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Researcher · University of Cape Town · South Africa

Des Scott

Des Scott publishes mostly in Economics and Econometrics, General Health Professions and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, on topics such as Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life, Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders and Health Policy Implementation Science.

ORCID 0000-0003-3943-7392 OpenAlex
World rank
#1,244,846
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in South Africa
#5,066
of 29,826
Works
20
Citations
418
Citations per work
20.9
h-index
10
i10-index 11Top 35% in Economics and Econometrics
Des Scott

What does Des Scott research?

Des Scott's work is mostly in Medicine (25%), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (22%), Health Professions (20%).

Health Sciences: 9 works · 45.0% of their workMedicine: 5 works · 25.0% of their workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 works · 10.0% of their workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 works · 10.0% of their workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 works · 5.0% of their workHealth Professions: 4 works · 20.0% of their workGeneral Health Professions: 3 works · 15.0% of their workOccupational Therapy: 1 works · 5.0% of their workEverything else: 7 works · 33.3% of their workSocial Sciences: 4 works · 21.7% of their workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4 works · 21.7% of their workEconomics and Econometrics: 4 works · 21.7% of their workTHEIR WORKDes Scott20works
Health Sciences45%Social Sciences22%

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. Medicine525.0%
    2. Health Professions420.0%
  2. Everything else733.3%
    1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance421.7%
  1. 1Economics and Econometrics22% of their works
  2. 2General Health Professions15% of their works
  3. 3Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health10% of their works
  4. 4Psychiatry and Mental health10% of their works
  5. 5Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health5% of their works
  6. 6Occupational Therapy5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Des Scott's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Quality of Life, Cost-effectiveness Analysis, Health Utility Measures, Evidence-Based Practice, Cerebral Palsy, ICF Model, Well-being and Childhood Cancer Survivor Study.

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 19 words, with their numbers
  1. Quality of Life173 topics
  2. Cost-effectiveness Analysis121 topic
  3. Health Utility Measures121 topic
  4. Evidence-Based Practice62 topics
  5. Cerebral Palsy51 topic
  6. ICF Model51 topic
  7. Well-being52 topics
  8. Childhood Cancer Survivor Study41 topic
  9. Implementation Science41 topic
  10. Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory41 topic
  11. Qualitative Research41 topic
  12. Salutogenesis31 topic
  13. Sense of Coherence31 topic
  14. Cancer Cachexia21 topic
  15. Critical Care21 topic
  16. Nutrition Support Therapy21 topic
  17. Occupational Science21 topic
  18. Sarcopenia21 topic
  19. Therapy Practice21 topic

Where does Des Scott work?

Des Scott's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Cape Town, South Africa.

How many publications and citations does Des Scott have?

OpenAlex counts 20 works and 418 citations for Des Scott, an h-index of 10, ranking #1,244,846 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality 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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