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Researcher · Johns Hopkins University · United States

Laura N. Gitlin

Laura N. Gitlin publishes mostly in General Health Professions, Psychiatry and Mental health and Occupational Therapy, on topics such as Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research, Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes and Occupational Therapy Practice and Research.

ORCID 0000-0003-2869-473X OpenAlex
World rank
#58,560
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#22,570
of 1,627,098
Works
700
Citations
42k
Citations per work
60.2
h-index
70
i10-index 286Top 0.3% in General Health Professions
Laura N. Gitlin

What does Laura N. Gitlin research?

Laura N. Gitlin's work is mostly in Health Professions (28%), Medicine (21%), Psychology (6%).

Health Sciences: 347 works · 49.6% of their workHealth Professions: 198 works · 28.3% of their workGeneral Health Professions: 155 works · 22.1% of their workOccupational Therapy: 43 works · 6.2% of their workMedicine: 149 works · 21.3% of their workPsychiatry and Mental health: 125 works · 17.9% of their workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 24 works · 3.4% of their workEverything else: 274 works · 39.2% of their workSocial Sciences: 78 works · 11.2% of their workPsychology: 41 works · 5.9% of their workClinical Psychology: 41 works · 5.9% of their workSocial Sciences: 37 works · 5.3% of their workSociology and Political Science: 37 works · 5.3% of their workTHEIR WORKLaura N. Gitlin700works
Health Sciences50%Social Sciences11%

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 Professions19828.3%
    2. Medicine14921.3%
  2. Everything else27439.2%
    1. Psychology415.9%
    2. Social Sciences375.3%
  1. 1General Health Professions22% of their works
  2. 2Psychiatry and Mental health18% of their works
  3. 3Occupational Therapy6% of their works
  4. 4Clinical Psychology6% of their works
  5. 5Sociology and Political Science5% of their works
  6. 6Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Laura N. Gitlin's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Caregiver Burden, Long-Term Care, Alzheimer's Disease, Mild Cognitive Impairment, Nursing Home, Quality of Care, Quality of Life and Social Support.

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. Caregiver Burden3292 topics
  2. Long-Term Care2872 topics
  3. Alzheimer's Disease2781 topic
  4. Mild Cognitive Impairment2781 topic
  5. Nursing Home2231 topic
  6. Quality of Care2231 topic
  7. Quality of Life2004 topics
  8. Social Support1683 topics
  9. Occupational Science681 topic
  10. Therapy Practice681 topic
  11. Family Support641 topic
  12. Intergenerational Relations641 topic
  13. Social Relationships531 topic
  14. Socioeconomic Inequalities531 topic
  15. Family Caregivers511 topic
  16. Mental Illness511 topic
  17. Cost-effectiveness Analysis431 topic
  18. Health Utility Measures431 topic
  19. Assistive Technology381 topic
  20. Augmentative and Alternative Communication381 topic

Where does Laura N. Gitlin work?

Laura N. Gitlin's main affiliation in the publication record is Johns Hopkins University, United States.

How many publications and citations does Laura N. Gitlin have?

OpenAlex counts 700 works and 42,123 citations for Laura N. Gitlin, an h-index of 70, ranking #58,560 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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