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Researcher · Ford Foundation · United States

Gordon W. Perkin

Gordon W. Perkin publishes mostly in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, General Health Professions and Economics and Econometrics, on topics such as Global Maternal and Child Health, Reproductive Health and Contraception and Healthcare Policy and Management.

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World rank
#4,007,298
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#1,092,673
of 1,627,098
Works
29
Citations
183
Citations per work
6.3
h-index
7
i10-index 7Top 62% in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Gordon W. Perkin

What does Gordon W. Perkin research?

Gordon W. Perkin's work is mostly in Medicine (37%), Health Professions (16%), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (13%).

Health Sciences: 15 works · 53.2% of their workMedicine: 11 works · 37.1% of their workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 7 works · 25.8% of their workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 works · 11.3% of their workHealth Professions: 5 works · 16.1% of their workGeneral Health Professions: 5 works · 16.1% of their workEverything else: 8 works · 25.9% of their workSocial Sciences: 6 works · 20.9% of their workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4 works · 12.9% of their workEconomics and Econometrics: 4 works · 12.9% of their workSocial Sciences: 1 works · 4.8% of their workGender Studies: 1 works · 4.8% of their workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 works · 3.2% of their workBusiness and International Management: 1 works · 3.2% of their workTHEIR WORKGordon W. Perkin29works
Health Sciences53%Social Sciences21%

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. Medicine1137.1%
    2. Health Professions516.1%
  2. Everything else825.9%
    1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance412.9%
    2. Social Sciences14.8%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting13.2%
  1. 1Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health26% of their works
  2. 2General Health Professions16% of their works
  3. 3Economics and Econometrics13% of their works
  4. 4Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health11% of their works
  5. 5Gender Studies5% of their works
  6. 6Business and International Management3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Gordon W. Perkin's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Child Mortality, Maternal Mortality, Family Planning, Primary Care, Reproductive Health, Contraception, Health Care Spending and Insurance Markets.

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. Child Mortality141 topic
  2. Maternal Mortality141 topic
  3. Family Planning103 topics
  4. Primary Care103 topics
  5. Reproductive Health82 topics
  6. Contraception61 topic
  7. Health Care Spending61 topic
  8. Insurance Markets61 topic
  9. Unintended Pregnancy61 topic
  10. Community Health21 topic
  11. Emerging Markets21 topic
  12. Frugal Innovation21 topic
  13. Health Financing21 topic
  14. Men's Health21 topic
  15. Pediatrics21 topic
  16. Sex Ratios21 topic
  17. Son Preference21 topic
  18. Universal Coverage21 topic
  19. Vasectomy21 topic

Where does Gordon W. Perkin work?

Gordon W. Perkin's main affiliation in the publication record is Ford Foundation, United States.

How many publications and citations does Gordon W. Perkin have?

OpenAlex counts 29 works and 183 citations for Gordon W. Perkin, an h-index of 7, ranking #4,007,298 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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