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Researcher · Instituto Politécnico de Santarém · Portugal

Rita Santos‐Rocha

Rita Santos‐Rocha publishes mostly in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Obstetrics and Gynecology and Biomedical Engineering, on topics such as Gestational Diabetes Research and Management, Pregnancy-related medical research and Lower Extremity Biomechanics and Pathologies.

ORCID 0000-0001-7188-8383 OpenAlex
World rank
#896,574
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Portugal
#3,409
of 41,760
Works
123
Citations
1.6k
Citations per work
12.8
h-index
19
i10-index 34Top 21% in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Rita Santos‐Rocha

What does Rita Santos‐Rocha research?

Rita Santos‐Rocha's work is mostly in Medicine (49%), Engineering (7%), Health Professions (6%).

Health Sciences: 67 works · 54.4% of their workMedicine: 60 works · 48.9% of their workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 26 works · 21.0% of their workObstetrics and Gynecology: 20 works · 16.0% of their workPhysiology: 8 works · 6.7% of their workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 6 works · 5.2% of their workHealth Professions: 7 works · 5.5% of their workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 7 works · 5.5% of their workEverything else: 47 works · 38.3% of their workPhysical Sciences: 9 works · 7.3% of their workEngineering: 9 works · 7.3% of their workBiomedical Engineering: 9 works · 7.3% of their workTHEIR WORKRita Santos‐Rocha123works
Physical Sciences7%Health Sciences54%

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. Medicine6048.9%
    2. Health Professions75.5%
  2. Everything else4738.3%
    1. Engineering97.3%
  1. 1Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health21% of their works
  2. 2Obstetrics and Gynecology16% of their works
  3. 3Biomedical Engineering7% of their works
  4. 4Physiology7% of their works
  5. 5Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation6% of their works
  6. 6Orthopedics and Sports Medicine5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Rita Santos‐Rocha's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Gestational Diabetes Mellitus, Maternal Obesity, Pelvic Girdle Pain, Relaxin, Physical Activity, Public Health, Biomechanics and Running Injuries.

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. Gestational Diabetes Mellitus461 topic
  2. Maternal Obesity461 topic
  3. Pelvic Girdle Pain451 topic
  4. Relaxin451 topic
  5. Physical Activity282 topics
  6. Public Health282 topics
  7. Biomechanics171 topic
  8. Running Injuries171 topic
  9. Exercise151 topic
  10. Sedentary Behavior151 topic
  11. Maternal Mental Health131 topic
  12. Obesity131 topic
  13. Overweight131 topic
  14. Performance Analysis131 topic
  15. Perinatal Depression131 topic
  16. Training Load131 topic
  17. Fall Risk111 topic
  18. Gait Speed111 topic

Where does Rita Santos‐Rocha work?

Rita Santos‐Rocha's main affiliation in the publication record is Instituto Politécnico de Santarém, Portugal.

How many publications and citations does Rita Santos‐Rocha have?

OpenAlex counts 123 works and 1,571 citations for Rita Santos‐Rocha, an h-index of 19, ranking #896,574 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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