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Researcher · RTI International · United States

Megan L. Comfort

Megan L. Comfort publishes mostly in Sociology and Political Science, General Health Professions and Epidemiology, on topics such as Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis, Homelessness and Social Issues and HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk.

ORCID 0000-0001-9730-6601 OpenAlex
World rank
#110,817
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#42,314
of 1,627,098
Works
140
Citations
4k
Citations per work
28.3
h-index
33
i10-index 71Top 1.7% in Sociology and Political Science
Megan L. Comfort

What does Megan L. Comfort research?

Megan L. Comfort's work is mostly in Social Sciences (32%), Health Professions (20%), Medicine (16%).

Social Sciences: 55 works · 39.6% of their workSocial Sciences: 45 works · 32.1% of their workSociology and Political Science: 45 works · 32.1% of their workPsychology: 10 works · 7.5% of their workClinical Psychology: 10 works · 7.5% of their workHealth Sciences: 52 works · 36.8% of their workHealth Professions: 28 works · 20.3% of their workGeneral Health Professions: 28 works · 20.3% of their workMedicine: 23 works · 16.5% of their workEpidemiology: 14 works · 9.9% of their workInfectious Diseases: 5 works · 3.7% of their workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 4 works · 2.9% of their workEverything else: 33 works · 23.6% of their workTHEIR WORKMegan L. Comfort140works
Health Sciences37%Social Sciences40%

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. Social Sciences4532.1%
    2. Psychology107.5%
    1. Health Professions2820.3%
    2. Medicine2316.5%
  3. Everything else3323.6%
  1. 1Sociology and Political Science32% of their works
  2. 2General Health Professions20% of their works
  3. 3Epidemiology10% of their works
  4. 4Clinical Psychology8% of their works
  5. 5Infectious Diseases4% of their works
  6. 6Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Megan L. Comfort's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Criminal Justice, Mass Incarceration, Public Health, Substance Abuse, Health, Homelessness, drug use and HIV.

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 19 words, with their numbers
  1. Criminal Justice791 topic
  2. Mass Incarceration791 topic
  3. Public Health662 topics
  4. Substance Abuse662 topics
  5. Health431 topic
  6. Homelessness431 topic
  7. HIV231 topic
  8. drug use231 topic
  9. Psychiatric Disorders222 topics
  10. Adolescent Health161 topic
  11. Sexual Behavior161 topic
  12. Crime151 topic
  13. Social Structure151 topic
  14. Antiretroviral Therapy141 topic
  15. HIV Transmission141 topic
  16. Adverse Experiences121 topic
  17. Childhood Trauma121 topic
  18. Alcohol Dependence101 topic
  19. Substance Use Disorders101 topic

Where does Megan L. Comfort work?

Megan L. Comfort's main affiliation in the publication record is RTI International, United States.

How many publications and citations does Megan L. Comfort have?

OpenAlex counts 140 works and 3,964 citations for Megan L. Comfort, an h-index of 33, ranking #110,817 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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