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Researcher · Universitätsklinik Balgrist · Switzerland

Norbert Boos

Norbert Boos publishes mostly in Surgery, Pathology and Forensic Medicine and Pharmacology, on topics such as Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology, Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation and Cervical and Thoracic Myelopathy.

ORCID 0000-0002-4659-3759 OpenAlex
World rank
#192,099
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Switzerland
#3,849
of 80,918
Works
187
Citations
16k
Citations per work
87.4
h-index
57
i10-index 101Top 0.9% in Surgery
Norbert Boos

What does Norbert Boos research?

Norbert Boos's work is mostly in Medicine (67%), Engineering (6%), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (3%).

Health Sciences: 126 works · 67.4% of their workMedicine: 126 works · 67.4% of their workSurgery: 51 works · 27.2% of their workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 44 works · 23.3% of their workPharmacology: 24 works · 12.7% of their workRheumatology: 8 works · 4.2% of their workEverything else: 44 works · 23.6% of their workPhysical Sciences: 11 works · 6.0% of their workEngineering: 11 works · 6.0% of their workBiomedical Engineering: 11 works · 6.0% of their workSocial Sciences: 6 works · 3.0% of their workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 6 works · 3.0% of their workEconomics and Econometrics: 6 works · 3.0% of their workTHEIR WORKNorbert Boos187works
Physical Sciences6%Health Sciences67%Social Sciences3%

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. Medicine12667.4%
  2. Everything else4423.6%
    1. Engineering116.0%
    1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance63.0%
  1. 1Surgery27% of their works
  2. 2Pathology and Forensic Medicine23% of their works
  3. 3Pharmacology13% of their works
  4. 4Biomedical Engineering6% of their works
  5. 5Rheumatology4% of their works
  6. 6Economics and Econometrics3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Norbert Boos's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Low Back Pain, Degenerative Disc Disease, Spinal Fusion, Intervertebral Disc, Lumbar Disc Degeneration, Chronic Pain, Disability and Global Burden.

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. Low Back Pain1792 topics
  2. Degenerative Disc Disease1462 topics
  3. Spinal Fusion1302 topics
  4. Intervertebral Disc1171 topic
  5. Lumbar Disc Degeneration1171 topic
  6. Chronic Pain772 topics
  7. Disability621 topic
  8. Global Burden621 topic
  9. Anterior Cervical Discectomy291 topic
  10. Cervical Spine Surgery291 topic
  11. Pedicle Screw Fixation241 topic
  12. Vertebroplasty241 topic
  13. Spine Segmentation191 topic
  14. Vertebrae Detection191 topic
  15. Postoperative Pain151 topic
  16. Regional Anesthesia151 topic
  17. Scoliosis131 topic
  18. Spinal Deformity131 topic
  19. Ankylosing Spondylitis101 topic
  20. Spondyloarthritis101 topic

Where does Norbert Boos work?

Norbert Boos's main affiliation in the publication record is Universitätsklinik Balgrist, Switzerland.

How many publications and citations does Norbert Boos have?

OpenAlex counts 187 works and 16,351 citations for Norbert Boos, an h-index of 57, ranking #192,099 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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