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Researcher · Stadtspital Waid · Switzerland

Josef Altorfer

Josef Altorfer publishes mostly in Surgery, Epidemiology and Hepatology, on topics such as Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment, Hepatitis B Virus Studies and Liver Diseases and Immunity.

OpenAlex
World rank
#3,885,594
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Switzerland
#54,466
of 80,918
Works
68
Citations
918
Citations per work
13.5
h-index
15
i10-index 17Top 27% in Surgery
Josef Altorfer

What does Josef Altorfer research?

Josef Altorfer's work is mostly in Medicine (66%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (5%), Immunology and Microbiology (5%).

Health Sciences: 45 works · 66.4% of their workMedicine: 45 works · 66.4% of their workSurgery: 16 works · 23.4% of their workEpidemiology: 12 works · 18.0% of their workHepatology: 10 works · 14.1% of their workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 7 works · 10.9% of their workEverything else: 16 works · 24.2% of their workLife Sciences: 6 works · 9.4% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 works · 4.7% of their workGenetics: 3 works · 4.7% of their workImmunology and Microbiology: 3 works · 4.7% of their workImmunology: 3 works · 4.7% of their workTHEIR WORKJosef Altorfer68works
Life Sciences9%Health Sciences66%

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. Medicine4566.4%
  2. Everything else1624.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology34.7%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology34.7%
  1. 1Surgery23% of their works
  2. 2Epidemiology18% of their works
  3. 3Hepatology14% of their works
  4. 4Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine11% of their works
  5. 5Immunology5% of their works
  6. 6Genetics5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Josef Altorfer's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Hepatocellular Carcinoma, Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Management, NAFLD, NASH, Autoimmune Hepatitis and Chronic Hepatitis B.

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 20 words, with their numbers
  1. Hepatocellular Carcinoma192 topics
  2. Epidemiology163 topics
  3. Diagnosis122 topics
  4. Management122 topics
  5. NAFLD121 topic
  6. NASH121 topic
  7. Autoimmune Hepatitis71 topic
  8. Chronic Hepatitis B71 topic
  9. Hepatitis B Virus71 topic
  10. Primary Biliary Cirrhosis71 topic
  11. Children51 topic
  12. Cholecystitis51 topic
  13. ERCP51 topic
  14. Eosinophilic Esophagitis51 topic
  15. Gastric Cancer51 topic
  16. Helicobacter pylori51 topic
  17. ATP-dependent Transporters41 topic
  18. Hepatitis E Virus41 topic
  19. Multidrug Resistance41 topic
  20. Zoonotic Transmission41 topic

Where does Josef Altorfer work?

Josef Altorfer's main affiliation in the publication record is Stadtspital Waid, Switzerland.

How many publications and citations does Josef Altorfer have?

OpenAlex counts 68 works and 918 citations for Josef Altorfer, an h-index of 15, ranking #3,885,594 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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