V. Van Belle

1.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
16 papers, 628 citations indexed

About

V. Van Belle is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Oncology and Obstetrics and Gynecology. According to data from OpenAlex, V. Van Belle has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 628 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 4 papers in Oncology and 4 papers in Obstetrics and Gynecology. Recurrent topics in V. Van Belle's work include Ectopic Pregnancy Diagnosis and Management (5 papers), Breast Cancer Treatment Studies (4 papers) and Ovarian cancer diagnosis and treatment (4 papers). V. Van Belle is often cited by papers focused on Ectopic Pregnancy Diagnosis and Management (5 papers), Breast Cancer Treatment Studies (4 papers) and Ovarian cancer diagnosis and treatment (4 papers). V. Van Belle collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, United Kingdom and Sweden. V. Van Belle's co-authors include Sabine Van Huffel, D. Timmerman, T. Bourne, C. Van Holsbeke, L. Valentin, Kristiaan Pelckmans, A. C. Testa, Johan A. K. Suykens, S. Guerriero and Artur Czekierdowski and has published in prestigious journals such as Bioinformatics, Cancer Research and BMJ.

In The Last Decade

V. Van Belle

16 papers receiving 617 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.

Evaluating the risk of ovarian cancer before surgery using the ADNEX model to differentiate between benign, borderline, early and advanced stage invasive, and secondary metastatic tumours: prospective multicentre diagnostic study

2014 314 citations Ben Van Calster, Kirsten Van Hoorde et al. BMJ profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
V. Van Belle Belgium	11	366	283	159	91	71	16	628
Caroline Van Holsbeke Belgium	15	668 1.8×	539 1.9×	302 1.9×	90 1.0×	45 0.6×	27	888
Toshitaka Matsuyama Japan	13	207 0.6×	375 1.3×	176 1.1×	97 1.1×	130 1.8×	25	639
D Oram United Kingdom	8	960 2.6×	544 1.9×	291 1.8×	78 0.9×	120 1.7×	10	1.1k
F Branconi Italy	11	181 0.5×	151 0.5×	87 0.5×	108 1.2×	40 0.6×	36	545
Wouter Froyman Belgium	14	877 2.4×	659 2.3×	384 2.4×	50 0.5×	38 0.5×	51	1.0k
Emily Hinchcliff United States	15	367 1.0×	383 1.4×	182 1.1×	46 0.5×	150 2.1×	59	722
Florian Ebner Germany	13	53 0.1×	128 0.5×	142 0.9×	48 0.5×	142 2.0×	69	570
Evangelia Panourgias Greece	10	72 0.2×	96 0.3×	39 0.2×	36 0.4×	60 0.8×	22	338
J. Kaijser Belgium	20	1.5k 4.1×	1.1k 3.9×	671 4.2×	68 0.7×	62 0.9×	34	1.7k
Meaghan Tenney United States	13	196 0.5×	231 0.8×	123 0.8×	20 0.2×	132 1.9×	27	559

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16 of 16 papers shown

Steelant, Brecht, Valérie Hox, Laura Van Gerven, et al.. (2018). Nasal symptoms, epithelial injury and neurogenic inflammation in elite swimmers. Rhinology Journal. 56(3). 279–287. 6 indexed citations

Calster, Ben Van, Kirsten Van Hoorde, L. Valentin, et al.. (2014). Evaluating the risk of ovarian cancer before surgery using the ADNEX model to differentiate between benign, borderline, early and advanced stage invasive, and secondary metastatic tumours: prospective multicentre diagnostic study. BMJ. 349(oct07 3). g5920–g5920. 314 indexed citations breakdown →

Guha, Sharmistha, V. Van Belle, Cecilia Bottomley, et al.. (2013). External validation of models and simple scoring systems to predict miscarriage in intrauterine pregnancies of uncertain viability. Human Reproduction. 28(11). 2905–2911. 17 indexed citations

Bottomley, Cecilia, V. Van Belle, A. Pexsters, et al.. (2011). A model and scoring system to predict outcome of intrauterine pregnancies of uncertain viability. Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology. 37(5). 588–595. 26 indexed citations

Holsbeke, C. Van, V. Van Belle, F. Leone, et al.. (2010). Prospective external validation of the ‘ovarian crescent sign’ as a single ultrasound parameter to distinguish between benign and malignant adnexal pathology. Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology. 36(1). 81–87. 18 indexed citations

Belle, V. Van, Julie Decock, Wouter Hendrickx, et al.. (2010). Short-Term Prognostic Index for Breast Cancer: NPI or Lpi. Pathology Research International. 2011. 1–7. 5 indexed citations

Belle, V. Van, Kristiaan Pelckmans, Sabine Van Huffel, & Johan A. K. Suykens. (2010). Improved performance on high-dimensional survival data by application of Survival-SVM. Bioinformatics. 27(1). 87–94. 59 indexed citations

Testa, A. C., D. Timmerman, V. Van Belle, et al.. (2009). Intravenous contrast ultrasound examination using contrast‐tuned imaging (CnTI™) and the contrast medium SonoVue® for discrimination between benign and malignant adnexal masses with solid components. Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology. 34(6). 699–710. 41 indexed citations

Neven, P., M. Drijkoningen, V. Van Belle, et al.. (2009). Triple negative breast cancer: a study from the point of view of basal CK5/6 and HER-1. Journal of Clinical Pathology. 62(7). 624–628. 31 indexed citations

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Bottomley, Cecilia, V. Van Belle, F. Mukri, et al.. (2009). The optimal timing of an ultrasound scan to assess the location and viability of an early pregnancy. Human Reproduction. 24(8). 1811–1817. 42 indexed citations

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Belle, V. Van, Kristiaan Pelckmans, Johan A. K. Suykens, & Sabine Van Huffel. (2009). Additive survival least‐squares support vector machines. Statistics in Medicine. 29(2). 296–308. 23 indexed citations

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Brouckaert, Olivier, V. Van Belle, Sabine Van Huffel, et al.. (2009). Biology and prognosis by age of primary operable breast cancer.. Cancer Research. 69(2_Supplement). 2082–2082. 3 indexed citations

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Holsbeke, C. Van, V. Van Belle, D. Paladini, et al.. (2009). Acoustic streaming cannot discriminate reliably between endometriomas and other types of adnexal lesion: a multicenter study of 633 adnexal masses. Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology. 35(3). 349–353. 29 indexed citations

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Neven, Patrick, Ben Van Calster, Sabine Van Huffel, et al.. (2007). Age interacts with the expression of steroid and HER-2 receptors in operable invasive breast cancer. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment. 110(1). 153–159. 12 indexed citations

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Bottomley, Cecilia, V. Van Belle, F. Mukri, et al.. (2007). OC48: Development of a model to predict ability of ultrasound to make a diagnosis at first assessment in the unselected early pregnancy population. Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology. 30(4). 382–382. 1 indexed citations

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Bottomley, Cecilia, V. Van Belle, F. Mukri, et al.. (2007). OC69: Ability to make a diagnosis at first early pregnancy ultrasound assessment according to gestational age. Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology. 30(4). 388–388. 1 indexed citations

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