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Researcher · St. George's University · Grenada

Richard Shane Tubbs

Richard Shane Tubbs publishes mostly in Surgery, Neurology and Pathology and Forensic Medicine, on topics such as Spinal Dysraphism and Malformations, Cerebrospinal fluid and hydrocephalus and Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques.

ORCID 0000-0003-1317-1047 OpenAlex
World rank
#920,829
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Grenada
#6
of 120
Works
2,460
Citations
43k
Citations per work
17.6
h-index
86
i10-index 1,057Top 0.1% in Surgery
Richard Shane Tubbs

What does Richard Shane Tubbs research?

Richard Shane Tubbs's work is mostly in Medicine (53%), Neuroscience (4%).

Health Sciences: 1,306 works · 53.1% of their workMedicine: 1,306 works · 53.1% of their workSurgery: 684 works · 27.8% of their workNeurology: 248 works · 10.1% of their workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 140 works · 5.7% of their workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 128 works · 5.2% of their workEpidemiology: 106 works · 4.3% of their workEverything else: 1,053 works · 42.8% of their workLife Sciences: 101 works · 4.1% of their workNeuroscience: 101 works · 4.1% of their workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 101 works · 4.1% of their workTHEIR WORKRichard ShaneTubbs2,460works
Life Sciences4%Health Sciences53%

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. Health Sciences1,30653.1%
    1. Medicine1,30653.1%
  2. Everything else1,05342.8%
    1. Neuroscience1014.1%
  1. 1Surgery28% of their works
  2. 2Neurology10% of their works
  3. 3Pathology and Forensic Medicine6% of their works
  4. 4Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health5% of their works
  5. 5Epidemiology4% of their works
  6. 6Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Richard Shane Tubbs's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Hydrocephalus, Quality of Life, Chiari Malformation, Spina Bifida, Cerebrospinal Fluid, Glymphatic System, Pedicle Screw Fixation and Vertebroplasty.

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 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Hydrocephalus5422 topics
  2. Quality of Life4942 topics
  3. Chiari Malformation2871 topic
  4. Spina Bifida2871 topic
  5. Cerebrospinal Fluid2551 topic
  6. Glymphatic System2551 topic
  7. Pedicle Screw Fixation2151 topic
  8. Vertebroplasty2151 topic
  9. Endoscopic Surgery2091 topic
  10. Skull Base Reconstruction2091 topic
  11. Brachial Plexus2071 topic
  12. Nerve Transfer2071 topic
  13. Carpal Tunnel Syndrome1991 topic
  14. Electrodiagnostic Studies1991 topic
  15. Intervertebral Disc1731 topic
  16. Lumbar Disc Degeneration1731 topic
  17. Meningiomas1641 topic
  18. Radiosurgery1641 topic

Where does Richard Shane Tubbs work?

Richard Shane Tubbs's main affiliation in the publication record is St. George's University, Grenada.

How many publications and citations does Richard Shane Tubbs have?

OpenAlex counts 2,460 works and 43,407 citations for Richard Shane Tubbs, an h-index of 86, ranking #920,829 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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