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Researcher · Tulane University · United States

Karen B. DeSalvo

Karen B. DeSalvo publishes mostly in General Health Professions, Economics and Econometrics and Emergency Medical Services, on topics such as Public Health Policies and Education, Primary Care and Health Outcomes and Healthcare Policy and Management.

OpenAlex
World rank
#160,765
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#60,431
of 1,627,098
Works
114
Citations
10k
Citations per work
88.8
h-index
37
i10-index 62Top 3.2% in General Health Professions
Karen B. DeSalvo

What does Karen B. DeSalvo research?

Karen B. DeSalvo's work is mostly in Health Professions (36%), Medicine (9%), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (8%).

Health Sciences: 51 works · 44.7% of their workHealth Professions: 41 works · 36.0% of their workGeneral Health Professions: 34 works · 29.5% of their workEmergency Medical Services: 7 works · 6.5% of their workMedicine: 10 works · 8.7% of their workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 5 works · 4.7% of their workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 5 works · 4.0% of their workEverything else: 49 works · 42.7% of their workSocial Sciences: 14 works · 12.6% of their workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 9 works · 7.9% of their workEconomics and Econometrics: 9 works · 7.9% of their workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 5 works · 4.7% of their workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 5 works · 4.7% of their workTHEIR WORKKaren B. DeSalvo114works
Health Sciences45%Social Sciences13%

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. Health Professions4136.0%
    2. Medicine108.7%
  2. Everything else4942.7%
    1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance97.9%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting54.7%
  1. 1General Health Professions30% of their works
  2. 2Economics and Econometrics8% of their works
  3. 3Emergency Medical Services6% of their works
  4. 4Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine5% of their works
  5. 5Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management5% of their works
  6. 6Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Karen B. DeSalvo's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Public Health, Health Equity, Ethics, Health Promotion, Primary Care, Quality Improvement, Continuity of Care and Patient-Centered Medical Home.

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 20 words, with their numbers
  1. Public Health473 topics
  2. Health Equity382 topics
  3. Ethics321 topic
  4. Health Promotion321 topic
  5. Primary Care322 topics
  6. Quality Improvement242 topics
  7. Continuity of Care171 topic
  8. Patient-Centered Medical Home171 topic
  9. Health Care Spending151 topic
  10. Insurance Markets151 topic
  11. Food Insecurity121 topic
  12. Health Outcomes121 topic
  13. Corporate Political Activity91 topic
  14. Disaster Response91 topic
  15. Non-Communicable Diseases91 topic
  16. Triage91 topic
  17. Choosing Wisely71 topic
  18. Low-Value Care71 topic
  19. Social Relationships61 topic
  20. Socioeconomic Inequalities61 topic

Where does Karen B. DeSalvo work?

Karen B. DeSalvo's main affiliation in the publication record is Tulane University, United States.

How many publications and citations does Karen B. DeSalvo have?

OpenAlex counts 114 works and 10,125 citations for Karen B. DeSalvo, an h-index of 37, ranking #160,765 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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