Toon Claes

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
12 papers, 904 citations indexed

About

Toon Claes is a scholar working on Surgery, Biomedical Engineering and Rheumatology. According to data from OpenAlex, Toon Claes has authored 12 papers receiving a total of 904 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Surgery, 4 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 3 papers in Rheumatology. Recurrent topics in Toon Claes's work include Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes (8 papers), Knee injuries and reconstruction techniques (8 papers) and Lower Extremity Biomechanics and Pathologies (4 papers). Toon Claes is often cited by papers focused on Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes (8 papers), Knee injuries and reconstruction techniques (8 papers) and Lower Extremity Biomechanics and Pathologies (4 papers). Toon Claes collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, Netherlands and Croatia. Toon Claes's co-authors include René Verdonk, Johan Bellemans, Daniël B.F. Saris, Frank P. Luyten, Michael Bohnsack, Bruno Vandekerckhove, Hilde Vandenneucker, Johan Vanlauwe, Koen Lagae and Yves Fortems and has published in prestigious journals such as The American Journal of Sports Medicine, Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery and Knee Surgery Sports Traumatology Arthroscopy.

In The Last Decade

Toon Claes

10 papers receiving 872 citations

Hit Papers

Characterized Chondrocyte Implantation Results in Better ... 2008 2026 2014 2020 2008 100 200 300 400
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  1. Characterized Chondrocyte Implantation Results in Better Structural Repair when Treating Symptomatic Cartilage Defects of the Knee in a Randomized Controlled Trial versus Microfracture
    2008 485 citations Daniël B.F. Saris, Johan Vanlauwe et al. The American Journal of Sports 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
Toon Claes Belgium 7 739 693 194 125 79 12 904
Koen Lagae Belgium 5 660 0.9× 677 1.0× 195 1.0× 114 0.9× 79 1.0× 6 817
Yves Fortems Belgium 10 768 1.0× 714 1.0× 198 1.0× 113 0.9× 81 1.0× 22 947
Bruno Vandekerckhove Belgium 5 727 1.0× 750 1.1× 199 1.0× 128 1.0× 80 1.0× 13 903
Jan Van Der Bauwhede Belgium 9 640 0.9× 687 1.0× 197 1.0× 146 1.2× 80 1.0× 11 865
Jürgen Fritz Germany 12 398 0.5× 451 0.7× 175 0.9× 91 0.7× 41 0.5× 24 620
Christopher R. Gooding United Kingdom 9 997 1.3× 948 1.4× 317 1.6× 152 1.2× 102 1.3× 14 1.2k
Kenneth R. Zaslav United States 14 484 0.7× 421 0.6× 97 0.5× 109 0.9× 41 0.5× 28 662
Lajos Bartha Hungary 6 558 0.8× 589 0.8× 143 0.7× 202 1.6× 64 0.8× 7 825
T. Minas United States 11 766 1.0× 703 1.0× 214 1.1× 173 1.4× 62 0.8× 16 991
Konrad Słynarski Poland 9 441 0.6× 391 0.6× 99 0.5× 82 0.7× 55 0.7× 18 543

Countries citing papers authored by Toon Claes

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Fields of papers citing papers by Toon Claes

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Toon Claes

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

All Works

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Haver, Annemieke Van, et al.. (2023). Impacted bone allograft personalised by a novel 3D printed customization kit produces high surgical accuracy in medial opening wedge high tibial osteotomy: a pilot study. Journal of Experimental Orthopaedics. 10(1). 24–24. 4 indexed citations
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Mast, Joelle, et al.. (2023). Fast rehab after midshaft clavicula fractures in elite cyclists and motocross riders. Acta Orthopaedica Belgica. 89(3). 525–530.
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Claes, Steven, et al.. (2020). Etiology of knee pain in elite cyclists: A 14-month consecutive case series.. Acta Orthopaedica Belgica. 86(2). 262–271. 4 indexed citations
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Claes, Toon, et al.. (2019). Structural allograft impaction enables fast rehabilitation in opening‐wedge high tibial osteotomy: a consecutive case series with one year follow‐up. Knee Surgery Sports Traumatology Arthroscopy. 28(12). 3747–3757. 23 indexed citations
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Claes, Toon, et al.. (2016). How accurately does high tibial osteotomy correct the mechanical axis of an arthritic varus knee? A systematic review. The Knee. 23(6). 925–935. 70 indexed citations
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Claes, Tom, Steven Claes, J. De Roeck, & Toon Claes. (2015). Prepatellar Friction Syndrome: a common cause of knee pain in the elite cyclist.. PubMed. 81(4). 614–9. 6 indexed citations
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Vanlauwe, Johan, Daniël B.F. Saris, Jan Victor, et al.. (2011). Five-Year Outcome of Characterized Chondrocyte Implantation Versus Microfracture for Symptomatic Cartilage Defects of the Knee. The American Journal of Sports Medicine. 39(12). 2566–2574. 256 indexed citations
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Saris, Daniël B.F., Johan Vanlauwe, Jan Victor, et al.. (2008). Characterized Chondrocyte Implantation Results in Better Structural Repair when Treating Symptomatic Cartilage Defects of the Knee in a Randomized Controlled Trial versus Microfracture. The American Journal of Sports Medicine. 36(2). 235–246. 485 indexed citations breakdown →
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Claes, Toon, et al.. (1996). Bony avulsion of the pectoralis major muscle. Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery. 5(4). 327–329. 23 indexed citations

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