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Researcher · PHV Dialysezentrum · Germany

Ralf Spitthöver

Ralf Spitthöver publishes mostly in Surgery, Nephrology and Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, on topics such as Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health, Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins and Dialysis and Renal Disease Management.

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World rank
#6,878,996
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Germany
#339,648
of 364,343
Works
18
Citations
167
Citations per work
9.3
h-index
8
i10-index 6Top 62% in Surgery
Ralf Spitthöver

What does Ralf Spitthöver research?

Ralf Spitthöver's work is mostly in Medicine (71%).

Health Sciences: 13 works · 71.4% of their workMedicine: 13 works · 71.4% of their workSurgery: 6 works · 30.6% of their workNephrology: 3 works · 14.3% of their workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 2 works · 10.2% of their workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 works · 6.1% of their workPhysiology: 1 works · 6.1% of their workRheumatology: 1 works · 4.1% of their workEverything else: 5 works · 28.6% of their workTHEIR WORKRalf Spitthöver18works
Health Sciences71%

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. Medicine1371.4%
  2. Everything else528.6%
  1. 1Surgery31% of their works
  2. 2Nephrology14% of their works
  3. 3Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism10% of their works
  4. 4Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine6% of their works
  5. 5Physiology6% of their works
  6. 6Rheumatology4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Ralf Spitthöver's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Cardiovascular Disease, Cardiovascular Disease Prevention, Atherosclerosis, Cholesterol-lowering, Diabetes, Statins, Chronic Kidney Disease and Inflammation.

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 22 words, with their numbers
  1. Cardiovascular Disease113 topics
  2. Cardiovascular Disease Prevention102 topics
  3. Atherosclerosis82 topics
  4. Cholesterol-lowering81 topic
  5. Diabetes82 topics
  6. Statins81 topic
  7. Chronic Kidney Disease62 topics
  8. Inflammation52 topics
  9. Insulin Resistance51 topic
  10. Metabolic Syndrome51 topic
  11. Diabetic Nephropathy31 topic
  12. Dialysis31 topic
  13. Glomerular Filtration Rate31 topic
  14. Guidelines31 topic
  15. Mortality31 topic
  16. Peripheral Arterial Disease31 topic
  17. Cancer21 topic
  18. Fluid Replacement21 topic
  19. Heat Stroke21 topic
  20. Immunity21 topic
  21. Medication Adherence21 topic
  22. Treatment Adherence21 topic

Where does Ralf Spitthöver work?

Ralf Spitthöver's main affiliation in the publication record is PHV Dialysezentrum, Germany.

How many publications and citations does Ralf Spitthöver have?

OpenAlex counts 18 works and 167 citations for Ralf Spitthöver, an h-index of 8, ranking #6,878,996 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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