Ghent University

114.2k papers and 3.7M indexed citations

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In recent decades, authors affiliated with Ghent University have published 114.2k papers, which have received a total of 3.7M indexed citations. Scholars at this organization have produced 14.5k papers in Molecular Biology, 10.3k papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 8.2k papers in Plant Science on the topics of Photonic and Optical Devices (2.0k papers), Plant Molecular Biology Research (1.2k papers) and Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (1.2k papers). Their work is cited by papers focused on Molecular Biology (665.1k citations), Plant Science (415.3k citations) and Biomedical Engineering (257.1k citations). Authors at Ghent University collaborate with scholars in Belgium, United States and Netherlands and have published in prestigious journals including Nature, Science and New England Journal of Medicine. Some of Ghent University's most productive authors include Willy Verstraete, Dirk Inzé, Wim Verbeke, Peter Vandenabeele, Marc Van Montagu, Colin Janssen, Peter Vandamme, Nico Boon, Nele De Belie and Guy Smagghe.

In The Last Decade

Ghent University

108.1k papers receiving 3.7M citations

Countries citing scholars working at Ghent University

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This map shows the geographic impact of research produced by authors working at Ghent University. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by papers produced at Ghent University with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Ghent University more than expected).

Fields of papers published by authors at Ghent University

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers affiliated with Ghent University at the time of their publication. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers affiliated with Ghent University at the time of their publication.

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