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Researcher · University of Oxford · United Kingdom

Douglas G. Altman

Douglas G. Altman publishes mostly in Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty, Statistics and Probability and Economics and Econometrics, on topics such as Meta-analysis and systematic reviews, Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life and Statistical Methods in Clinical Trials.

ORCID 0000-0002-7183-4083 OpenAlex
World rank
#100
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United Kingdom
#13
of 367,258
Works
949
Citations
862k
Citations per work
908.3
h-index
260
i10-index 673Top 0.1% in Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty
Douglas G. Altman

What does Douglas G. Altman research?

Douglas G. Altman's work is mostly in Decision Sciences (21%), Mathematics (11%), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (9%).

Everything else: 385 works · 40.6% of their workSocial Sciences: 319 works · 33.6% of their workDecision Sciences: 202 works · 21.3% of their workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 202 works · 21.3% of their workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 82 works · 8.6% of their workEconomics and Econometrics: 82 works · 8.6% of their workSocial Sciences: 35 works · 3.7% of their workSociology and Political Science: 35 works · 3.7% of their workHealth Sciences: 139 works · 14.6% of their workMedicine: 81 works · 8.5% of their workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 81 works · 8.5% of their workHealth Professions: 58 works · 6.1% of their workGeneral Health Professions: 58 works · 6.1% of their workPhysical Sciences: 106 works · 11.2% of their workMathematics: 106 works · 11.2% of their workStatistics and Probability: 106 works · 11.2% of their workTHEIR WORKDouglas G. Altman949works
Physical Sciences11%Health Sciences15%Social Sciences34%

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 else38540.6%
    1. Decision Sciences20221.3%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance828.6%
    3. Social Sciences353.7%
    1. Medicine818.5%
    2. Health Professions586.1%
    1. Mathematics10611.2%
  1. 1Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty21% of their works
  2. 2Statistics and Probability11% of their works
  3. 3Economics and Econometrics9% of their works
  4. 4Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health8% of their works
  5. 5General Health Professions6% of their works
  6. 6Sociology and Political Science4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Douglas G. Altman's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Quality Assessment, Meta-Analysis, PRISMA Statement, Cost-effectiveness Analysis, Quality of Life, Adaptive Designs, False Discovery Rate and Clinical Guidelines.

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. Quality Assessment5082 topics
  2. Meta-Analysis4321 topic
  3. PRISMA Statement4321 topic
  4. Cost-effectiveness Analysis1961 topic
  5. Quality of Life1961 topic
  6. Adaptive Designs1241 topic
  7. False Discovery Rate1241 topic
  8. Clinical Guidelines761 topic
  9. Guideline Development761 topic
  10. Consensus Building721 topic
  11. Delphi Method721 topic
  12. Inter-Rater Reliability591 topic
  13. Kappa Statistic591 topic
  14. Clinical Trials561 topic
  15. Informed Consent561 topic
  16. Evidence-Based Practice461 topic
  17. Healthcare Professionals461 topic

Where does Douglas G. Altman work?

Douglas G. Altman's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Oxford, United Kingdom.

How many publications and citations does Douglas G. Altman have?

OpenAlex counts 949 works and 862,002 citations for Douglas G. Altman, an h-index of 260, ranking #100 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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