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Researcher · AO Foundation · Switzerland

R. Geoff Richards

R. Geoff Richards publishes mostly in Surgery, Epidemiology and Biomedical Engineering, on topics such as Bone fractures and treatments, Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty and Orthopedic Infections and Treatments.

ORCID 0000-0002-7778-2480 OpenAlex
World rank
#145,980
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Switzerland
#2,976
of 80,918
Works
450
Citations
20k
Citations per work
45.3
h-index
70
i10-index 272Top 0.4% in Surgery
R. Geoff Richards

What does R. Geoff Richards research?

R. Geoff Richards's work is mostly in Medicine (55%), Engineering (9%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (5%).

Health Sciences: 246 works · 54.7% of their workMedicine: 246 works · 54.7% of their workSurgery: 171 works · 38.0% of their workEpidemiology: 48 works · 10.6% of their workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 16 works · 3.5% of their workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 12 works · 2.6% of their workEverything else: 141 works · 31.3% of their workPhysical Sciences: 40 works · 8.9% of their workEngineering: 40 works · 8.9% of their workBiomedical Engineering: 40 works · 8.9% of their workLife Sciences: 23 works · 5.1% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 23 works · 5.1% of their workMolecular Biology: 23 works · 5.1% of their workTHEIR WORKR. Geoff Richards450works
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences9%Health Sciences55%

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. Medicine24654.7%
  2. Everything else14131.3%
    1. Engineering408.9%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology235.1%
  1. 1Surgery38% of their works
  2. 2Epidemiology11% of their works
  3. 3Biomedical Engineering9% of their works
  4. 4Molecular Biology5% of their works
  5. 5Orthopedics and Sports Medicine4% of their works
  6. 6Pathology and Forensic Medicine3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe R. Geoff Richards's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Internal Fixation, Biomechanics, Bone Healing, Fracture Epidemiology, Hip Arthroplasty, Total Hip Replacement, Periprosthetic Joint Infection and Prosthetic Joint Infections.

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. Internal Fixation1392 topics
  2. Biomechanics1362 topics
  3. Bone Healing1051 topic
  4. Fracture Epidemiology1051 topic
  5. Hip Arthroplasty951 topic
  6. Total Hip Replacement951 topic
  7. Periprosthetic Joint Infection911 topic
  8. Prosthetic Joint Infections911 topic
  9. Complications842 topics
  10. Mortality842 topics
  11. Surgical Treatment652 topics
  12. Biomaterials561 topic
  13. Scaffolds561 topic
  14. Hip Fracture501 topic
  15. Surgery501 topic
  16. Acetabular Fractures341 topic
  17. Pelvic Fractures341 topic
  18. Intervertebral Disc311 topic
  19. Lumbar Disc Degeneration311 topic
  20. Pedicle Screw Fixation311 topic
  21. Vertebroplasty311 topic

Where does R. Geoff Richards work?

R. Geoff Richards's main affiliation in the publication record is AO Foundation, Switzerland.

How many publications and citations does R. Geoff Richards have?

OpenAlex counts 450 works and 20,405 citations for R. Geoff Richards, an h-index of 70, ranking #145,980 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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