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Researcher · East Carolina University · United States

Melvin S. Swanson

Melvin S. Swanson publishes mostly in Surgery, General Health Professions and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, on topics such as Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes, Nursing education and management and Obesity and Health Practices.

OpenAlex
World rank
#227,353
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#83,963
of 1,627,098
Works
116
Citations
8.7k
Citations per work
75.1
h-index
38
i10-index 77Top 3.5% in Surgery
Melvin S. Swanson

What does Melvin S. Swanson research?

Melvin S. Swanson's work is mostly in Medicine (24%), Health Professions (12%).

Everything else: 74 works · 64.0% of their workHealth Sciences: 42 works · 36.0% of their workMedicine: 28 works · 23.8% of their workSurgery: 12 works · 10.6% of their workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 6 works · 5.6% of their workPhysiology: 4 works · 3.8% of their workReproductive Medicine: 4 works · 3.8% of their workHealth Professions: 14 works · 12.2% of their workGeneral Health Professions: 10 works · 8.4% of their workEmergency Medical Services: 4 works · 3.8% of their workTHEIR WORKMelvin S. Swanson116works
Health Sciences36%

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 else7464.0%
    1. Medicine2823.8%
    2. Health Professions1412.2%
  1. 1Surgery11% of their works
  2. 2General Health Professions8% of their works
  3. 3Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health6% of their works
  4. 4Physiology4% of their works
  5. 5Emergency Medical Services4% of their works
  6. 6Reproductive Medicine4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Melvin S. Swanson's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Obesity, Bariatric Surgery, Diabetes, Public Health, Nursing Staffing, Patient Outcomes, Obesity Stigma and Weight Bias.

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. Obesity222 topics
  2. Bariatric Surgery161 topic
  3. Diabetes161 topic
  4. Public Health132 topics
  5. Nursing Staffing101 topic
  6. Patient Outcomes101 topic
  7. Obesity Stigma71 topic
  8. Weight Bias71 topic
  9. Childhood61 topic
  10. Health Promoting Schools61 topic
  11. Maternal Mental Health61 topic
  12. Medical Errors61 topic
  13. Overweight61 topic
  14. Patient Safety Culture61 topic
  15. Perinatal Depression61 topic
  16. School Health Promotion61 topic
  17. BRCA151 topic
  18. BRCA251 topic

Where does Melvin S. Swanson work?

Melvin S. Swanson's main affiliation in the publication record is East Carolina University, United States.

How many publications and citations does Melvin S. Swanson have?

OpenAlex counts 116 works and 8,706 citations for Melvin S. Swanson, an h-index of 38, ranking #227,353 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality 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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