Johan Mertens

13 total papers · 402 total citations
8 papers, 302 citations indexed

About

Johan Mertens is a scholar working on Biomaterials, Insect Science and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Johan Mertens has authored 8 papers receiving a total of 302 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 4 papers in Biomaterials, 3 papers in Insect Science and 2 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Johan Mertens’s work include Silk-based biomaterials and applications (3 papers), Silkworms and Sericulture Research (2 papers) and Collembola Taxonomy and Ecology Studies (1 paper). Johan Mertens is often cited by papers focused on Silk-based biomaterials and applications (3 papers), Silkworms and Sericulture Research (2 papers) and Collembola Taxonomy and Ecology Studies (1 paper). Johan Mertens collaborates with scholars based in Belgium. Johan Mertens's co-authors include Jean Swings, Monique Gillis, Tom Vandekerckhove, Anne Willems, Kris Gellynck, Lieva Van Langenhove, Peter Verdonk, Gust Verbruggen, Tom Gheysens and Paul Kiekens and has published in prestigious journals such as Hydrobiologia, Journal of The Royal Society Interface and Journal of Materials Science Materials in Medicine.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Johan Mertens

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

Johan Mertens

8 papers receiving 292 citations

Fields of papers citing papers by Johan Mertens

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