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Researcher · Research Triangle Park Foundation · United States

Robert J. Mertz

Robert J. Mertz publishes mostly in Surgery, Molecular Biology and Genetics, on topics such as Pancreatic function and diabetes, Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer and Diabetes and associated disorders.

OpenAlex
World rank
#561,258
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#193,616
of 1,627,098
Works
25
Citations
2.6k
Citations per work
104.6
h-index
17
i10-index 20Top 22% in Surgery
Robert J. Mertz

What does Robert J. Mertz research?

Robert J. Mertz's work is mostly in Medicine (33%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (26%), Social Sciences (7%).

Everything else: 9 works · 34.4% of their workHealth Sciences: 8 works · 32.8% of their workMedicine: 8 works · 32.8% of their workSurgery: 5 works · 21.9% of their workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 2 works · 6.8% of their workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 works · 4.1% of their workLife Sciences: 6 works · 26.0% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 6 works · 26.0% of their workMolecular Biology: 4 works · 17.8% of their workGenetics: 2 works · 8.2% of their workSocial Sciences: 2 works · 6.8% of their workSocial Sciences: 2 works · 6.8% of their workSociology and Political Science: 2 works · 6.8% of their workTHEIR WORKRobert J. Mertz25works
Life Sciences26%Health Sciences33%Social Sciences7%

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 else934.4%
    1. Medicine832.8%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology626.0%
    1. Social Sciences26.8%
  1. 1Surgery22% of their works
  2. 2Molecular Biology18% of their works
  3. 3Genetics8% of their works
  4. 4Sociology and Political Science7% of their works
  5. 5Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism7% of their works
  6. 6Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Robert J. Mertz's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Oxidative Stress, Pancreatic Islets, ß-Cell Dysfunction, AMP-Activated Protein Kinase, Metformin, Ion Channels, Genetics and Type 1 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. 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. Oxidative Stress182 topics
  2. Pancreatic Islets161 topic
  3. ß-Cell Dysfunction161 topic
  4. AMP-Activated Protein Kinase81 topic
  5. Metformin81 topic
  6. Ion Channels72 topics
  7. Genetics61 topic
  8. Type 1 Diabetes61 topic
  9. Calcium Channels41 topic
  10. Fructose41 topic
  11. Metabolic Syndrome41 topic
  12. Voltage-Gated Channels41 topic
  13. Arrhythmias31 topic
  14. Long-QT Syndrome31 topic
  15. Cardioprotection21 topic
  16. Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury21 topic
  17. Neurotransmission21 topic
  18. Synaptic Plasticity21 topic

Where does Robert J. Mertz work?

Robert J. Mertz's main affiliation in the publication record is Research Triangle Park Foundation, United States.

How many publications and citations does Robert J. Mertz have?

OpenAlex counts 25 works and 2,616 citations for Robert J. Mertz, an h-index of 17, ranking #561,258 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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