Rafaël Van den Bergh

6.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
139 papers, 4.0k citations indexed

About

Rafaël Van den Bergh is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Rafaël Van den Bergh has authored 139 papers receiving a total of 4.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Infectious Diseases, 29 papers in Epidemiology and 23 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Rafaël Van den Bergh's work include Global Maternal and Child Health (21 papers), Disaster Response and Management (17 papers) and Child Nutrition and Water Access (15 papers). Rafaël Van den Bergh is often cited by papers focused on Global Maternal and Child Health (21 papers), Disaster Response and Management (17 papers) and Child Nutrition and Water Access (15 papers). Rafaël Van den Bergh collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, Luxembourg and France. Rafaël Van den Bergh's co-authors include Patrick De Baetselier, Jo A. Van Ginderachter, Jan Van den Bossche, Kiavash Movahedi, Alain Beschin, Conny Gysemans, Martin Guilliams, Rony Zachariah, Tom Decroo and Rosa Crestani and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Blood and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Rafaël Van den Bergh

137 papers receiving 3.9k 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. Identification of discrete tumor-induced myeloid-derived suppressor cell subpopulations with distinct T cell–suppressive activity
    2008 1.0k citations Rafaël Van den Bergh, Patrick De Baetselier et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Rafaël Van den Bergh Belgium 31 1.2k 947 658 564 497 139 4.0k
Beverley‐Ann Biggs Australia 44 487 0.4× 793 0.8× 1.2k 1.8× 657 1.2× 579 1.2× 170 6.4k
Rosemary Dray‐Spira France 41 488 0.4× 2.2k 2.4× 1.9k 2.9× 808 1.4× 226 0.5× 214 5.4k
Freddy Sitas Australia 37 504 0.4× 491 0.5× 1.5k 2.3× 494 0.9× 175 0.4× 127 6.5k
James Wiley United States 38 749 0.6× 1.4k 1.5× 1.5k 2.3× 1.5k 2.7× 463 0.9× 127 5.0k
Massimo Fabiani Italy 30 314 0.3× 1.1k 1.1× 577 0.9× 314 0.6× 249 0.5× 107 2.5k
Hoosen Coovadia South Africa 31 584 0.5× 1.1k 1.1× 1.1k 1.6× 989 1.8× 172 0.3× 77 4.4k
Emily L. Webb United Kingdom 37 440 0.4× 1.4k 1.5× 1.3k 1.9× 468 0.8× 83 0.2× 199 4.9k
Amy K. Ferketich United States 42 1.1k 0.9× 144 0.2× 585 0.9× 797 1.4× 264 0.5× 217 6.1k
Poul‐Erik Kofoed Denmark 28 589 0.5× 360 0.4× 311 0.5× 770 1.4× 161 0.3× 148 3.1k
Philip Keiser United States 21 1.2k 1.0× 1.8k 1.9× 1.1k 1.6× 227 0.4× 146 0.3× 81 3.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Rafaël Van den Bergh

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Fields of papers citing papers by Rafaël Van den Bergh

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rafaël Van den Bergh

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

All Works

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Opava, Christina H., et al.. (2023). Assessing independence in mobility activities in trauma care: Validity and reliability of the Activity Independence Measure-Trauma (AIM-T) in humanitarian settings. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(9). e0001723–e0001723. 1 indexed citations
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Boogaard, Wilma van den, Umberto Pellecchia, Rafaël Van den Bergh, et al.. (2021). How to bring residents’ psychosocial well-being to the heart of the fight against Covid-19 in Belgian nursing homes—A qualitative study. PLoS ONE. 16(3). e0249098–e0249098. 47 indexed citations
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Whitehouse, Katherine, et al.. (2021). A qualitative exploration of post-migration stressors and psychosocial well-being in two asylum reception centres in Belgium. International Journal of Migration Health and Social Care. 17(3). 241–258. 12 indexed citations
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Bergh, Rafaël Van den, et al.. (2020). Assault and care characteristics of victims of sexual violence in eleven Médecins Sans Frontières programs in Africa. What about men and boys?. PLoS ONE. 15(8). e0237060–e0237060. 10 indexed citations
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Dorji, Thinley, et al.. (2019). “If we miss this chance, it’s futile later on” – late antenatal booking and its determinants in Bhutan: a mixed-methods study. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. 19(1). 158–158. 19 indexed citations
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Kyaw, Khine Wut Yee, Christine Bousquet, Adam Trickey, et al.. (2018). From risk to care: the hepatitis C screening and diagnostic cascade in a primary health care clinic in Karachi, Pakistan—a cohort study. International Health. 12(1). 19–27. 13 indexed citations
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D’Mello-Guyett, Lauren, Maysoon Dahab, Caetano C. Dorea, et al.. (2018). Setting priorities for humanitarian water, sanitation and hygiene research: a meeting report. Conflict and Health. 12(1). 14 indexed citations
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Rossi, Gabriele, Jean-Marie Kindermans, Rafaël Van den Bergh, et al.. (2018). ‘I could not join because I had to work for pay.’: A qualitative evaluation of falciparum malaria pro-active case detection in three rural Cambodian villages. PLoS ONE. 13(4). e0195809–e0195809. 9 indexed citations
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Lee, Virginia, Mosoka Fallah, Moses Massaquoi, et al.. (2016). Psychological Distress among Ebola Survivors Discharged from an Ebola Treatment Unit in Monrovia, Liberia – A Qualitative Study. Frontiers in Public Health. 4. 142–142. 94 indexed citations
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Falq, Grégoire, Rafaël Van den Bergh, Martin De Smet, et al.. (2016). Assessing the asymptomatic reservoir and dihydroartemisinin–piperaquine effectiveness in a low transmission setting threatened by artemisinin resistant Plasmodium falciparum. Malaria Journal. 15(1). 446–446. 7 indexed citations
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Benedetti, Guido, Mathias Mossoko, Rafaël Van den Bergh, et al.. (2016). Sparks creating light? Strengthening peripheral disease surveillance in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Public Health Action. 6(2). 54–59. 4 indexed citations
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Bissell, Karen, Kerri Viney, Richard Brostrom, et al.. (2014). Building operational research capacity in the Pacific. Public Health Action. 4(Supplement 1). S2–S13. 14 indexed citations
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Bergh, Rafaël Van den, Marcel Manzi, Véronique Lambert, et al.. (2013). Characteristics and mortality of neonates in an emergency obstetric and neonatal care facility, rural Burundi. Public Health Action. 3(4). 276–281. 11 indexed citations
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Tamura, M., S. G. Hinderaker, Marcel Manzi, Rafaël Van den Bergh, & Rony Zachariah. (2012). Severe acute maternal morbidity and associated deaths in conflict and post-conflict settings in Africa. Public Health Action. 2(4). 122–125. 5 indexed citations
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Bergh, Rafaël Van den, Éric Florence, Erika Vlieghe, et al.. (2010). Transcriptome analysis of monocyte-HIV interactions. Retrovirology. 7(1). 53–53. 45 indexed citations
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Bergh, Rafaël Van den, et al.. (2009). DESIGNING AND DEVELOPING NEW STUDENT RESPONSE SERVICES FOR IPOD AND IPHONE. 4529–4534. 2 indexed citations

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