Patrick Mertens

162 papers and 5.6k indexed citations
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About

Patrick Mertens is a scholar working on Neurology, Surgery and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Patrick Mertens has authored 162 papers receiving a total of 5.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 85 papers in Neurology, 41 papers in Surgery and 36 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Patrick Mertens’s work include Botulinum Toxin and Related Neurological Disorders (43 papers), Neurological disorders and treatments (38 papers) and Pain Mechanisms and Treatments (35 papers). Patrick Mertens is often cited by papers focused on Botulinum Toxin and Related Neurological Disorders (43 papers), Neurological disorders and treatments (38 papers) and Pain Mechanisms and Treatments (35 papers). Patrick Mertens collaborates with scholars based in France, United States and Switzerland. Patrick Mertens's co-authors include M. Sindou, Luís García‐Larrea, Roland Peyron, François Mauguı̀ere, Bernard Laurent, Stéphane Thobois, B. Laurent, Marc Guénot, Joseph Maarrawi and Nicolas Costes and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Neuroscience, NeuroImage and Brain.

In The Last Decade

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Patrick Mertens

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

Fields of papers citing papers by Patrick Mertens

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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

Countries citing papers authored by Patrick Mertens

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