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Researcher · Universidad de la República de Uruguay · Uruguay

Mercedes Colomar

Mercedes Colomar publishes mostly in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Obstetrics and Gynecology and General Health Professions, on topics such as Global Maternal and Child Health, Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions and Smoking Behavior and Cessation.

ORCID 0000-0001-7424-5551 OpenAlex
World rank
#1,349,302
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Uruguay
#181
of 3,394
Works
76
Citations
14k
Citations per work
178.9
h-index
20
i10-index 27Top 16% in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Mercedes Colomar

What does Mercedes Colomar research?

Mercedes Colomar's work is mostly in Medicine (57%), Health Professions (12%), Environmental Science (7%).

Health Sciences: 53 works · 69.6% of their workMedicine: 43 works · 57.1% of their workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 18 works · 23.9% of their workObstetrics and Gynecology: 13 works · 17.4% of their workPhysiology: 6 works · 8.2% of their workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 6 works · 7.6% of their workHealth Professions: 10 works · 12.5% of their workGeneral Health Professions: 10 works · 12.5% of their workEverything else: 18 works · 23.3% of their workPhysical Sciences: 5 works · 7.1% of their workEnvironmental Science: 5 works · 7.1% of their workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 5 works · 7.1% of their workTHEIR WORKMercedes Colomar76works
Physical Sciences7%Health Sciences70%

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. Medicine4357.1%
    2. Health Professions1012.5%
  2. Everything else1823.3%
    1. Environmental Science57.1%
  1. 1Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health24% of their works
  2. 2Obstetrics and Gynecology17% of their works
  3. 3General Health Professions12% of their works
  4. 4Physiology8% of their works
  5. 5Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health8% of their works
  6. 6Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis7% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Mercedes Colomar's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Maternal Mortality, Health Inequalities, Child Mortality, Health Systems, Maternal Outcomes, Perinatal Outcomes, Cesarean Section and Vaginal Birth.

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. Maternal Mortality483 topics
  2. Health Inequalities392 topics
  3. Child Mortality301 topic
  4. Health Systems301 topic
  5. Maternal Outcomes292 topics
  6. Perinatal Outcomes292 topics
  7. Cesarean Section221 topic
  8. Vaginal Birth221 topic
  9. Smoking Cessation141 topic
  10. Tobacco Use141 topic
  11. Placenta Accreta111 topic
  12. Postpartum Hemorrhage111 topic
  13. Air Pollution91 topic
  14. Child Health91 topic
  15. Maternal Health91 topic
  16. Particulate Matter91 topic
  17. COVID-1971 topic
  18. Pregnancy71 topic
  19. Maternal Mental Health51 topic
  20. Perinatal Depression51 topic

Where does Mercedes Colomar work?

Mercedes Colomar's main affiliation in the publication record is Universidad de la República de Uruguay, Uruguay.

How many publications and citations does Mercedes Colomar have?

OpenAlex counts 76 works and 13,595 citations for Mercedes Colomar, an h-index of 20, ranking #1,349,302 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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