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Researcher · Lusíada University of Porto · Portugal

Oscar Luís Alves

Oscar Luís Alves publishes mostly in Surgery, Pathology and Forensic Medicine and Neurology, on topics such as Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology, Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques and Cervical and Thoracic Myelopathy.

ORCID 0000-0003-4111-9270 OpenAlex
World rank
#1,194,298
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Portugal
#4,731
of 41,760
Works
82
Citations
1k
Citations per work
12.7
h-index
19
i10-index 27Top 18% in Surgery
Oscar Luís Alves

What does Oscar Luís Alves research?

Oscar Luís Alves's work is mostly in Medicine (78%).

Health Sciences: 64 works · 78.2% of their workMedicine: 64 works · 78.2% of their workSurgery: 32 works · 38.5% of their workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 14 works · 16.7% of their workNeurology: 8 works · 9.4% of their workEmergency Medicine: 4 works · 5.1% of their workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 4 works · 5.1% of their workEpidemiology: 3 works · 3.4% of their workEverything else: 18 works · 21.8% of their workTHEIR WORKOscar Luís Alves82works
Health Sciences78%

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. Medicine6478.2%
  2. Everything else1821.8%
  1. 1Surgery38% of their works
  2. 2Pathology and Forensic Medicine17% of their works
  3. 3Neurology9% of their works
  4. 4Emergency Medicine5% of their works
  5. 5Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health5% of their works
  6. 6Epidemiology3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Oscar Luís Alves's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Degenerative Disc Disease, Spinal Fusion, Intervertebral Disc, Lumbar Disc Degeneration, Pedicle Screw Fixation, Vertebroplasty, Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Cervical Spine Surgery.

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 20 words, with their numbers
  1. Degenerative Disc Disease612 topics
  2. Spinal Fusion432 topics
  3. Intervertebral Disc311 topic
  4. Lumbar Disc Degeneration311 topic
  5. Pedicle Screw Fixation311 topic
  6. Vertebroplasty311 topic
  7. Anterior Cervical Discectomy301 topic
  8. Cervical Spine Surgery301 topic
  9. Epidemiology222 topics
  10. Neuroprotection222 topics
  11. Pathophysiology151 topic
  12. Traumatic Brain Injury151 topic
  13. Scoliosis121 topic
  14. Spinal Deformity121 topic
  15. Chiari Malformation71 topic
  16. Injury Severity71 topic
  17. Neurological Classification71 topic
  18. Spina Bifida71 topic
  19. Spinal Cord Injury71 topic
  20. Trauma Center71 topic

Where does Oscar Luís Alves work?

Oscar Luís Alves's main affiliation in the publication record is Lusíada University of Porto, Portugal.

How many publications and citations does Oscar Luís Alves have?

OpenAlex counts 82 works and 1,041 citations for Oscar Luís Alves, an h-index of 19, ranking #1,194,298 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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