Rob Smeets

355 total papers · 25.8k total citations
231 papers, 9.2k citations indexed

About

Rob Smeets is a scholar working on Pharmacology, Psychiatry and Mental health and Rehabilitation. According to data from OpenAlex, Rob Smeets has authored 231 papers receiving a total of 9.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 147 papers in Pharmacology, 93 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health and 43 papers in Rehabilitation. Recurrent topics in Rob Smeets’s work include Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation (146 papers), Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research (49 papers) and Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders (44 papers). Rob Smeets is often cited by papers focused on Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation (146 papers), Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research (49 papers) and Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders (44 papers). Rob Smeets collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, Belgium and Australia. Rob Smeets's co-authors include J. André Knottnerus, Johan W.S. Vlaeyen, Jeanine Verbunt, Raymond Ostelo, Steven J. Kamper, Arnold D.M. Kester, Albère Köke, Maurits W. van Tulder, Alessandro Chiarotto and Christopher G. Maher and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews and Pain.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rob Smeets

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

Rob Smeets

219 papers receiving 8.6k citations

Fields of papers citing papers by Rob Smeets

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Countries citing papers authored by Rob Smeets

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