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Researcher · University of Alabama in Huntsville · United States

Rita Ferguson

Rita Ferguson publishes mostly in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Radiological and Ultrasound Technology and Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, on topics such as Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues, Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units and Diabetes Management and Research.

ORCID 0000-0002-4861-6272 OpenAlex
World rank
#6,736,333
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#1,550,708
of 1,627,098
Works
18
Citations
78
Citations per work
4.3
h-index
6
i10-index 4Top 79% in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Rita Ferguson

What does Rita Ferguson research?

Rita Ferguson's work is mostly in Medicine (33%), Health Professions (16%), Social Sciences (11%).

Health Sciences: 9 works · 49.0% of their workMedicine: 6 works · 33.4% of their workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 5 works · 26.7% of their workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 works · 6.7% of their workHealth Professions: 3 works · 15.6% of their workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 2 works · 8.9% of their workGeneral Health Professions: 1 works · 6.7% of their workEverything else: 7 works · 39.9% of their workSocial Sciences: 2 works · 11.1% of their workSocial Sciences: 2 works · 11.1% of their workEducation: 1 works · 6.7% of their workSociology and Political Science: 1 works · 4.4% of their workTHEIR WORKRita Ferguson18works
Health Sciences49%Social Sciences11%

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. Medicine633.4%
    2. Health Professions315.6%
  2. Everything else739.9%
    1. Social Sciences211.1%
  1. 1Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health27% of their works
  2. 2Radiological and Ultrasound Technology9% of their works
  3. 3Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism7% of their works
  4. 4Education7% of their works
  5. 5General Health Professions7% of their works
  6. 6Sociology and Political Science4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Rita Ferguson's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: End-of-Life, Palliative Care, Advance Care Planning, Family Perspectives, Family Presence, Patient-Centered Care, Type 1 Diabetes and Diabetes.

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 20 words, with their numbers
  1. End-of-Life102 topics
  2. Palliative Care102 topics
  3. Advance Care Planning81 topic
  4. Family Perspectives81 topic
  5. Family Presence41 topic
  6. Patient-Centered Care41 topic
  7. Type 1 Diabetes32 topics
  8. Diabetes21 topic
  9. Dignity Therapy21 topic
  10. Hypoglycemia21 topic
  11. Lifelong Learning22 topics
  12. Medical Education21 topic
  13. Patient Dignity21 topic
  14. Simulation21 topic
  15. Autoimmunity11 topic
  16. Curriculum Development11 topic
  17. Engineering Education11 topic
  18. Genetics11 topic
  19. Online Education11 topic
  20. Smart Learning11 topic

Where does Rita Ferguson work?

Rita Ferguson's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Alabama in Huntsville, United States.

How many publications and citations does Rita Ferguson have?

OpenAlex counts 18 works and 78 citations for Rita Ferguson, an h-index of 6, ranking #6,736,333 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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