnout Standaert, et al.. (2016). Multimedia & PBPK modelling with MERLIN-Expo versus biomonitoring for assessing Pb exposure of pre-school children in a residential setting. The Science of The Total Environment. 568. 785–793. 16 indexed citations
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Holderbeke, Mirja Van, Tine Fierens, Arnout Standaert, et al.. (2016). Assessing multimedia/multipathway exposures to inorganic arsenic at population and individual level using MERLIN-Expo. The Science of The Total Environment. 568. 794–802. 9 indexed citations
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Bierkens, Johan & Lieve Geerts. (2014). Environmental hazard and risk characterisation of petroleum substances: A guided “walking tour” of petroleum hydrocarbons. Environment International. 66. 182–193. 25 indexed citations
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Giubilato, Elisa, Alex Zabeo, Andrea Critto, et al.. (2014). A risk-based methodology for ranking environmental chemical stressors at the regional scale. Environment International. 65. 41–53. 17 indexed citations
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Bierkens, Johan, Jurgen Buekers, Mirja Van Holderbeke, & Rudi Torfs. (2011). Health impact assessment and monetary valuation of IQ loss in pre-school children due to lead exposure through locally produced food. The Science of The Total Environment. 414. 90–97. 32 indexed citations
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Bierkens, Johan, Roel Smolders, Mirja Van Holderbeke, & Christa Cornelis. (2011). Predicting blood lead levels from current and past environmental data in Europe. The Science of The Total Environment. 409(23). 5101–5110. 57 indexed citations
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Bierkens, Johan & Christa Cornelis. (2007). Estimates of Hourly Dust and Soil Ingestion Rates for Children and Adults In- and Outdoors. Epidemiology. 18(5). S34–S35. 1 indexed citations
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Cornelis, Christa, et al.. (2005). FRAMEWORK FOR QUALITY ASSESSMENT OF ORGANOTIN IN SEDIMENTS IN VIEW OF RE-USE ON LAND. JACC Heart Failure. 3(8). 579–90. 1 indexed citations
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Vangronsveld, Jaco, H. Clijsters, Robert Carleer, et al.. (2000). Physico-chemical and biological evaluation of the efficacy of in situ metal inactivation in contaminated soils. Document Server@UHasselt (UHasselt). 2. 1155–1156. 5 indexed citations
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Bierkens, Johan. (2000). Applications and pitfalls of stress-proteins in biomonitoring. Toxicology. 153(1-3). 61–72. 126 indexed citations
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Bierkens, Johan, et al.. (1998). Effect of different environmental variables on the synthesis of Hsp70 in Raphidocelis subcapitata. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A Molecular & Integrative Physiology. 120(1). 29–34. 22 indexed citations
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Bierkens, Johan, Gustav Klein, Philippe Corbisier, et al.. (1998). Comparative sensitivity of 20 bioassays for soil quality. Chemosphere. 37(14-15). 2935–2947. 80 indexed citations
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Loon, Jack J. W. A. van, Johan Bierkens, Greet Schoeters, et al.. (1995). Polysulphone inhibits final differentiation steps of osteogenesis in vitro. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research. 29(9). 1155–1163. 7 indexed citations
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Bierkens, Johan, Jean‐Michel Maes, Daniëlla Ooms, et al.. (1994). Decreased acquisition of osteoblastic phenotype markers and increased response to interleukin-1 and parathyroid hormone in pre-osteoblast like cells under microgravity. ESASP. 366. 25. 1 indexed citations
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Falla, N., et al.. (1993). Characterization of a 5-fluorouracil-enriched osteoprogenitor population of the murine bone marrow. Blood. 82(12). 3580–3591. 69 indexed citations
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Bierkens, Johan & K. Simkiss. (1990). The Use of Chemical Analogues Such as Eu/Am in Ecotoxicological Studies. Functional Ecology. 4(3). 445–445. 4 indexed citations
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Bierkens, Johan, J.H. Hendry, & Nydia G. Testa. (1989). The radiation response and recovery of bone marrow stroma with particular reference to long‐term bone marrow cultures. European Journal Of Haematology. 43(2). 95–107. 23 indexed citations
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Bierkens, Johan, et al.. (1987). Similarity of 241Am and 59Fe specification in selected freshwaters and of their adsorption on crayfish exoskeleton. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity. 5(4). 275–286. 3 indexed citations

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