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Researcher · University of California, San Francisco · United States

Ken E. Covinsky

Ken E. Covinsky publishes mostly in Geriatrics and Gerontology, Surgery and General Health Professions, on topics such as Frailty in Older Adults, Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research and Chronic Disease Management Strategies.

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World rank
#1,499,830
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#470,125
of 1,627,098
Works
30
Citations
1.4k
Citations per work
47.4
h-index
14
i10-index 16Top 30% in Geriatrics and Gerontology
Ken E. Covinsky

What does Ken E. Covinsky research?

Ken E. Covinsky's work is mostly in Medicine (40%), Health Professions (8%).

Everything else: 16 works · 51.7% of their workHealth Sciences: 14 works · 48.3% of their workMedicine: 12 works · 40.1% of their workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 3 works · 10.6% of their workSurgery: 2 works · 8.2% of their workEpidemiology: 2 works · 7.1% of their workPhysiology: 2 works · 7.1% of their workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 works · 7.1% of their workHealth Professions: 2 works · 8.2% of their workGeneral Health Professions: 2 works · 8.2% of their workTHEIR WORKKen E. Covinsky30works
Health Sciences48%

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 else1651.7%
    1. Medicine1240.1%
    2. Health Professions28.2%
  1. 1Geriatrics and Gerontology11% of their works
  2. 2Surgery8% of their works
  3. 3General Health Professions8% of their works
  4. 4Physiology7% of their works
  5. 5Epidemiology7% of their works
  6. 6Psychiatry and Mental health7% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Ken E. Covinsky's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Aging, Inflammation, Mortality Risk, Frailty, Geriatric Assessment, Quality of Life, Social Relationships and Alzheimer's Disease.

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 21 words, with their numbers
  1. Aging214 topics
  2. Inflammation132 topics
  3. Mortality Risk132 topics
  4. Frailty91 topic
  5. Geriatric Assessment91 topic
  6. Quality of Life72 topics
  7. Social Relationships72 topics
  8. Alzheimer's Disease51 topic
  9. Mild Cognitive Impairment51 topic
  10. Cancer Cachexia41 topic
  11. Chronic Conditions41 topic
  12. Loneliness41 topic
  13. Multimorbidity41 topic
  14. Sarcopenia41 topic
  15. Socioeconomic Inequalities41 topic
  16. Cost-effectiveness Analysis31 topic
  17. Emotion31 topic
  18. Health Utility Measures31 topic
  19. Nursing Home31 topic
  20. Quality of Care31 topic
  21. Successful Aging31 topic

Where does Ken E. Covinsky work?

Ken E. Covinsky's main affiliation in the publication record is University of California, San Francisco, United States.

How many publications and citations does Ken E. Covinsky have?

OpenAlex counts 30 works and 1,423 citations for Ken E. Covinsky, an h-index of 14, ranking #1,499,830 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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