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Researcher · American Medical Association · United States

Lester S. King

Lester S. King publishes mostly in History, General Health Professions and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, on topics such as Medical History and Innovations, History of Medicine Studies and Empathy and Medical Education.

ORCID 0009-0006-1240-6384 OpenAlex
World rank
#121,584
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#46,291
of 1,627,098
Works
530
Citations
8.1k
Citations per work
15.2
h-index
45
i10-index 149Top 0.1% in History
Lester S. King

What does Lester S. King research?

Lester S. King's work is mostly in Arts and Humanities (25%), Medicine (11%), Health Professions (10%).

Everything else: 268 works · 50.6% of their workSocial Sciences: 151 works · 28.4% of their workArts and Humanities: 130 works · 24.6% of their workHistory: 100 works · 18.8% of their workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 31 works · 5.8% of their workPsychology: 20 works · 3.8% of their workClinical Psychology: 20 works · 3.8% of their workHealth Sciences: 111 works · 21.0% of their workMedicine: 57 works · 10.7% of their workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 36 works · 6.7% of their workPsychiatry and Mental health: 21 works · 4.0% of their workHealth Professions: 55 works · 10.3% of their workGeneral Health Professions: 55 works · 10.3% of their workTHEIR WORKLester S. King530works
Health Sciences21%Social Sciences28%

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 else26850.6%
    1. Arts and Humanities13024.6%
    2. Psychology203.8%
    1. Medicine5710.7%
    2. Health Professions5510.3%
  1. 1History19% of their works
  2. 2General Health Professions10% of their works
  3. 3Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health7% of their works
  4. 4History and Philosophy of Science6% of their works
  5. 5Psychiatry and Mental health4% of their works
  6. 6Clinical Psychology4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Lester S. King's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Surgery, Medical History, Neuroscience, Blood Transfusion, Obstetrics, Ancient Medicine, Islamic Medicine and Medical Education.

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. Surgery1432 topics
  2. Medical History1133 topics
  3. Neuroscience972 topics
  4. Blood Transfusion831 topic
  5. Obstetrics831 topic
  6. Ancient Medicine601 topic
  7. Islamic Medicine601 topic
  8. Medical Education592 topics
  9. Empathy371 topic
  10. Physician371 topic
  11. Medical Research311 topic
  12. Mental Health311 topic
  13. Physician-Scientist311 topic
  14. Psychiatry311 topic
  15. Ethical Climate251 topic
  16. Moral Distress251 topic
  17. Neurosurgery221 topic
  18. Surgical Innovations221 topic
  19. Primary Care191 topic
  20. Quality Improvement191 topic

Where does Lester S. King work?

Lester S. King's main affiliation in the publication record is American Medical Association, United States.

How many publications and citations does Lester S. King have?

OpenAlex counts 530 works and 8,070 citations for Lester S. King, an h-index of 45, ranking #121,584 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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