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Researcher · University of Washington · United States

Brian E. Saelens

Brian E. Saelens publishes mostly in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Transportation and Physiology, on topics such as Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet, Urban Transport and Accessibility and Physical Activity and Health.

ORCID 0000-0001-6998-6339 OpenAlex
World rank
#5,122
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#1,760
of 1,627,098
Works
412
Citations
46k
Citations per work
111.5
h-index
99
i10-index 271Top 0.2% in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Brian E. Saelens

What does Brian E. Saelens research?

Brian E. Saelens's work is mostly in Medicine (34%), Social Sciences (18%), Environmental Science (6%).

Health Sciences: 156 works · 37.9% of their workMedicine: 141 works · 34.2% of their workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 99 works · 24.0% of their workPhysiology: 42 works · 10.2% of their workHealth Professions: 15 works · 3.7% of their workGeneral Health Professions: 15 works · 3.7% of their workEverything else: 137 works · 33.2% of their workSocial Sciences: 95 works · 23.0% of their workSocial Sciences: 75 works · 18.2% of their workTransportation: 75 works · 18.2% of their workPsychology: 20 works · 4.8% of their workClinical Psychology: 20 works · 4.8% of their workPhysical Sciences: 24 works · 5.9% of their workEnvironmental Science: 24 works · 5.9% of their workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 24 works · 5.9% of their workTHEIR WORKBrian E. Saelens412works
Physical Sciences6%Health Sciences38%Social Sciences23%

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. Medicine14134.2%
    2. Health Professions153.7%
  2. Everything else13733.2%
    1. Social Sciences7518.2%
    2. Psychology204.8%
    1. Environmental Science245.9%
  1. 1Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health24% of their works
  2. 2Transportation18% of their works
  3. 3Physiology10% of their works
  4. 4Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis6% of their works
  5. 5Clinical Psychology5% of their works
  6. 6General Health Professions4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Brian E. Saelens's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Physical Activity, Public Health, Obesity, Prevalence, Childhood, Overweight, Active Travel and Built Environment.

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 21 words, with their numbers
  1. Physical Activity5915 topics
  2. Public Health4074 topics
  3. Obesity2602 topics
  4. Prevalence2602 topics
  5. Childhood2161 topic
  6. Overweight2161 topic
  7. Active Travel1881 topic
  8. Built Environment1881 topic
  9. Exercise1011 topic
  10. Sedentary Behavior1011 topic
  11. Risk Factors732 topics
  12. Environmental Justice611 topic
  13. Urban Green Space611 topic
  14. Body Image441 topic
  15. Eating Disorders441 topic
  16. Driver Behavior291 topic
  17. Social Relationships291 topic
  18. Socioeconomic Inequalities291 topic
  19. Traffic Accidents291 topic
  20. Developmental Coordination Disorder251 topic
  21. Motor Skill Competence251 topic

Where does Brian E. Saelens work?

Brian E. Saelens's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Washington, United States.

How many publications and citations does Brian E. Saelens have?

OpenAlex counts 412 works and 45,933 citations for Brian E. Saelens, an h-index of 99, ranking #5,122 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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