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Researcher · Samson Institute For Ageing Research · South Africa

Leon Neville Geffen

Leon Neville Geffen publishes mostly in General Health Professions, Geriatrics and Gerontology and Health, on topics such as Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes, Frailty in Older Adults and Health disparities and outcomes.

ORCID 0000-0002-9546-5323 OpenAlex
World rank
#864,417
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in South Africa
#3,396
of 29,826
Works
45
Citations
1.5k
Citations per work
33.9
h-index
17
i10-index 20Top 18% in General Health Professions
Leon Neville Geffen

What does Leon Neville Geffen research?

Leon Neville Geffen's work is mostly in Health Professions (27%), Social Sciences (18%), Medicine (13%).

Everything else: 19 works · 42.7% of their workHealth Sciences: 18 works · 39.6% of their workHealth Professions: 12 works · 26.6% of their workGeneral Health Professions: 12 works · 26.6% of their workMedicine: 6 works · 13.0% of their workEpidemiology: 3 works · 6.5% of their workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 3 works · 6.5% of their workSocial Sciences: 8 works · 17.7% of their workSocial Sciences: 8 works · 17.7% of their workHealth: 3 works · 6.5% of their workDemography: 3 works · 5.6% of their workSociology and Political Science: 3 works · 5.6% of their workTHEIR WORKLeon NevilleGeffen45works
Health Sciences40%Social Sciences18%

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 else1942.7%
    1. Health Professions1226.6%
    2. Medicine613.0%
    1. Social Sciences817.7%
  1. 1General Health Professions27% of their works
  2. 2Geriatrics and Gerontology6% of their works
  3. 3Health6% of their works
  4. 4Epidemiology6% of their works
  5. 5Sociology and Political Science6% of their works
  6. 6Demography6% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Leon Neville Geffen's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Long-Term Care, Nursing Home, Quality of Care, Mortality Risk, Social Support, Primary Care, Frailty and Geriatric Assessment.

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. Long-Term Care232 topics
  2. Nursing Home181 topic
  3. Quality of Care181 topic
  4. Mortality Risk162 topics
  5. Social Support132 topics
  6. Primary Care102 topics
  7. Frailty81 topic
  8. Geriatric Assessment81 topic
  9. Social Relationships81 topic
  10. Socioeconomic Inequalities81 topic
  11. Chronic Conditions71 topic
  12. Multimorbidity71 topic
  13. Family Support51 topic
  14. Intergenerational Relations51 topic
  15. Lifestyle Migration51 topic
  16. Retirement Migration51 topic
  17. COVID-1941 topic
  18. Cancer41 topic
  19. Continuity of Care31 topic
  20. Quality Improvement31 topic

Where does Leon Neville Geffen work?

Leon Neville Geffen's main affiliation in the publication record is Samson Institute For Ageing Research, South Africa.

How many publications and citations does Leon Neville Geffen have?

OpenAlex counts 45 works and 1,525 citations for Leon Neville Geffen, an h-index of 17, ranking #864,417 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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