Niel Hens

696 total papers · 18.7k total citations
364 papers, 10.4k citations indexed

About

Niel Hens is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Modeling and Simulation and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Niel Hens has authored 364 papers receiving a total of 10.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 169 papers in Epidemiology, 115 papers in Modeling and Simulation and 81 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Niel Hens’s work include COVID-19 epidemiological studies (113 papers), Influenza Virus Research Studies (50 papers) and Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy (43 papers). Niel Hens is often cited by papers focused on COVID-19 epidemiological studies (113 papers), Influenza Virus Research Studies (50 papers) and Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy (43 papers). Niel Hens collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, Uganda and Australia. Niel Hens's co-authors include Philippe Beutels, Marc Aerts, Pierre Van Damme, Christel Faes, Jacco Wallinga, W. John Edmunds, Joël Mossong, Marco Massari, Gianpaolo Scalia Tomba and Magdalena Rosińska and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Journal of the American Statistical Association.

In The Last Decade

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Niel Hens

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

Niel Hens

348 papers receiving 10.3k citations

Fields of papers citing papers by Niel Hens

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Countries citing papers authored by Niel Hens

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