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Researcher · Vanderbilt University · United States

Kenneth A. Wallston

Kenneth A. Wallston publishes mostly in General Health Professions, Clinical Psychology and Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, on topics such as Diabetes Management and Education, Health Literacy and Information Accessibility and Medication Adherence and Compliance.

ORCID 0000-0001-6310-0306 OpenAlex
World rank
#11,303
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#3,893
of 1,627,098
Works
482
Citations
27k
Citations per work
56.7
h-index
79
i10-index 211Top 0.2% in General Health Professions
Kenneth A. Wallston

What does Kenneth A. Wallston research?

Kenneth A. Wallston's work is mostly in Health Professions (18%), Psychology (17%), Medicine (6%).

Everything else: 266 works · 55.2% of their workHealth Sciences: 115 works · 23.9% of their workHealth Professions: 84 works · 17.5% of their workGeneral Health Professions: 84 works · 17.5% of their workMedicine: 31 works · 6.4% of their workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 31 works · 6.4% of their workSocial Sciences: 101 works · 20.9% of their workPsychology: 82 works · 17.0% of their workClinical Psychology: 31 works · 6.5% of their workSocial Psychology: 26 works · 5.4% of their workApplied Psychology: 25 works · 5.1% of their workSocial Sciences: 19 works · 3.9% of their workSociology and Political Science: 19 works · 3.9% of their workTHEIR WORKKenneth A.Wallston482works
Health Sciences24%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. Everything else26655.2%
    1. Health Professions8417.5%
    2. Medicine316.4%
    1. Psychology8217.0%
    2. Social Sciences193.9%
  1. 1General Health Professions18% of their works
  2. 2Clinical Psychology6% of their works
  3. 3Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism6% of their works
  4. 4Social Psychology5% of their works
  5. 5Applied Psychology5% of their works
  6. 6Sociology and Political Science4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Kenneth A. Wallston's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Chronic Disease Management, Social Support, Diabetes, Self-Management, eHealth, Health Literacy, Medication Adherence and Treatment Adherence.

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 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Chronic Disease Management833 topics
  2. Social Support542 topics
  3. Diabetes451 topic
  4. Self-Management451 topic
  5. Health Literacy331 topic
  6. eHealth331 topic
  7. Medication Adherence271 topic
  8. Treatment Adherence271 topic
  9. Mobile Health231 topic
  10. mHealth231 topic
  11. Patient-Centered Care221 topic
  12. Physician Communication221 topic
  13. Self-Regulation221 topic
  14. Theory of Planned Behaviour221 topic
  15. Health Locus of Control211 topic
  16. Health-Promoting Behaviors211 topic
  17. Inflammation201 topic
  18. Rheumatoid Arthritis201 topic

Where does Kenneth A. Wallston work?

Kenneth A. Wallston's main affiliation in the publication record is Vanderbilt University, United States.

How many publications and citations does Kenneth A. Wallston have?

OpenAlex counts 482 works and 27,341 citations for Kenneth A. Wallston, an h-index of 79, ranking #11,303 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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