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Researcher · Universidade Luterana do Brasil · Brazil

Ricardo Halpern

Ricardo Halpern publishes mostly in General Health Professions, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, on topics such as Maternal and Neonatal Healthcare, Breastfeeding Practices and Influences and Infant Development and Preterm Care.

OpenAlex
World rank
#795,765
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Brazil
#4,580
of 253,246
Works
122
Citations
4.2k
Citations per work
34.1
h-index
32
i10-index 61Top 4.7% in General Health Professions
Ricardo Halpern

What does Ricardo Halpern research?

Ricardo Halpern's work is mostly in Medicine (32%), Health Professions (16%), Nursing (6%).

Health Sciences: 64 works · 52.8% of their workMedicine: 38 works · 31.5% of their workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 14 works · 11.5% of their workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 13 works · 10.9% of their workEpidemiology: 11 works · 9.1% of their workHealth Professions: 19 works · 15.5% of their workGeneral Health Professions: 19 works · 15.5% of their workNursing: 7 works · 5.8% of their workNutrition and Dietetics: 7 works · 5.8% of their workEverything else: 51 works · 41.7% of their workSocial Sciences: 7 works · 5.5% of their workSocial Sciences: 7 works · 5.5% of their workEducation: 7 works · 5.5% of their workTHEIR WORKRicardo Halpern122works
Health Sciences53%Social Sciences6%

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. Medicine3831.5%
    2. Health Professions1915.5%
    3. Nursing75.8%
  2. Everything else5141.7%
    1. Social Sciences75.5%
  1. 1General Health Professions16% of their works
  2. 2Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health12% of their works
  3. 3Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health11% of their works
  4. 4Epidemiology9% of their works
  5. 5Nutrition and Dietetics6% of their works
  6. 6Education6% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Ricardo Halpern's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Public Health, Maternal Health, Child Development, Health Inequalities, Epidemiology, Child Health, Prenatal Care and Obesity.

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 23 words, with their numbers
  1. Public Health693 topics
  2. Maternal Health562 topics
  3. Child Development432 topics
  4. Health Inequalities432 topics
  5. Epidemiology372 topics
  6. Child Health321 topic
  7. Prenatal Care321 topic
  8. Obesity302 topics
  9. Physical Activity302 topics
  10. Breastfeeding241 topic
  11. Infant Health241 topic
  12. Neurodevelopmental Outcomes221 topic
  13. Preterm Birth221 topic
  14. Childhood201 topic
  15. Overweight201 topic
  16. Maternal and Child Undernutrition191 topic
  17. Water Sanitation Hygiene191 topic
  18. Healthcare Regulation171 topic
  19. Patient Safety171 topic
  20. Child Mortality111 topic
  21. Maternal Mortality111 topic
  22. Healthy Lifestyles101 topic
  23. University Students101 topic

Where does Ricardo Halpern work?

Ricardo Halpern's main affiliation in the publication record is Universidade Luterana do Brasil, Brazil.

How many publications and citations does Ricardo Halpern have?

OpenAlex counts 122 works and 4,161 citations for Ricardo Halpern, an h-index of 32, ranking #795,765 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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