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Researcher · University of Namibia · Namibia

Gert Van Rooy

Gert Van Rooy publishes mostly in Sociology and Political Science, Safety Research and Economics and Econometrics, on topics such as Global Maternal and Child Health, Healthcare Systems and Reforms and Disability Rights and Representation.

ORCID 0000-0002-8013-8768 OpenAlex
World rank
#657,556
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Namibia
#11
of 381
Works
39
Citations
1.3k
Citations per work
33.0
h-index
15
i10-index 19Top 12% in Sociology and Political Science
Gert Van Rooy

What does Gert Van Rooy research?

Gert Van Rooy's work is mostly in Social Sciences (24%), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (16%), Health Professions (9%).

Everything else: 17 works · 43.6% of their workSocial Sciences: 16 works · 40.5% of their workSocial Sciences: 10 works · 24.5% of their workSociology and Political Science: 6 works · 14.9% of their workSafety Research: 4 works · 9.6% of their workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 6 works · 16.0% of their workEconomics and Econometrics: 4 works · 9.6% of their workFinance: 2 works · 6.4% of their workHealth Sciences: 6 works · 15.9% of their workHealth Professions: 3 works · 8.5% of their workGeneral Health Professions: 3 works · 8.5% of their workMedicine: 3 works · 7.4% of their workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 3 works · 7.4% of their workTHEIR WORKGert Van Rooy39works
Health Sciences16%Social Sciences40%

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 else1743.6%
    1. Social Sciences1024.5%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance616.0%
    1. Health Professions38.5%
    2. Medicine37.4%
  1. 1Sociology and Political Science15% of their works
  2. 2Safety Research10% of their works
  3. 3Economics and Econometrics10% of their works
  4. 4General Health Professions8% of their works
  5. 5Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health7% of their works
  6. 6Finance6% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Gert Van Rooy's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Poverty, Human Rights, Development, Child Mortality, Maternal Mortality, Epidemiological Study, Health Financing and Social Model of Disability.

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 19 words, with their numbers
  1. Poverty112 topics
  2. Human Rights102 topics
  3. Development92 topics
  4. Child Mortality71 topic
  5. Maternal Mortality71 topic
  6. Epidemiological Study61 topic
  7. Health Financing61 topic
  8. Social Model of Disability61 topic
  9. Universal Coverage61 topic
  10. Economic Growth51 topic
  11. HIV/AIDS51 topic
  12. Adolescent Health41 topic
  13. Antiretroviral Therapy41 topic
  14. Global Governance41 topic
  15. HIV Transmission41 topic
  16. Millennium Development Goals41 topic
  17. Sexual Behavior41 topic
  18. Down Syndrome31 topic
  19. Intellectual Disability31 topic

Where does Gert Van Rooy work?

Gert Van Rooy's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Namibia, Namibia.

How many publications and citations does Gert Van Rooy have?

OpenAlex counts 39 works and 1,286 citations for Gert Van Rooy, an h-index of 15, ranking #657,556 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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