Joost Bierens

549 total citations · 1 hit paper
13 papers, 325 citations indexed

About

Joost Bierens is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Emergency Medical Services and Emergency Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Joost Bierens has authored 13 papers receiving a total of 325 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 5 papers in Emergency Medical Services and 4 papers in Emergency Medicine. Recurrent topics in Joost Bierens's work include Disaster Response and Management (5 papers), Injury Epidemiology and Prevention (5 papers) and Disaster Management and Resilience (2 papers). Joost Bierens is often cited by papers focused on Disaster Response and Management (5 papers), Injury Epidemiology and Prevention (5 papers) and Disaster Management and Resilience (2 papers). Joost Bierens collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, Belgium and United States. Joost Bierens's co-authors include Merritt Schreiber, Osama Hashim Mohammad, Nishan K Purayil, Vamanjore A Naushad, Hans van Schuppen, Andries Baart, Gert Olthuis, Sebastiaan N. Jonkman, Stephen Beerman and Eva D’Hondt and has published in prestigious journals such as Circulation, Annals of Emergency Medicine and Vox Sanguinis.

In The Last Decade

Joost Bierens

11 papers receiving 309 citations

Hit Papers

A Systematic Review of the Impact of Disaster on the Ment... 2019 2026 2021 2023 2019 50 100 150 200
What are hit papers?

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. A Systematic Review of the Impact of Disaster on the Mental Health of Medical Responders
    2019 230 citations Vamanjore A Naushad, Joost Bierens et al. Prehospital and Disaster Medicine profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Joost Bierens Netherlands 6 213 139 61 57 32 13 325
K Y Tham Singapore 9 197 0.9× 149 1.1× 42 0.7× 61 1.1× 34 1.1× 18 346
Nishan K Purayil Qatar 6 197 0.9× 116 0.8× 48 0.8× 27 0.5× 30 0.9× 20 305
Yaser Moradi Iran 10 163 0.8× 144 1.0× 54 0.9× 13 0.2× 20 0.6× 38 337
Merritt Schreiber United States 12 435 2.0× 190 1.4× 198 3.2× 49 0.9× 62 1.9× 27 568
Kosar Yousefi Iran 6 236 1.1× 162 1.2× 50 0.8× 7 0.1× 35 1.1× 16 317
Sithum Munasinghe Australia 9 148 0.7× 52 0.4× 15 0.2× 42 0.7× 53 1.7× 24 344
Mohammadreza Firouzkouhi Iran 11 135 0.6× 82 0.6× 72 1.2× 9 0.2× 19 0.6× 55 321
Halley Kaye‐Kauderer United States 9 218 1.0× 200 1.4× 37 0.6× 8 0.1× 27 0.8× 15 386
Marta Borkowska Belgium 4 162 0.8× 189 1.4× 26 0.4× 9 0.2× 35 1.1× 6 316
Julie Werrett United Kingdom 12 199 0.9× 103 0.7× 38 0.6× 12 0.2× 53 1.7× 16 417

Countries citing papers authored by Joost Bierens

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Fields of papers citing papers by Joost Bierens

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Joost Bierens. 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 Joost Bierens. The network helps show where Joost Bierens may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Joost Bierens

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

All Works

13 of 13 papers shown
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Martelaer, Kristine De, et al.. (2022). Development of a tool for individual aquatic risk management among children. VUBIR (Vrije Universiteit Brussel). 6(11). 29–36. 1 indexed citations
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Queiroga, Ana Catarina, et al.. (2020). Resuscitation of the drowned person in the era of COVID-19 disease: a common ground for recommendations, identification of research needs and a global call to action. University of Southern Queensland ePrints (University of Southern Queensland).
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Naushad, Vamanjore A, et al.. (2019). A Systematic Review of the Impact of Disaster on the Mental Health of Medical Responders. Prehospital and Disaster Medicine. 34(6). 632–643. 230 indexed citations breakdown →
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Caramello, Valeria, Fulvio Ricceri, Rosa Chianese, et al.. (2019). Blood bank preparedness for mass casualty incidents and disasters: a pilot study in the Piedmont region, Italy. Vox Sanguinis. 114(3). 247–255. 6 indexed citations
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Ranzani, Otávio T., et al.. (2018). Rio’s Mountainous Region (“Região Serrana”) 2011 Landslides: Impact on Public Mental Health System. PLoS Currents. 10. 3 indexed citations
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Martelaer, Kristine De, Eva D’Hondt, Jan van Driel, Farid Bardid, & Joost Bierens. (2018). Effective Water Competence Training for School-Aged Children: Teaching Strategies for Skills, Knowledge, and Attitudes. International Journal of Aquatic Research and Education. 11(2). 3 indexed citations
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Bierens, Joost, et al.. (2018). An Analysis of Rescue Reports from The Netherlands. International Journal of Aquatic Research and Education. 11(2). 1 indexed citations
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Schuppen, Hans van & Joost Bierens. (2014). Understanding the prehospital physician controversy. Step 2. European Journal of Emergency Medicine. 22(6). 384–390. 16 indexed citations
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Olthuis, Gert, et al.. (2013). Matters of Concern: A Qualitative Study of Emergency Care From the Perspective of Patients. Annals of Emergency Medicine. 63(3). 311–319.e2. 34 indexed citations
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Jonkman, Sebastiaan N., et al.. (2008). Health Impacts of Large-Scale Floods: Governmental Decision-Making and Resilience of the Citizens. Prehospital and Disaster Medicine. 23(S2). s70–s73. 13 indexed citations
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Haasnoot, Krijn, et al.. (1994). [Submersion in children; the role of hypothermia and development of adult respiratory distress syndrome].. PubMed. 138(18). 906–10. 5 indexed citations

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