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Researcher · Kaiser Permanente · United States

Robert S. Namba

Robert S. Namba publishes mostly in Surgery, Orthopedics and Sports Medicine and Oncology, on topics such as Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty, Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes and Orthopedic Infections and Treatments.

ORCID 0000-0002-2565-1745 OpenAlex
World rank
#155,154
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#58,428
of 1,627,098
Works
99
Citations
6.2k
Citations per work
62.3
h-index
40
i10-index 65Top 3% in Surgery
Robert S. Namba

What does Robert S. Namba research?

Robert S. Namba's work is mostly in Medicine (87%), Engineering (2%).

Health Sciences: 86 works · 87.1% of their workMedicine: 86 works · 87.1% of their workSurgery: 65 works · 65.6% of their workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 9 works · 9.4% of their workOncology: 8 works · 7.6% of their workEpidemiology: 2 works · 2.4% of their workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 works · 2.1% of their workEverything else: 11 works · 11.2% of their workPhysical Sciences: 2 works · 1.7% of their workEngineering: 2 works · 1.7% of their workBiomedical Engineering: 2 works · 1.7% of their workTHEIR WORKRobert S. Namba99works
Physical Sciences2%Health Sciences87%

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. Medicine8687.1%
  2. Everything else1111.2%
    1. Engineering21.7%
  1. 1Surgery66% of their works
  2. 2Orthopedics and Sports Medicine9% of their works
  3. 3Oncology8% of their works
  4. 4Epidemiology2% of their works
  5. 5Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health2% of their works
  6. 6Biomedical Engineering2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Robert S. Namba's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Revision Surgery, Total Hip Replacement, Hip Arthroplasty, Wear Particles, Arthroplasty, Total Knee Replacement, Periprosthetic Joint Infection and Prosthetic Joint Infections.

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. Revision Surgery1172 topics
  2. Total Hip Replacement1172 topics
  3. Hip Arthroplasty621 topic
  4. Wear Particles621 topic
  5. Arthroplasty551 topic
  6. Total Knee Replacement551 topic
  7. Periprosthetic Joint Infection341 topic
  8. Prosthetic Joint Infections341 topic
  9. Bisphosphonates221 topic
  10. Osteonecrosis of the Jaw221 topic
  11. Femoral Head201 topic
  12. Osteonecrosis201 topic
  13. Anterior Cruciate Ligament71 topic
  14. Antimicrobial Prophylaxis71 topic
  15. Injury Risk71 topic
  16. Postoperative Pain71 topic
  17. Regional Anesthesia71 topic
  18. Surgical Site Infection71 topic

Where does Robert S. Namba work?

Robert S. Namba's main affiliation in the publication record is Kaiser Permanente, United States.

How many publications and citations does Robert S. Namba have?

OpenAlex counts 99 works and 6,172 citations for Robert S. Namba, an h-index of 40, ranking #155,154 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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