Gerrit van der Wal

222 papers and 10.3k indexed citations
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About

Gerrit van der Wal is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, General Health Professions and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Gerrit van der Wal has authored 222 papers receiving a total of 10.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 142 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 71 papers in General Health Professions and 58 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. Recurrent topics in Gerrit van der Wal’s work include Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues (127 papers), Patient Dignity and Privacy (50 papers) and Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health (35 papers). Gerrit van der Wal is often cited by papers focused on Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues (127 papers), Patient Dignity and Privacy (50 papers) and Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health (35 papers). Gerrit van der Wal collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, United States and Belgium. Gerrit van der Wal's co-authors include Bregje D. Onwuteaka‐Philipsen, Agnes van der Heide, Paul J. van der Maas, Daniëlle R. M. Timmermans, Willem van Mechelen, Paulien M. Bongers, Geertje AM Ariëns, Miel W. Ribbe, Luc Deliëns and Cordula Wagner and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet and Annals of Internal Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Gerrit van der Wal

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

Fields of papers citing papers by Gerrit van der Wal

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This network shows the impact of papers produced by Gerrit van der Wal. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Gerrit van der Wal. The network helps show where Gerrit van der Wal may publish in the future.

Countries citing papers authored by Gerrit van der Wal

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