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Researcher · McMaster University · Canada

George W. Torrance

George W. Torrance publishes mostly in Economics and Econometrics, General Health Professions and Rheumatology, on topics such as Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life, Healthcare Policy and Management and Economic and Environmental Valuation.

OpenAlex
World rank
#35,686
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Canada
#919
of 183,316
Works
164
Citations
20k
Citations per work
123.5
h-index
58
i10-index 100Top 0.6% in Economics and Econometrics
George W. Torrance

What does George W. Torrance research?

George W. Torrance's work is mostly in Economics, Econometrics and Finance (42%), Medicine (15%), Health Professions (14%).

Social Sciences: 69 works · 42.1% of their workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 69 works · 42.1% of their workEconomics and Econometrics: 69 works · 42.1% of their workEverything else: 48 works · 29.3% of their workHealth Sciences: 47 works · 28.6% of their workMedicine: 25 works · 15.1% of their workRheumatology: 8 works · 4.9% of their workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 7 works · 4.4% of their workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 5 works · 2.9% of their workSurgery: 5 works · 2.9% of their workHealth Professions: 22 works · 13.5% of their workGeneral Health Professions: 22 works · 13.5% of their workTHEIR WORKGeorge W.Torrance164works
Health Sciences29%Social Sciences42%

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. Economics, Econometrics and Finance6942.1%
  2. Everything else4829.3%
    1. Medicine2515.1%
    2. Health Professions2213.5%
  1. 1Economics and Econometrics42% of their works
  2. 2General Health Professions14% of their works
  3. 3Rheumatology5% of their works
  4. 4Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health4% of their works
  5. 5Surgery3% of their works
  6. 6Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe George W. Torrance's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Cost-effectiveness Analysis, Quality of Life, Health Care Spending, Insurance Markets, Conjoint Analysis, Discrete Choice Models, Ageing Population and Health Care Expenditure.

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 17 words, with their numbers
  1. Cost-effectiveness Analysis911 topic
  2. Quality of Life911 topic
  3. Health Care Spending391 topic
  4. Insurance Markets391 topic
  5. Conjoint Analysis201 topic
  6. Discrete Choice Models201 topic
  7. Ageing Population181 topic
  8. Health Care Expenditure181 topic
  9. Choosing Wisely171 topic
  10. Low-Value Care171 topic
  11. Inflammation162 topics
  12. Drug Development Costs91 topic
  13. Generic Drugs91 topic
  14. Biological Therapy81 topic
  15. Cartilage81 topic
  16. Osteoarthritis81 topic
  17. Rheumatoid Arthritis81 topic

Where does George W. Torrance work?

George W. Torrance's main affiliation in the publication record is McMaster University, Canada.

How many publications and citations does George W. Torrance have?

OpenAlex counts 164 works and 20,254 citations for George W. Torrance, an h-index of 58, ranking #35,686 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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