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Researcher · Vanderbilt University · United States

Alvin C. Powers

Alvin C. Powers publishes mostly in Surgery, Genetics and Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, on topics such as Pancreatic function and diabetes, Diabetes and associated disorders and Diabetes Management and Research.

ORCID 0000-0003-1941-5786 OpenAlex
World rank
#35,547
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#13,578
of 1,627,098
Works
376
Citations
20k
Citations per work
53.4
h-index
82
i10-index 204Top 0.2% in Surgery
Alvin C. Powers

What does Alvin C. Powers research?

Alvin C. Powers's work is mostly in Medicine (47%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (30%).

Health Sciences: 178 works · 47.4% of their workMedicine: 178 works · 47.4% of their workSurgery: 96 works · 25.6% of their workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 62 works · 16.4% of their workPhysiology: 11 works · 2.8% of their workOncology: 10 works · 2.6% of their workLife Sciences: 111 works · 29.5% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 111 works · 29.5% of their workGenetics: 67 works · 17.8% of their workMolecular Biology: 44 works · 11.7% of their workEverything else: 87 works · 23.1% of their workTHEIR WORKAlvin C. Powers376works
Life Sciences30%Health Sciences47%

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. Medicine17847.4%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology11129.5%
  3. Everything else8723.1%
  1. 1Surgery26% of their works
  2. 2Genetics18% of their works
  3. 3Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism16% of their works
  4. 4Molecular Biology12% of their works
  5. 5Physiology3% of their works
  6. 6Oncology3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Alvin C. Powers's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Type 1 Diabetes, Pancreatic Islets, ß-Cell Dysfunction, Immunotherapy, Epidemiology, Autoimmunity, Genetics and Glycemic Control.

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. Type 1 Diabetes2512 topics
  2. Pancreatic Islets2291 topic
  3. ß-Cell Dysfunction2291 topic
  4. Immunotherapy1772 topics
  5. Epidemiology1752 topics
  6. Autoimmunity1571 topic
  7. Genetics1571 topic
  8. Glycemic Control1302 topics
  9. Insulin Therapy1302 topics
  10. Diabetes941 topic
  11. Hypoglycemia941 topic
  12. AMP-Activated Protein Kinase431 topic
  13. Metformin431 topic
  14. Cardiovascular Outcomes361 topic
  15. Type 2 Diabetes361 topic
  16. Pancreatic Cancer201 topic
  17. Surgical Complications201 topic
  18. Acute Pancreatitis181 topic
  19. Chronic Pancreatitis181 topic
  20. Brown Adipose Tissue171 topic
  21. Thermogenesis171 topic

Where does Alvin C. Powers work?

Alvin C. Powers's main affiliation in the publication record is Vanderbilt University, United States.

How many publications and citations does Alvin C. Powers have?

OpenAlex counts 376 works and 20,078 citations for Alvin C. Powers, an h-index of 82, ranking #35,547 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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