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Researcher · Christchurch Clinical Studies Trust · New Zealand

David M. Fergusson

David M. Fergusson publishes mostly in Clinical Psychology, General Health Professions and Sociology and Political Science, on topics such as Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development, Child Abuse and Trauma and Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes.

ORCID 0000-0002-8117-017X OpenAlex
World rank
#3,088
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in New Zealand
#8
of 21,128
Works
609
Citations
63k
Citations per work
104.0
h-index
130
i10-index 422Top 0.1% in Clinical Psychology
David M. Fergusson

What does David M. Fergusson research?

David M. Fergusson's work is mostly in Psychology (22%), Medicine (11%), Social Sciences (10%).

Everything else: 307 works · 50.4% of their workSocial Sciences: 196 works · 32.2% of their workPsychology: 133 works · 21.8% of their workClinical Psychology: 133 works · 21.8% of their workSocial Sciences: 63 works · 10.4% of their workSociology and Political Science: 39 works · 6.4% of their workHealth: 24 works · 4.0% of their workHealth Sciences: 106 works · 17.4% of their workMedicine: 67 works · 11.0% of their workEpidemiology: 36 works · 5.9% of their workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 31 works · 5.1% of their workHealth Professions: 39 works · 6.4% of their workGeneral Health Professions: 39 works · 6.4% of their workTHEIR WORKDavid M.Fergusson609works
Health Sciences17%Social Sciences32%

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 else30750.4%
    1. Psychology13321.8%
    2. Social Sciences6310.4%
    1. Medicine6711.0%
    2. Health Professions396.4%
  1. 1Clinical Psychology22% of their works
  2. 2General Health Professions6% of their works
  3. 3Sociology and Political Science6% of their works
  4. 4Epidemiology6% of their works
  5. 5Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health5% of their works
  6. 6Health4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe David M. Fergusson's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Mental Health, Psychiatric Disorders, Parenting, Adolescents, Emotion Regulation, Psychopathology, Adverse Experiences and Childhood Trauma.

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 20 words, with their numbers
  1. Mental Health2392 topics
  2. Psychiatric Disorders1922 topics
  3. Parenting1622 topics
  4. Adolescents1502 topics
  5. Emotion Regulation1201 topic
  6. Psychopathology1201 topic
  7. Adverse Experiences1191 topic
  8. Childhood Trauma1191 topic
  9. Alcohol Dependence731 topic
  10. Substance Use Disorders731 topic
  11. Cannabinoid Receptors521 topic
  12. Endocannabinoid System521 topic
  13. Divorce421 topic
  14. Fertility421 topic
  15. School Engagement351 topic
  16. Student-Teacher Relationships351 topic
  17. Suicidal Behavior301 topic
  18. Suicide301 topic
  19. Health291 topic
  20. Homelessness291 topic

Where does David M. Fergusson work?

David M. Fergusson's main affiliation in the publication record is Christchurch Clinical Studies Trust, New Zealand.

How many publications and citations does David M. Fergusson have?

OpenAlex counts 609 works and 63,331 citations for David M. Fergusson, an h-index of 130, ranking #3,088 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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