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Researcher · Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey · United States

David Mechanic

David Mechanic publishes mostly in General Health Professions, Economics and Econometrics and Clinical Psychology, on topics such as Healthcare Policy and Management, Primary Care and Health Outcomes and Mental Health and Psychiatry.

OpenAlex
World rank
#1,357
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#592
of 358,040
Works
102
Citations
1.4k
Citations per work
13.5

What does David Mechanic research?

General Health Professions: 23.7%Economics and Econometrics: 11.8%Clinical Psychology: 10.8%Social Psychology: 7.5%other fields: 46.2%24%top field
General Health Professions23.7%Economics and Econometrics11.8%Clinical Psychology10.8%Social Psychology7.5%other fields46.2%

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

  1. 1General Health Professions24% of their works
  2. 2Economics and Econometrics12% of their works
  3. 3Clinical Psychology11% of their works
  4. 4Social Psychology8% of their works
  5. 5Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health6% of their works
  6. 6Philosophy5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe David Mechanic's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Primary Care, Health Care Spending, Insurance Markets, Continuity of Care, Quality Improvement, Mental Disorders, Phenomenology and Psychiatric Disorders.

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 17 words, with their numbers
  1. Primary Care152 topics
  2. Health Care Spending81 topic
  3. Insurance Markets81 topic
  4. Continuity of Care71 topic
  5. Quality Improvement71 topic
  6. Mental Disorders51 topic
  7. Phenomenology51 topic
  8. Psychiatric Disorders51 topic
  9. Stigma51 topic
  10. Social Relationships41 topic
  11. Socioeconomic Inequalities41 topic
  12. Antipsychotic Drugs31 topic
  13. Crisis Resolution31 topic
  14. Home Treatment31 topic
  15. Neurocognitive Deficits31 topic
  16. Precarious Employment31 topic
  17. Unemployment31 topic

Where does David Mechanic work?

David Mechanic's main affiliation in the publication record is Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, United States.

How many publications and citations does David Mechanic have?

Science Explorer counts 102 works and 1,376 citations for David Mechanic, ranking #1,357 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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