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Researcher · University of Johannesburg · South Africa

Alex Broadbent

Alex Broadbent publishes mostly in General Health Professions, Philosophy and History and Philosophy of Science, on topics such as Philosophy and History of Science, Mental Health and Psychiatry and Ethics in medical practice.

ORCID 0000-0001-5120-6584 OpenAlex
World rank
#877,816
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in South Africa
#3,454
of 29,826
Works
129
Citations
1.6k
Citations per work
12.3
h-index
18
i10-index 28Top 16% in General Health Professions
Alex Broadbent

What does Alex Broadbent research?

Alex Broadbent's work is mostly in Arts and Humanities (22%), Health Professions (14%), Medicine (8%).

Everything else: 62 works · 47.8% of their workSocial Sciences: 39 works · 30.4% of their workArts and Humanities: 29 works · 22.5% of their workPhilosophy: 15 works · 12.0% of their workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 14 works · 10.5% of their workSocial Sciences: 10 works · 7.9% of their workSociology and Political Science: 10 works · 7.9% of their workHealth Sciences: 28 works · 21.8% of their workHealth Professions: 18 works · 13.9% of their workGeneral Health Professions: 18 works · 13.9% of their workMedicine: 10 works · 7.9% of their workInfectious Diseases: 5 works · 4.1% of their workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 5 works · 3.8% of their workTHEIR WORKAlex Broadbent129works
Health Sciences22%Social Sciences30%

Their six largest subfields, inside their fields and domains; the grey slice is everything else they publish. The interactive view splits every one of their works down to single topics.

The fields and subfields, with their numbers
  1. Everything else6247.8%
    1. Arts and Humanities2922.5%
    2. Social Sciences107.9%
    1. Health Professions1813.9%
    2. Medicine107.9%
  1. 1General Health Professions14% of their works
  2. 2Philosophy12% of their works
  3. 3History and Philosophy of Science10% of their works
  4. 4Sociology and Political Science8% of their works
  5. 5Infectious Diseases4% of their works
  6. 6Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Alex Broadbent's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Evolutionary Synthesis, Mechanistic Explanation, Epidemiology, Public Health, Phenomenology, Psychiatric Disorders, Ethical Climate and Moral Distress.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most. The words come from the keyword list OpenAlex gives each topic, not from the text of the papers, so a word can appear that none of the papers uses.

All 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Evolutionary Synthesis211 topic
  2. Mechanistic Explanation211 topic
  3. Epidemiology172 topics
  4. Public Health172 topics
  5. Phenomenology151 topic
  6. Psychiatric Disorders151 topic
  7. Ethical Climate141 topic
  8. Moral Distress141 topic
  9. Belief91 topic
  10. Choosing Wisely91 topic
  11. Cost-effectiveness Analysis91 topic
  12. Knowledge91 topic
  13. Latin America91 topic
  14. Low-Value Care91 topic
  15. Quality of Life91 topic
  16. Social Medicine91 topic
  17. Environmental Exposure81 topic
  18. Exposome81 topic

Where does Alex Broadbent work?

Alex Broadbent's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Johannesburg, South Africa.

How many publications and citations does Alex Broadbent have?

OpenAlex counts 129 works and 1,591 citations for Alex Broadbent, an h-index of 18, ranking #877,816 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised citation excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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