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Researcher · McMaster University · Canada

David L Sackett

David L Sackett publishes mostly in General Health Professions, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Economics and Econometrics, on topics such as Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies, Health Sciences Research and Education and Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management.

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World rank
#1,129,250
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Canada
#38,496
of 183,316
Works
56
Citations
5.3k
Citations per work
94.8
h-index
21
i10-index 30Top 12% in General Health Professions
David L Sackett

What does David L Sackett research?

David L Sackett's work is mostly in Medicine (28%), Health Professions (15%), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (8%).

Everything else: 28 works · 49.6% of their workHealth Sciences: 24 works · 42.8% of their workMedicine: 16 works · 27.7% of their workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 6 works · 10.9% of their workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 works · 5.9% of their workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 3 works · 5.9% of their workInternal Medicine: 3 works · 5.0% of their workHealth Professions: 8 works · 15.1% of their workGeneral Health Professions: 8 works · 15.1% of their workSocial Sciences: 4 works · 7.6% of their workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4 works · 7.6% of their workEconomics and Econometrics: 4 works · 7.6% of their workTHEIR WORKDavid L Sackett56works
Health Sciences43%Social Sciences8%

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 else2849.6%
    1. Medicine1627.7%
    2. Health Professions815.1%
    1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance47.6%
  1. 1General Health Professions15% of their works
  2. 2Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine11% of their works
  3. 3Economics and Econometrics8% of their works
  4. 4Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health6% of their works
  5. 5Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine6% of their works
  6. 6Internal Medicine5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe David L Sackett's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Risk Factors, Blood Pressure, Hypertension, Primary Care, Antithrombotic Therapy, Cost-effectiveness Analysis, Evidence-Based Practice and Healthcare Professionals.

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. Risk Factors132 topics
  2. Blood Pressure71 topic
  3. Hypertension71 topic
  4. Primary Care72 topics
  5. Antithrombotic Therapy61 topic
  6. Cost-effectiveness Analysis61 topic
  7. Evidence-Based Practice61 topic
  8. Healthcare Professionals61 topic
  9. Quality of Life61 topic
  10. Venous Thromboembolism61 topic
  11. Continuity of Care41 topic
  12. Quality Improvement41 topic
  13. Adaptive Designs31 topic
  14. Communication31 topic
  15. False Discovery Rate31 topic
  16. Fibrinogen31 topic
  17. Referral31 topic
  18. Transglutaminases31 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 56 works and 5,311 citations for David L Sackett, an h-index of 21, ranking #1,129,250 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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