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Researcher · Carter Center · United States

Frank Richards

Frank Richards publishes mostly in Infectious Diseases, Parasitology and Ecology, on topics such as Parasitic Diseases Research and Treatment, Parasites and Host Interactions and Parasite Biology and Host Interactions.

OpenAlex
World rank
#2,592,186
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#760,685
of 1,627,098
Works
94
Citations
2.2k
Citations per work
23.1
h-index
28
i10-index 44Top 12% in Infectious Diseases
Frank Richards

What does Frank Richards research?

Frank Richards's work is mostly in Medicine (27%), Environmental Science (19%), Immunology and Microbiology (12%).

Everything else: 37 works · 39.1% of their workHealth Sciences: 25 works · 26.7% of their workMedicine: 25 works · 26.7% of their workInfectious Diseases: 20 works · 21.2% of their workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 5 works · 5.5% of their workPhysical Sciences: 18 works · 19.4% of their workEnvironmental Science: 18 works · 19.4% of their workEcology: 10 works · 11.1% of their workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 8 works · 8.3% of their workLife Sciences: 14 works · 14.8% of their workImmunology and Microbiology: 11 works · 12.0% of their workParasitology: 11 works · 12.0% of their workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 works · 2.8% of their workInsect Science: 3 works · 2.8% of their workTHEIR WORKFrank Richards94works
Life Sciences15%Physical Sciences19%Health Sciences27%

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 else3739.1%
    1. Medicine2526.7%
    1. Environmental Science1819.4%
    1. Immunology and Microbiology1112.0%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences32.8%
  1. 1Infectious Diseases21% of their works
  2. 2Parasitology12% of their works
  3. 3Ecology11% of their works
  4. 4Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis8% of their works
  5. 5Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health6% of their works
  6. 6Insect Science3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Frank Richards's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Helminth Infections, Ivermectin, Lymphatic Filariasis, Schistosomiasis, Soil-Transmitted Helminths, Ecosystem, Parasites and Public Health.

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. Helminth Infections712 topics
  2. Ivermectin451 topic
  3. Lymphatic Filariasis451 topic
  4. Schistosomiasis261 topic
  5. Soil-Transmitted Helminths261 topic
  6. Ecosystem241 topic
  7. Parasites241 topic
  8. Public Health242 topics
  9. Cockroaches181 topic
  10. Pathogens181 topic
  11. Epidemiology112 topics
  12. Echinococcosis61 topic
  13. Neurocysticercosis61 topic
  14. Arboviral Diseases51 topic
  15. Zika Virus51 topic
  16. Child Development31 topic
  17. Food Insecurity31 topic
  18. Health Outcomes31 topic
  19. Maternal and Child Undernutrition31 topic

Where does Frank Richards work?

Frank Richards's main affiliation in the publication record is Carter Center, United States.

How many publications and citations does Frank Richards have?

OpenAlex counts 94 works and 2,174 citations for Frank Richards, an h-index of 28, ranking #2,592,186 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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