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Researcher · University of Zurich · Switzerland

Peter Deplazes

Peter Deplazes publishes mostly in Parasitology, Pathology and Forensic Medicine and Surgery, on topics such as Parasitic infections in humans and animals, Parasitic Infections and Diagnostics and Congenital Anomalies and Fetal Surgery.

ORCID 0000-0002-1118-5405 OpenAlex
World rank
#102,735
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Switzerland
#2,165
of 80,918
Works
441
Citations
26k
Citations per work
58.0
h-index
81
i10-index 304Top 0.2% in Parasitology
Peter Deplazes

What does Peter Deplazes research?

Peter Deplazes's work is mostly in Medicine (37%), Immunology and Microbiology (24%), Environmental Science (9%).

Health Sciences: 190 works · 43.0% of their workMedicine: 165 works · 37.4% of their workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 86 works · 19.6% of their workSurgery: 47 works · 10.6% of their workInfectious Diseases: 32 works · 7.2% of their workVeterinary: 25 works · 5.6% of their workSmall Animals: 25 works · 5.6% of their workEverything else: 107 works · 24.2% of their workLife Sciences: 104 works · 23.6% of their workImmunology and Microbiology: 104 works · 23.6% of their workParasitology: 104 works · 23.6% of their workPhysical Sciences: 41 works · 9.2% of their workEnvironmental Science: 41 works · 9.2% of their workEcology: 41 works · 9.2% of their workTHEIR WORKPeter Deplazes441works
Life Sciences24%Physical Sciences9%Health Sciences43%

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. Medicine16537.4%
    2. Veterinary255.6%
  2. Everything else10724.2%
    1. Immunology and Microbiology10423.6%
    1. Environmental Science419.2%
  1. 1Parasitology24% of their works
  2. 2Pathology and Forensic Medicine20% of their works
  3. 3Surgery11% of their works
  4. 4Ecology9% of their works
  5. 5Infectious Diseases7% of their works
  6. 6Small Animals6% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Peter Deplazes's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Epidemiology, Public Health, Diagnosis, Genetics, Treatment, Echinococcosis, Neurocysticercosis and Zoonotic Transmission.

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 26 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology6476 topics
  2. Public Health4022 topics
  3. Diagnosis2933 topics
  4. Genetics2812 topics
  5. Treatment2532 topics
  6. Echinococcosis2241 topic
  7. Neurocysticercosis2241 topic
  8. Zoonotic Transmission2182 topics
  9. Cryptosporidium1781 topic
  10. Giardia1781 topic
  11. Biodiversity1262 topics
  12. Invasive Species1262 topics
  13. Gastroschisis1191 topic
  14. Omphalocele1191 topic
  15. Ecosystem941 topic
  16. Parasites941 topic
  17. Nematodes892 topics
  18. Immune Response692 topics
  19. Anthelmintic Resistance571 topic
  20. Veterinary Parasites571 topic
  21. Neosporosis401 topic
  22. Toxoplasma gondii401 topic
  23. Parasitism321 topic
  24. Snails321 topic
  25. Entamoeba histolytica291 topic
  26. pyogenic liver abscess291 topic

Where does Peter Deplazes work?

Peter Deplazes's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Zurich, Switzerland.

How many publications and citations does Peter Deplazes have?

OpenAlex counts 441 works and 25,561 citations for Peter Deplazes, an h-index of 81, ranking #102,735 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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