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Researcher · Temple University · United States

Robert C. Whitaker

Robert C. Whitaker publishes mostly in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Clinical Psychology and General Health Professions, on topics such as Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet, Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development and Early Childhood Education and Development.

ORCID 0000-0002-1697-8279 OpenAlex
World rank
#27,960
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#10,517
of 1,627,098
Works
158
Citations
20k
Citations per work
125.1
h-index
57
i10-index 107Top 1.6% in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Robert C. Whitaker

What does Robert C. Whitaker research?

Robert C. Whitaker's work is mostly in Medicine (30%), Psychology (15%), Health Professions (10%).

Everything else: 63 works · 40.0% of their workHealth Sciences: 63 works · 39.9% of their workMedicine: 48 works · 30.3% of their workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 32 works · 20.5% of their workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 9 works · 5.5% of their workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 7 works · 4.3% of their workHealth Professions: 15 works · 9.6% of their workGeneral Health Professions: 15 works · 9.6% of their workSocial Sciences: 32 works · 20.1% of their workPsychology: 23 works · 14.6% of their workClinical Psychology: 23 works · 14.6% of their workSocial Sciences: 9 works · 5.5% of their workEducation: 9 works · 5.5% of their workTHEIR WORKRobert C.Whitaker158works
Health Sciences40%Social Sciences20%

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. Everything else6340.0%
    1. Medicine4830.3%
    2. Health Professions159.6%
    1. Psychology2314.6%
    2. Social Sciences95.5%
  1. 1Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health20% of their works
  2. 2Clinical Psychology15% of their works
  3. 3General Health Professions10% of their works
  4. 4Education6% of their works
  5. 5Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism6% of their works
  6. 6Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Robert C. Whitaker's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Adolescents, Public Health, Obesity, Overweight, Mental Health, Child Development, Emotion Regulation and Psychopathology.

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 20 words, with their numbers
  1. Adolescents982 topics
  2. Public Health882 topics
  3. Obesity761 topic
  4. Overweight761 topic
  5. Mental Health493 topics
  6. Child Development312 topics
  7. Emotion Regulation221 topic
  8. Psychopathology221 topic
  9. School Engagement181 topic
  10. Student-Teacher Relationships181 topic
  11. Autism Spectrum Disorders151 topic
  12. Feeding Problems151 topic
  13. Food Insecurity141 topic
  14. Health Outcomes141 topic
  15. Adverse Experiences131 topic
  16. Childhood Trauma131 topic
  17. Maternal and Child Undernutrition131 topic
  18. Water Sanitation Hygiene131 topic
  19. Obesity Stigma121 topic
  20. Weight Bias121 topic

Where does Robert C. Whitaker work?

Robert C. Whitaker's main affiliation in the publication record is Temple University, United States.

How many publications and citations does Robert C. Whitaker have?

OpenAlex counts 158 works and 19,765 citations for Robert C. Whitaker, an h-index of 57, ranking #27,960 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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