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D-Index
64
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14447
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1661
National Ranking
19

Geert Wets publication distribution in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Engineering and Technology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Geert Wets sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 804+

This scientist: 555 publications — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 804 publications or more.

Geert Wets D-index placement in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Engineering and Technology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Geert Wets sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 107+

This scientist: 64 D-Index — 84th percentile

84% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 107 D-Index or more.

Overview

Geert Wets is affiliated with Hasselt University in Belgium. Their research spans multiple disciplines, including engineering, social sciences, and psychology. The primary focus areas involve transportation, safety, risk, and quality management, as well as social psychology and public health domains.

Their work extensively covers urban transport and accessibility, traffic and road safety, transportation planning and optimization, injury epidemiology and prevention, human-automation interaction and safety, behavioral health interventions, and urban and freight transport logistics.

Frequent co-authors in their research projects include:

  • Davy Janssens
  • Veerle Ross
  • Kris Brijs
  • Tom Brijs
  • An Neven

Geert Wets has published multiple papers in notable venues with a focus on transportation and safety. Recent representative papers include:

  • Towards better road safety management: Lessons learned from international benchmarking (2020), Accident Analysis & Prevention
  • Exploring psychological factors of mobile phone use while riding among motorcyclists in Vietnam (2020), Transportation Research Part F Traffic Psychology and Behaviour
  • Accuracy of Fitbit Charge 4, Garmin Vivosmart 4, and WHOOP Versus Polysomnography: Systematic Review (2024), JMIR mhealth and uhealth
  • A personalized mobility based intervention to promote pro-environmental travel behavior (2020), Sustainable Cities and Society
  • Small-displacement motorcycle crashes and risky ridership in Vietnam: Findings from a focus group and in-depth interview study (2021), Safety Science

The researcher frequently publishes in venues such as Transportation Research Procedia, Sustainability, Transportation Research Part F Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, Sensors, and Accident Analysis & Prevention.

Best Publications

  • Using association rules for product assortment decisions: a case study

    Tom Brijs;Gilbert Swinnen;Koen Vanhoof;Geert Wets

  • Personal exposure to Black Carbon in transport microenvironments

    Evi Dons;Evi Dons;Luc Int Panis;Luc Int Panis;Martine Van Poppel;Jan Theunis

  • Impact of time–activity patterns on personal exposure to black carbon

    Evi Dons;Evi Dons;Luc Int Panis;Luc Int Panis;Martine Van Poppel;Jan Theunis

  • A rough sets based characteristic relation approach for dynamic attribute generalization in data mining

    Tianrui Li;Da Ruan;Wets Geert;Jing Song

  • Traffic accident segmentation by means of latent class clustering.

    Benoît Depaire;Geert Wets;Koen Vanhoof

  • Studying the effect of weather conditions on daily crash counts using a discrete time-series model

    Tom Brijs;Dimitris Karlis;Geert Wets

  • Assessing the Impact of Weather on Traffic Intensity

    Mario Cools;Elke Amelie Moons;Geert Wets

  • Changes in Travel Behavior in Response to Weather Conditions: Do Type of Weather and Trip Purpose Matter?

    Mario Cools;Elke Moons;Lieve Creemers;Geert Wets

  • Combining road safety information in a performance index.

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  • Benchmarking road safety: lessons to learn from a data envelopment analysis.

    Elke Hermans;Tom Brijs;Geert Wets;Koen Vanhoof

  • Explaining variation in safety performance of roundabouts

    Stijn Daniels;Tom Brijs;Erik Nuyts;Geert Wets

  • Implementation Framework and Development Trajectory of FEATHERS Activity-Based Simulation Platform:

    Tom Bellemans;Bruno Kochan;Davy Janssens;Geert Wets

  • How children view their travel behaviour: a case study from Flanders (Belgium)

    Enid Zwerts;Georges Allaert;Davy Janssens;Geert Wets

  • A dynamic activity-based population modelling approach to evaluate exposure to air pollution: Methods and application to a Dutch urban area

    Carolien Beckx;Luc Int Panis;Theo Arentze;Davy Janssens

  • Road safety risk evaluation and target setting using data envelopment analysis and its extensions.

    Yongjun Shen;Elke Hermans;Tom Brijs;Geert Wets

  • Driving with intelligent speed adaptation: Final results of the Belgian ISA-trial

    Sven Vlassenroot;Sven Vlassenroot;Steven Broekx;Johan De Mol;Luc Int Panis

  • The effects of roundabouts on traffic safety for bicyclists: an observational study.

    Stijn Daniels;Erik Nuyts;Geert Wets

  • Understanding spatial concentrations of road accidents using frequent item sets.

    Karolien Geurts;Isabelle Thomas;Geert Wets

  • Investigating the influence of working memory capacity when driving behavior is combined with cognitive load: An LCT study of young novice drivers.

    Veerle Ross;Ellen M.M. Jongen;Weixin Wang;Tom Brijs

  • Injury crashes with bicyclists at roundabouts: influence of some location characteristics and the design of cycle facilities.

    Stijn Daniels;Tom Brijs;Erik Nuyts;Geert Wets

  • Integrating Bayesian networks and decision trees in a sequential rule-based transportation model

    Davy Janssens;Geert Wets;Tom Brijs;Koen Vanhoof

  • Multi-agent simulation of individual mobility behavior in carpooling

    Stéphane Galland;Luk Knapen;Ansar-Ul-Haque Yasar;Nicolas Gaud

  • Building an Association Rules Framework to Improve Product Assortment Decisions

    Tom Brijs;Gilbert Swinnen;Koen Vanhoof;Geert Wets

Frequent Co-Authors

Davy Janssens
Davy Janssens Hasselt University
Tom Brijs
Tom Brijs Hasselt University
Koen Vanhoof
Koen Vanhoof Hasselt University
Luc Int Panis
Luc Int Panis Hasselt University
TA Theo Arentze
TA Theo Arentze Eindhoven University of Technology
Harry Timmermans
Harry Timmermans Eindhoven University of Technology
Dimitris Karlis
Dimitris Karlis Athens University of Economics and Business
Hjp Harry Timmermans
Hjp Harry Timmermans Eindhoven University of Technology
Robert A. C. Ruiter
Robert A. C. Ruiter Maastricht University

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