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Researcher · Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia · Peru

Alvaro Schwalb

Alvaro Schwalb publishes mostly in Infectious Diseases, Surgery and Epidemiology, on topics such as Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases and Tuberculosis and Diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis.

ORCID 0000-0002-6518-9719 OpenAlex
World rank
#1,083,850
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Peru
#274
of 7,808
Works
68
Citations
1k
Citations per work
15.3
h-index
12
i10-index 16Top 53% in Infectious Diseases
Alvaro Schwalb

What does Alvaro Schwalb research?

Alvaro Schwalb's work is mostly in Medicine (66%), Immunology and Microbiology (6%), Social Sciences (3%).

Health Sciences: 45 works · 65.7% of their workMedicine: 45 works · 65.7% of their workInfectious Diseases: 21 works · 31.4% of their workSurgery: 10 works · 14.9% of their workEpidemiology: 10 works · 14.3% of their workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 works · 5.1% of their workEverything else: 17 works · 25.2% of their workLife Sciences: 4 works · 5.7% of their workImmunology and Microbiology: 4 works · 5.7% of their workImmunology: 4 works · 5.7% of their workSocial Sciences: 2 works · 3.4% of their workSocial Sciences: 2 works · 3.4% of their workUrban Studies: 2 works · 3.4% of their workTHEIR WORKAlvaro Schwalb68works
Life Sciences6%Health Sciences66%Social Sciences3%

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. Medicine4565.7%
  2. Everything else1725.2%
    1. Immunology and Microbiology45.7%
    1. Social Sciences23.4%
  1. 1Infectious Diseases31% of their works
  2. 2Surgery15% of their works
  3. 3Epidemiology14% of their works
  4. 4Immunology6% of their works
  5. 5Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health5% of their works
  6. 6Urban Studies3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Alvaro Schwalb's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Treatment, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Tuberculosis, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Antiretroviral Therapy and Abdominal Tuberculosis.

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 21 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology635 topics
  2. Diagnosis513 topics
  3. Treatment513 topics
  4. Mycobacterium tuberculosis391 topic
  5. Tuberculosis391 topic
  6. Clinical Practice Guidelines202 topics
  7. Antiretroviral Therapy182 topics
  8. Abdominal Tuberculosis131 topic
  9. Diagnostic Challenges131 topic
  10. Spinal Epidural Abscess131 topic
  11. Tuberculous Meningitis131 topic
  12. Community-Acquired Pneumonia71 topic
  13. Mycobacterium avium71 topic
  14. Nontuberculous Mycobacteria71 topic
  15. Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine71 topic
  16. Sustainable Development61 topic
  17. Urban Planning61 topic
  18. HTLV-151 topic
  19. Infection51 topic
  20. Pneumocystis51 topic
  21. Pneumonia51 topic

Where does Alvaro Schwalb work?

Alvaro Schwalb's main affiliation in the publication record is Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Peru.

How many publications and citations does Alvaro Schwalb have?

OpenAlex counts 68 works and 1,038 citations for Alvaro Schwalb, an h-index of 12, ranking #1,083,850 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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