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Researcher · Grand Canyon University · United States

Christy Torkildson

Christy Torkildson publishes mostly in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and General Health Professions, on topics such as Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life, Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues and Ethics and Legal Issues in Pediatric Healthcare.

ORCID 0000-0003-0757-0092 OpenAlex
World rank
#2,011,366
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#610,327
of 1,627,098
Works
15
Citations
237
Citations per work
15.8
h-index
6
i10-index 5Top 69% in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Christy Torkildson

What does Christy Torkildson research?

Christy Torkildson's work is mostly in Medicine (69%), Health Professions (21%), Psychology (5%).

Health Sciences: 14 works · 90.4% of their workMedicine: 10 works · 69.0% of their workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 7 works · 45.2% of their workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 4 works · 23.8% of their workHealth Professions: 3 works · 21.4% of their workGeneral Health Professions: 2 works · 11.9% of their workSpeech and Hearing: 1 works · 7.1% of their workEmergency Medical Services: 0 works · 2.4% of their workEverything else: 1 works · 4.8% of their workSocial Sciences: 1 works · 4.8% of their workPsychology: 1 works · 4.8% of their workClinical Psychology: 1 works · 4.8% of their workTHEIR WORKChristyTorkildson15works
Health Sciences90%Social Sciences5%

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. Medicine1069.0%
    2. Health Professions321.4%
  2. Everything else14.8%
    1. Psychology14.8%
  1. 1Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health45% of their works
  2. 2Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health24% of their works
  3. 3General Health Professions12% of their works
  4. 4Speech and Hearing7% of their works
  5. 5Clinical Psychology5% of their works
  6. 6Emergency Medical Services2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Christy Torkildson's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Childhood Cancer Survivor Study, Ethical Considerations, Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory, End-of-Life, Palliative Care, Medical Ethics, Pediatric and Adolescents.

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 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Childhood Cancer Survivor Study111 topic
  2. Ethical Considerations112 topics
  3. Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory111 topic
  4. End-of-Life101 topic
  5. Palliative Care101 topic
  6. Medical Ethics81 topic
  7. Pediatric81 topic
  8. Adolescents31 topic
  9. Public Health32 topics
  10. Transition31 topic
  11. Community Health21 topic
  12. Nursing Home21 topic
  13. Pediatrics21 topic
  14. Quality of Care21 topic
  15. Disaster Response11 topic
  16. Physician Burnout11 topic
  17. Triage11 topic
  18. Work-Life Balance11 topic

Where does Christy Torkildson work?

Christy Torkildson's main affiliation in the publication record is Grand Canyon University, United States.

How many publications and citations does Christy Torkildson have?

OpenAlex counts 15 works and 237 citations for Christy Torkildson, an h-index of 6, ranking #2,011,366 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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