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Researcher · Applied Research Associates (United States) · United States

Douglas B. Kirby

Douglas B. Kirby publishes mostly in General Health Professions, Infectious Diseases and Sociology and Political Science, on topics such as Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health, Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations and HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions.

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World rank
#38,391
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#14,694
of 1,627,098
Works
118
Citations
10k
Citations per work
84.6
h-index
48
i10-index 89Top 1.4% in General Health Professions
Douglas B. Kirby

What does Douglas B. Kirby research?

Douglas B. Kirby's work is mostly in Health Professions (48%), Social Sciences (19%), Medicine (8%).

Health Sciences: 66 works · 55.8% of their workHealth Professions: 57 works · 48.1% of their workGeneral Health Professions: 57 works · 48.1% of their workMedicine: 9 works · 7.7% of their workInfectious Diseases: 9 works · 7.7% of their workSocial Sciences: 29 works · 24.5% of their workSocial Sciences: 22 works · 18.7% of their workSociology and Political Science: 9 works · 7.4% of their workGender Studies: 8 works · 7.1% of their workSafety Research: 5 works · 4.2% of their workPsychology: 7 works · 5.8% of their workClinical Psychology: 7 works · 5.8% of their workEverything else: 23 works · 19.7% of their workTHEIR WORKDouglas B. Kirby118works
Health Sciences56%Social Sciences24%

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. Health Professions5748.1%
    2. Medicine97.7%
    1. Social Sciences2218.7%
    2. Psychology75.8%
  3. Everything else2319.7%
  1. 1General Health Professions48% of their works
  2. 2Infectious Diseases8% of their works
  3. 3Sociology and Political Science7% of their works
  4. 4Gender Studies7% of their works
  5. 5Clinical Psychology6% of their works
  6. 6Safety Research4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Douglas B. Kirby's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Adolescent Health, Sexual Behavior, Mental Health, Social Determinants, Food Insecurity, Health Outcomes, Antiretroviral Therapy and HIV Transmission.

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 19 words, with their numbers
  1. Adolescent Health951 topic
  2. Sexual Behavior951 topic
  3. Mental Health633 topics
  4. Social Determinants442 topics
  5. Food Insecurity331 topic
  6. Health Outcomes331 topic
  7. Antiretroviral Therapy241 topic
  8. HIV Transmission241 topic
  9. Public Health192 topics
  10. Gender Identity161 topic
  11. Masculinity161 topic
  12. Sex Work141 topic
  13. Trafficking141 topic
  14. Community Health111 topic
  15. Pediatrics111 topic
  16. Conditional Cash Transfers101 topic
  17. School Subsidies101 topic
  18. Health81 topic
  19. Homelessness81 topic

Where does Douglas B. Kirby work?

Douglas B. Kirby's main affiliation in the publication record is Applied Research Associates (United States), United States.

How many publications and citations does Douglas B. Kirby have?

OpenAlex counts 118 works and 9,979 citations for Douglas B. Kirby, an h-index of 48, ranking #38,391 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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