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Researcher · OrthoCarolina · United States

Leo R. Spector

Leo R. Spector publishes mostly in Surgery, Pathology and Forensic Medicine and Economics and Econometrics, on topics such as Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology, Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques and Cervical and Thoracic Myelopathy.

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World rank
#2,678,024
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#782,169
of 1,627,098
Works
22
Citations
513
Citations per work
23.3
h-index
12
i10-index 12Top 38% in Surgery
Leo R. Spector

What does Leo R. Spector research?

Leo R. Spector's work is mostly in Medicine (74%), Health Professions (11%), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (8%).

Health Sciences: 19 works · 85.5% of their workMedicine: 16 works · 74.2% of their workSurgery: 9 works · 41.9% of their workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 6 works · 25.8% of their workPharmacology: 1 works · 6.5% of their workHealth Professions: 2 works · 11.3% of their workGeneral Health Professions: 2 works · 8.1% of their workPharmacy: 1 works · 3.2% of their workSocial Sciences: 2 works · 8.1% of their workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 works · 8.1% of their workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 works · 8.1% of their workEverything else: 1 works · 6.4% of their workTHEIR WORKLeo R. Spector22works
Health Sciences86%Social Sciences8%

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. Medicine1674.2%
    2. Health Professions211.3%
    1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance28.1%
  3. Everything else16.4%
  1. 1Surgery42% of their works
  2. 2Pathology and Forensic Medicine26% of their works
  3. 3Economics and Econometrics8% of their works
  4. 4General Health Professions8% of their works
  5. 5Pharmacology6% of their works
  6. 6Pharmacy3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Leo R. Spector's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Degenerative Disc Disease, Low Back Pain, Clinical Outcomes, Intervertebral Disc, Lumbar Disc Degeneration, Anterior Cervical Discectomy, Cervical Spine Surgery and Pedicle Screw Fixation.

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 21 words, with their numbers
  1. Degenerative Disc Disease222 topics
  2. Low Back Pain192 topics
  3. Clinical Outcomes172 topics
  4. Intervertebral Disc151 topic
  5. Lumbar Disc Degeneration151 topic
  6. Anterior Cervical Discectomy71 topic
  7. Cervical Spine Surgery71 topic
  8. Pedicle Screw Fixation71 topic
  9. Vertebroplasty71 topic
  10. Chronic Pain62 topics
  11. Disability41 topic
  12. Global Burden41 topic
  13. Healthcare Quality42 topics
  14. Health Care Spending31 topic
  15. Insurance Markets31 topic
  16. Defensive Medicine21 topic
  17. Malpractice Risk21 topic
  18. Patient Satisfaction21 topic
  19. Postoperative Pain21 topic
  20. Public Reporting21 topic
  21. Regional Anesthesia21 topic

Where does Leo R. Spector work?

Leo R. Spector's main affiliation in the publication record is OrthoCarolina, United States.

How many publications and citations does Leo R. Spector have?

OpenAlex counts 22 works and 513 citations for Leo R. Spector, an h-index of 12, ranking #2,678,024 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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