Ann Cools

167 papers and 7.1k indexed citations
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About

Ann Cools is a scholar working on Surgery, Epidemiology and Orthopedics and Sports Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Ann Cools has authored 167 papers receiving a total of 7.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 145 papers in Surgery, 97 papers in Epidemiology and 60 papers in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine. Recurrent topics in Ann Cools’s work include Shoulder Injury and Treatment (140 papers), Shoulder and Clavicle Injuries (95 papers) and Sports injuries and prevention (60 papers). Ann Cools is often cited by papers focused on Shoulder Injury and Treatment (140 papers), Shoulder and Clavicle Injuries (95 papers) and Sports injuries and prevention (60 papers). Ann Cools collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, Denmark and Sweden. Ann Cools's co-authors include Erik Witvrouw, Dirk Cambier, Barbara Cagnie, Lieven Danneels, Annelies Maenhout, Birgit Castelein, Dorien Borms, Nele Mahieu, Fredrik Johansson and Kristof De Mey and has published in prestigious journals such as The American Journal of Sports Medicine, Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise and British Journal of Sports Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ann Cools

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

Ann Cools

160 papers receiving 6.5k citations

Fields of papers citing papers by Ann Cools

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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