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Researcher · Occidental College · United States

Nancy K. Dess

Nancy K. Dess publishes mostly in Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Behavioral Neuroscience, on topics such as Regulation of Appetite and Obesity, Stress Responses and Cortisol and Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior.

ORCID 0000-0002-3841-8678 OpenAlex
World rank
#3,226,871
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#915,692
of 1,627,098
Works
88
Citations
2.2k
Citations per work
25.0
h-index
26
i10-index 46Top 22% in Endocrine and Autonomic Systems
Nancy K. Dess

What does Nancy K. Dess research?

Nancy K. Dess's work is mostly in Neuroscience (45%), Psychology (11%), Nursing (11%).

Life Sciences: 39 works · 44.6% of their workNeuroscience: 39 works · 44.6% of their workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 12 works · 14.0% of their workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 11 works · 13.0% of their workBehavioral Neuroscience: 10 works · 11.4% of their workCognitive Neuroscience: 5 works · 6.2% of their workEverything else: 29 works · 33.1% of their workSocial Sciences: 10 works · 11.4% of their workPsychology: 10 works · 11.4% of their workSocial Psychology: 10 works · 11.4% of their workHealth Sciences: 10 works · 10.9% of their workNursing: 10 works · 10.9% of their workNutrition and Dietetics: 10 works · 10.9% of their workTHEIR WORKNancy K. Dess88works
Life Sciences45%Health Sciences11%Social Sciences11%

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. Neuroscience3944.6%
  2. Everything else2933.1%
    1. Psychology1011.4%
    1. Nursing1010.9%
  1. 1Endocrine and Autonomic Systems14% of their works
  2. 2Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience13% of their works
  3. 3Behavioral Neuroscience11% of their works
  4. 4Social Psychology11% of their works
  5. 5Nutrition and Dietetics11% of their works
  6. 6Cognitive Neuroscience6% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Nancy K. Dess's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Neurobiology, Stress, Neural Circuits, Hippocampus, Prefrontal Cortex, Ghrelin, Leptin and Brain.

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 21 words, with their numbers
  1. Neurobiology483 topics
  2. Stress432 topics
  3. Neural Circuits312 topics
  4. Hippocampus292 topics
  5. Prefrontal Cortex282 topics
  6. Ghrelin241 topic
  7. Leptin241 topic
  8. Brain221 topic
  9. Cortisol221 topic
  10. Dopamine211 topic
  11. Serotonin211 topic
  12. Sweet Taste211 topic
  13. Taste Receptors211 topic
  14. Oxytocin191 topic
  15. Social Behavior191 topic
  16. COVID-19121 topic
  17. Olfactory Dysfunction121 topic
  18. Memory71 topic
  19. Navigation71 topic
  20. Brown Adipose Tissue41 topic
  21. Thermogenesis41 topic

Where does Nancy K. Dess work?

Nancy K. Dess's main affiliation in the publication record is Occidental College, United States.

How many publications and citations does Nancy K. Dess have?

OpenAlex counts 88 works and 2,203 citations for Nancy K. Dess, an h-index of 26, ranking #3,226,871 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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