Frank Van Acker

31 total papers · 1.3k total citations
16 papers, 890 citations indexed

About

Frank Van Acker is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Surgery and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. According to data from OpenAlex, Frank Van Acker has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 890 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 3 papers in Surgery and 3 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Recurrent topics in Frank Van Acker’s work include Orthopedic Infections and Treatments (3 papers), Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications (3 papers) and Agriculture and Rural Development Research (2 papers). Frank Van Acker is often cited by papers focused on Orthopedic Infections and Treatments (3 papers), Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications (3 papers) and Agriculture and Rural Development Research (2 papers). Frank Van Acker collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, United States and Netherlands. Frank Van Acker's co-authors include Alex Maes, Luc Mortelmans, Martin Hiele, Marc Peeters, Liesbeth Lemmens, Paul Rutgeerts, Frederik Nevens, Freddy Penninckx, Séverine Vermeire and Lieven Vandeputte and has published in prestigious journals such as Gastroenterology, European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging and International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry.

In The Last Decade

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Frank Van Acker

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

Frank Van Acker

14 papers receiving 824 citations

Fields of papers citing papers by Frank Van Acker

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Countries citing papers authored by Frank Van Acker

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