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Researcher · University of Milan · Italy

Carlo La Vecchia

Carlo La Vecchia publishes mostly in Oncology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Epidemiology, on topics such as Global Cancer Incidence and Screening, Cancer Risks and Factors and Multiple and Secondary Primary Cancers.

World rank
#3,888
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in Italy
#95
of 65,712
Works
324
Citations
2.8k
Citations per work
8.6

What does Carlo La Vecchia research?

Oncology: 15.5%Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 8.3%Epidemiology: 7.2%Surgery: 6.9%other fields: 62.1%16%top field
Oncology15.5%Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health8.3%Epidemiology7.2%Surgery6.9%other fields62.1%

Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.

  1. 1Oncology16% of their works
  2. 2Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health8% of their works
  3. 3Epidemiology7% of their works
  4. 4Surgery7% of their works
  5. 5Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine5% of their works
  6. 6Pathology and Forensic Medicine4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Carlo La Vecchia's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Cancer Incidence, Population-Based Study, Metabolic Syndrome, Chemotherapy, Risk Factors, Survival, Global Surveillance and Mortality Rates.

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 22 words, with their numbers
  1. Cancer Incidence342 topics
  2. Population-Based Study342 topics
  3. Metabolic Syndrome282 topics
  4. Chemotherapy262 topics
  5. Risk Factors262 topics
  6. Survival262 topics
  7. Global Surveillance191 topic
  8. Mortality Rates191 topic
  9. Cancer171 topic
  10. Obesity171 topic
  11. Multiple Primary Cancers151 topic
  12. Second Primary Neoplasms151 topic
  13. Cardiovascular Disease111 topic
  14. Mediterranean Diet111 topic
  15. Human Papillomavirus91 topic
  16. Oropharyngeal Cancer91 topic
  17. Colorectal Cancer71 topic
  18. Screening71 topic
  19. Dietetics61 topic
  20. Nutrition Care Process61 topic
  21. Nutrition Science61 topic
  22. Public Health61 topic

Where does Carlo La Vecchia work?

Carlo La Vecchia's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Milan, Italy.

How many publications and citations does Carlo La Vecchia have?

Science Explorer counts 324 works and 2,784 citations for Carlo La Vecchia, ranking #3,888 of 1,633,909 researchers worldwide on the composite 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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