2026 Guido Pennings: Social Sciences and Humanities Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Social Sciences and Humanities	51	2591	2366	25	25	364	10200

Guido Pennings publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Guido Pennings sits on this spectrum.

44 publications 570+

This scientist: 364 publications — 93rd percentile

93% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more.

Guido Pennings D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Guido Pennings sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 51 D-Index — 68th percentile

68% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more.

Overview

Guido Pennings is affiliated with Ghent University in Belgium and focuses scholarly work primarily in the fields of Medicine and Social Sciences. The subfields of study in which they have contributed include Reproductive Medicine, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Gender Studies, and Sociology and Political Science.

The main topics covered in Guido Pennings' research involve Reproductive Health and Technologies, Assisted Reproductive Technology and Twin Pregnancy, Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences, Reproductive Biology and Fertility, Organ Donation and Transplantation, Ethics and Legal Issues in Pediatric Healthcare, and Family Dynamics and Relationships.

Among the recent papers authored or coauthored by Guido Pennings are:

Expanded carrier screening should not be mandatory for gamete donors, 2020, Human Reproduction
Fertility preservation in boys: recent developments and new insights, 2020, Human Reproduction Open
Declining global fertility rates and the implications for family planning and family building: an IFFS consensus document based on a narrative review of the literature, 2023, Human Reproduction Update
The other face of advanced paternal age: a scoping review of its terminological, social, public health, psychological, ethical and regulatory aspects, 2020, Human Reproduction Update
The ethics of ectogenesis-aided foetal treatment, 2020, Bioethics

Guido Pennings frequently collaborates with several researchers, including Veerle Provoost, Heidi Mertes, Anne-Bine Skytte, Allan Pacey, and Seppe Segers. The highest number of collaborations is with Veerle Provoost and Heidi Mertes.

The scientist's work has appeared predominantly in the following publication venues:

Human Reproduction
Reproductive BioMedicine Online
Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics
Fertility and Sterility
Human Reproduction Open

Best Publications

Cross border reproductive care in six European countries

F. Shenfield;J. de Mouzon;G. Pennings;A. Nyboe Andersen

493
Citations
Reproductive wish in transsexual men

Katrien Wierckx;Eva Van Caenegem;Guido Pennings;Els Elaut

361
Citations
A European perspective on testicular tissue cryopreservation for fertility preservation in prepubertal and adolescent boys

Helen M. Picton;Christine Wyns;Christine Wyns;Richard A. Anderson;Ellen Goossens

344
Citations
Reproductive tourism as moral pluralism in motion

Guido Pennings

328
Citations
Forty years of IVF

Craig S. Niederberger;Antonio Pellicer;Jacques Cohen;David K. Gardner

313
Citations
Legal Harmonization and Reproductive Tourism in Europe

Guido Pennings

291
Citations
Oocyte cryopreservation for age-related fertility loss

W. Dondorp;G. de Wert;G. Pennings;F. Shenfield

277
Citations
ESHRE Task Force on Ethics and Law 23: medically assisted reproduction in singles, lesbian and gay couples, and transsexual people

G. De Wert;W. Dondorp;F. Shenfield;P. Barri

197
Citations
ESHRE task force on ethics and law 15: cross-border reproductive care.

Guido Pennings;G. de Wert;F. Shenfield;J. Cohen

197
Citations
Fertility preservation in boys: recent developments and new insights †

E Goossens;K Jahnukainen;K Jahnukainen;RT Mitchell;Amm van Pelt

180
Citations
Ethical considerations on preimplantation genetic diagnosis for HLA typing to match a future child as a donor of haematopoietic stem cells to a sibling

Guido Pennings;Rik Schots;Ingeborg Liebaers

175
Citations
Reply: Reproductive exile versus reproductive tourism

Guido Pennings

173
Citations
Social egg freezing: for better, not for worse

Heidi Mertes;Guido Pennings

161
Citations
Cross-border reproductive care: a phenomenon expressing the controversial aspects of reproductive technologies.

Anna Pia Ferraretti;Guido Pennings;Luca Gianaroli;Francesca Natali

155
Citations
Socio-demographic and fertility-related characteristics and motivations of oocyte donors in eleven European countries

G. Pennings;J. de Mouzon;F. Shenfield;A.P. Ferraretti

148
Citations
ESHRE Task Force on Ethics and Law 13: the welfare of the child in medically assisted reproduction

Guido Pennings;G De Wert;F Shenfield;J Cohen

144
Citations
ESHRE Task Force on Ethics and Law 10: surrogacy.

F Shenfield;Guido Pennings;J Cohen;P Devroey

141
Citations
Taskforce 5: preimplantation genetic diagnosis

F Shenfield;Guido Pennings;P Devroey;C Sureau

138
Citations
Lifestyle-related factors and access to medically assisted reproduction

Eshre Task Force on Ethics;W. Dondorp;G. de Wert

138
Citations
Cross-border reproductive care in Belgium

Guido Pennings;Candice Autin;Wim Decleer;Anne Delbaere

127
Citations
Legal harmonisation and reproductive tourism in Europe.

Guido Pennings

4
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Ann Buysse Ghent University

Paul Devroey Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Basil C. Tarlatzis Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Karen Sermon Vrije Universiteit Brussel

A. Van Steirteghem Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Klaus Diedrich University of Lübeck

Carlos Simón University of Valencia

Pascal Borry KU Leuven

Luca Gianaroli KU Leuven

Herman Tournaye Vrije Universiteit Brussel

External Links

Personal website of Guido Pennings

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