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Researcher · Centre d’Infectiologie Christophe Mérieux of Laos · Laos

Silaphet Somphavong

Silaphet Somphavong publishes mostly in Infectious Diseases, Surgery and Epidemiology, on topics such as Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology, Mycobacterium research and diagnosis and Diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis.

ORCID 0000-0002-0773-1493 OpenAlex
World rank
#3,607,318
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Laos
#72
of 193
Works
16
Citations
562
Citations per work
35.1
h-index
9
i10-index 9Top 71% in Infectious Diseases
Silaphet Somphavong

What does Silaphet Somphavong research?

Silaphet Somphavong's work is mostly in Medicine (66%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (9%), Nursing (4%).

Health Sciences: 11 works · 70.4% of their workMedicine: 11 works · 65.9% of their workInfectious Diseases: 5 works · 31.8% of their workSurgery: 3 works · 18.2% of their workEpidemiology: 3 works · 15.9% of their workNursing: 1 works · 4.5% of their workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 works · 4.5% of their workEverything else: 3 works · 20.6% of their workLife Sciences: 1 works · 9.0% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 works · 9.0% of their workEndocrinology: 1 works · 4.5% of their workMolecular Medicine: 1 works · 4.5% of their workTHEIR WORKSilaphetSomphavong16works
Life Sciences9%Health Sciences70%

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. Medicine1165.9%
    2. Nursing14.5%
  2. Everything else320.6%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology19.0%
  1. 1Infectious Diseases32% of their works
  2. 2Surgery18% of their works
  3. 3Epidemiology16% of their works
  4. 4Molecular Medicine4% of their works
  5. 5Nutrition and Dietetics4% of their works
  6. 6Endocrinology4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Silaphet Somphavong's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Treatment, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Tuberculosis, Antibiotic Resistance, Mycobacterium avium and Nontuberculous Mycobacteria.

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. Epidemiology183 topics
  2. Diagnosis172 topics
  3. Treatment172 topics
  4. Mycobacterium tuberculosis101 topic
  5. Tuberculosis101 topic
  6. Antibiotic Resistance92 topics
  7. Mycobacterium avium71 topic
  8. Nontuberculous Mycobacteria71 topic
  9. Abdominal Tuberculosis61 topic
  10. Diagnostic Challenges61 topic
  11. COVID-1931 topic
  12. Diagnostics31 topic
  13. Child Development21 topic
  14. ESKAPE Pathogens21 topic
  15. Maternal and Child Undernutrition21 topic
  16. Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria21 topic
  17. Spinal Epidural Abscess21 topic
  18. Tuberculous Meningitis21 topic
  19. Campylobacter11 topic
  20. Salmonella11 topic

Where does Silaphet Somphavong work?

Silaphet Somphavong's main affiliation in the publication record is Centre d’Infectiologie Christophe Mérieux of Laos, Laos.

How many publications and citations does Silaphet Somphavong have?

OpenAlex counts 16 works and 562 citations for Silaphet Somphavong, an h-index of 9, ranking #3,607,318 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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