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Researcher · New York Times · United States

Lawrence K Altman

Lawrence K Altman publishes mostly in General Health Professions, Surgery and Economics and Econometrics, on topics such as Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices, Public Health Policies and Education and Healthcare Systems and Challenges.

World rank
#212,483
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#85,194
of 358,040
Works
36
Citations
22
Citations per work
0.6

What does Lawrence K Altman research?

General Health Professions: 23.1%Surgery: 7.7%Economics and Econometrics: 7.7%Anthropology: 7.7%other fields: 53.8%23%top field
General Health Professions23.1%Surgery7.7%Economics and Econometrics7.7%Anthropology7.7%other fields53.8%

Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.

  1. 1General Health Professions23% of their works
  2. 2Surgery8% of their works
  3. 3Economics and Econometrics8% of their works
  4. 4Anthropology8% of their works
  5. 5Political Science and International Relations8% of their works
  6. 6Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine8% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Lawrence K Altman's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Heart Failure, Public Health, Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy, Cardiopulmonary Bypass, Choosing Wisely, Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery, Ethics and Exploration.

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 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Heart Failure22 topics
  2. Public Health22 topics
  3. Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy11 topic
  4. Cardiopulmonary Bypass11 topic
  5. Choosing Wisely11 topic
  6. Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery11 topic
  7. Ethics11 topic
  8. Exploration11 topic
  9. Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation11 topic
  10. Global Access11 topic
  11. Health Promotion11 topic
  12. Healthcare Workers11 topic
  13. Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator11 topic
  14. Left Ventricular Assist Device11 topic
  15. Low-Value Care11 topic
  16. NHS11 topic
  17. Radiotherapy11 topic
  18. Travel Writing11 topic

Where does Lawrence K Altman work?

Lawrence K Altman's main affiliation in the publication record is New York Times, United States.

How many publications and citations does Lawrence K Altman have?

Science Explorer counts 36 works and 22 citations for Lawrence K Altman, ranking #212,483 of 1,633,909 researchers worldwide on the composite 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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