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Researcher · University of the Free State · South Africa

Asta Rau

Asta Rau publishes mostly in Infectious Diseases, Sociology and Political Science and General Health Professions, on topics such as HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions, Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health and Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology.

ORCID 0000-0001-9756-220X OpenAlex
World rank
#2,338,537
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in South Africa
#9,974
of 29,826
Works
44
Citations
504
Citations per work
11.5
h-index
15
i10-index 18Top 39% in Infectious Diseases
Asta Rau

What does Asta Rau research?

Asta Rau's work is mostly in Social Sciences (26%), Medicine (20%), Health Professions (10%).

Everything else: 19 works · 43.5% of their workHealth Sciences: 13 works · 30.4% of their workMedicine: 9 works · 20.0% of their workInfectious Diseases: 7 works · 16.5% of their workEpidemiology: 2 works · 3.5% of their workHealth Professions: 5 works · 10.4% of their workGeneral Health Professions: 5 works · 10.4% of their workSocial Sciences: 11 works · 26.1% of their workSocial Sciences: 11 works · 26.1% of their workSociology and Political Science: 6 works · 13.9% of their workEducation: 3 works · 7.0% of their workGender Studies: 2 works · 5.2% of their workTHEIR WORKAsta Rau44works
Health Sciences30%Social Sciences26%

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 else1943.5%
    1. Medicine920.0%
    2. Health Professions510.4%
    1. Social Sciences1126.1%
  1. 1Infectious Diseases16% of their works
  2. 2Sociology and Political Science14% of their works
  3. 3General Health Professions10% of their works
  4. 4Education7% of their works
  5. 5Gender Studies5% of their works
  6. 6Epidemiology4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Asta Rau's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Antiretroviral Therapy, HIV Transmission, Preexposure Prophylaxis, Diagnosis, Treatment, Adolescent Health, Ethics and Mycobacterium 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.

All 19 words, with their numbers
  1. Antiretroviral Therapy132 topics
  2. HIV Transmission101 topic
  3. Preexposure Prophylaxis101 topic
  4. Diagnosis82 topics
  5. Treatment82 topics
  6. Adolescent Health51 topic
  7. Ethics51 topic
  8. Mycobacterium tuberculosis51 topic
  9. Reflexivity51 topic
  10. Sexual Behavior51 topic
  11. Tuberculosis51 topic
  12. Economic Growth41 topic
  13. Gender Identity41 topic
  14. HIV/AIDS41 topic
  15. Masculinity41 topic
  16. Hand Hygiene31 topic
  17. Infection Control31 topic
  18. Pneumocystis31 topic
  19. Pneumonia31 topic

Where does Asta Rau work?

Asta Rau's main affiliation in the publication record is University of the Free State, South Africa.

How many publications and citations does Asta Rau have?

OpenAlex counts 44 works and 504 citations for Asta Rau, an h-index of 15, ranking #2,338,537 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised 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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