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Researcher · Hastings Center · United States

Erik Parens

Erik Parens publishes mostly in Cognitive Neuroscience, Genetics and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, on topics such as Neuroethics, Human Enhancement, Biomedical Innovations, Ethics in Clinical Research and BRCA gene mutations in cancer.

ORCID 0000-0002-4154-8393 OpenAlex
World rank
#634,302
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#216,541
of 1,627,098
Works
141
Citations
4.7k
Citations per work
33.5
h-index
32
i10-index 60Top 12% in Cognitive Neuroscience
Erik Parens

What does Erik Parens research?

Erik Parens's work is mostly in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (18%), Medicine (17%), Neuroscience (15%).

Everything else: 64 works · 45.6% of their workLife Sciences: 46 works · 32.4% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 25 works · 17.7% of their workGenetics: 18 works · 12.8% of their workMolecular Biology: 7 works · 4.9% of their workNeuroscience: 21 works · 14.7% of their workCognitive Neuroscience: 21 works · 14.7% of their workHealth Sciences: 31 works · 22.0% of their workMedicine: 24 works · 16.8% of their workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 14 works · 9.8% of their workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 10 works · 7.0% of their workHealth Professions: 7 works · 5.2% of their workGeneral Health Professions: 7 works · 5.2% of their workTHEIR WORKErik Parens141works
Life Sciences32%Health 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. Everything else6445.6%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2517.7%
    2. Neuroscience2114.7%
    1. Medicine2416.8%
    2. Health Professions75.2%
  1. 1Cognitive Neuroscience15% of their works
  2. 2Genetics13% of their works
  3. 3Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health10% of their works
  4. 4Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health7% of their works
  5. 5General Health Professions5% of their works
  6. 6Molecular Biology5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Erik Parens's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Ethical Issues, Cognitive Enhancement, Neuroenhancement, Clinical Trials, Informed Consent, Research Participation, BRCA1 and BRCA2.

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 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Ethical Issues452 topics
  2. Cognitive Enhancement321 topic
  3. Neuroenhancement321 topic
  4. Clinical Trials292 topics
  5. Informed Consent161 topic
  6. Research Participation161 topic
  7. BRCA1141 topic
  8. BRCA2141 topic
  9. Medical Ethics141 topic
  10. Pediatric141 topic
  11. Regulatory Challenges131 topic
  12. Stem Cell Regulation131 topic
  13. Aneuploidy Screening121 topic
  14. Prenatal Diagnosis121 topic
  15. Genetic Variants101 topic
  16. Sequence Interpretation101 topic
  17. Genome Engineering91 topic
  18. RNA-Guided91 topic

Where does Erik Parens work?

Erik Parens's main affiliation in the publication record is Hastings Center, United States.

How many publications and citations does Erik Parens have?

OpenAlex counts 141 works and 4,724 citations for Erik Parens, an h-index of 32, ranking #634,302 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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