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Researcher · McMaster University · Canada

David L. Sackett

David L. Sackett publishes mostly in General Health Professions, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty, on topics such as Meta-analysis and systematic reviews, Health Sciences Research and Education and Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life.

OpenAlex
World rank
#50,261
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Canada
#1,395
of 183,316
Works
299
Citations
61k
Citations per work
205.7
h-index
80
i10-index 177Top 0.2% in General Health Professions
David L. Sackett

What does David L. Sackett research?

David L. Sackett's work is mostly in Medicine (22%), Health Professions (18%), Decision Sciences (9%).

Everything else: 131 works · 43.7% of their workHealth Sciences: 119 works · 39.7% of their workMedicine: 66 works · 22.2% of their workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 44 works · 14.6% of their workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 14 works · 4.7% of their workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 9 works · 2.9% of their workHealth Professions: 52 works · 17.5% of their workGeneral Health Professions: 52 works · 17.5% of their workSocial Sciences: 50 works · 16.6% of their workDecision Sciences: 26 works · 8.8% of their workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 26 works · 8.8% of their workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 23 works · 7.8% of their workEconomics and Econometrics: 23 works · 7.8% of their workTHEIR WORKDavid L. Sackett299works
Health Sciences40%Social Sciences17%

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 else13143.7%
    1. Medicine6622.2%
    2. Health Professions5217.5%
    1. Decision Sciences268.8%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance237.8%
  1. 1General Health Professions18% of their works
  2. 2Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health15% of their works
  3. 3Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty9% of their works
  4. 4Economics and Econometrics8% of their works
  5. 5Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine5% of their works
  6. 6Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe David L. Sackett's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Quality Assessment, Meta-Analysis, PRISMA Statement, Evidence-Based Practice, Healthcare Professionals, Cost-effectiveness Analysis, Quality of Life and Quality Improvement.

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 19 words, with their numbers
  1. Quality Assessment872 topics
  2. Meta-Analysis631 topic
  3. PRISMA Statement631 topic
  4. Evidence-Based Practice441 topic
  5. Healthcare Professionals441 topic
  6. Cost-effectiveness Analysis391 topic
  7. Quality of Life391 topic
  8. Quality Improvement372 topics
  9. Medical Research351 topic
  10. Physician-Scientist351 topic
  11. Primary Care342 topics
  12. Clinical Guidelines241 topic
  13. Guideline Development241 topic
  14. Continuity of Care201 topic
  15. Patient-Centered Medical Home201 topic
  16. Choosing Wisely171 topic
  17. Low-Value Care171 topic
  18. Health Care Spending141 topic
  19. Insurance Markets141 topic

Where does David L. Sackett work?

David L. Sackett's main affiliation in the publication record is McMaster University, Canada.

How many publications and citations does David L. Sackett have?

OpenAlex counts 299 works and 61,496 citations for David L. Sackett, an h-index of 80, ranking #50,261 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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