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Researcher · Technische Universität Braunschweig · Germany

Ralf Westphal

Ralf Westphal publishes mostly in Surgery, Epidemiology and Biomedical Engineering, on topics such as Bone fractures and treatments, Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty and Hip and Femur Fractures.

OpenAlex
World rank
#6,791,211
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Germany
#336,895
of 364,343
Works
44
Citations
501
Citations per work
11.4
h-index
13
i10-index 19Top 34% in Surgery
Ralf Westphal

What does Ralf Westphal research?

Ralf Westphal's work is mostly in Medicine (76%), Engineering (13%).

Health Sciences: 34 works · 76.5% of their workMedicine: 34 works · 76.5% of their workSurgery: 22 works · 50.0% of their workEpidemiology: 8 works · 17.7% of their workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 works · 3.2% of their workOtorhinolaryngology: 1 works · 3.2% of their workHealth Informatics: 1 works · 2.4% of their workPhysical Sciences: 6 works · 12.9% of their workEngineering: 6 works · 12.9% of their workBiomedical Engineering: 6 works · 12.9% of their workEverything else: 5 works · 10.6% of their workTHEIR WORKRalf Westphal44works
Physical Sciences13%Health Sciences76%

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. Medicine3476.5%
    1. Engineering612.9%
  3. Everything else510.6%
  1. 1Surgery50% of their works
  2. 2Epidemiology18% of their works
  3. 3Biomedical Engineering13% of their works
  4. 4Otorhinolaryngology3% of their works
  5. 5Orthopedics and Sports Medicine3% of their works
  6. 6Health Informatics2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Ralf Westphal's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Bone Healing, Fracture Epidemiology, Revision Surgery, Total Hip Replacement, Complications, Hip Arthroplasty, Wear Particles and Hip Fracture.

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 19 words, with their numbers
  1. Bone Healing221 topic
  2. Fracture Epidemiology221 topic
  3. Revision Surgery222 topics
  4. Total Hip Replacement222 topics
  5. Complications212 topics
  6. Hip Arthroplasty131 topic
  7. Wear Particles131 topic
  8. Hip Fracture121 topic
  9. Mortality121 topic
  10. Periprosthetic Joint Infection111 topic
  11. Prosthetic Joint Infections111 topic
  12. Arthroplasty91 topic
  13. Total Knee Replacement91 topic
  14. Bioinspired Robotics71 topic
  15. Soft Robotics71 topic
  16. Chronic Rhinosinusitis41 topic
  17. Nasal Polyps41 topic
  18. Surgical Skills41 topic
  19. Virtual Reality Training41 topic

Where does Ralf Westphal work?

Ralf Westphal's main affiliation in the publication record is Technische Universität Braunschweig, Germany.

How many publications and citations does Ralf Westphal have?

OpenAlex counts 44 works and 501 citations for Ralf Westphal, an h-index of 13, ranking #6,791,211 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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