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Researcher · Pennington Biomedical Research Center · United States

Steven B. Heymsfield

Steven B. Heymsfield publishes mostly in Physiology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, on topics such as Body Composition Measurement Techniques, Nutrition and Health in Aging and Diet and metabolism studies.

ORCID 0000-0003-1127-9425 OpenAlex
World rank
#16,961
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#6,065
of 1,627,098
Works
1,013
Citations
103k
Citations per work
101.8
h-index
150
i10-index 660Top 0.1% in Physiology (Medicine)
Steven B. Heymsfield

What does Steven B. Heymsfield research?

Steven B. Heymsfield's work is mostly in Medicine (60%), Nursing (3%).

Health Sciences: 644 works · 63.6% of their workMedicine: 613 works · 60.5% of their workPhysiology: 418 works · 41.3% of their workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 73 works · 7.2% of their workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 47 works · 4.6% of their workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 38 works · 3.8% of their workSurgery: 36 works · 3.6% of their workNursing: 31 works · 3.1% of their workNutrition and Dietetics: 31 works · 3.1% of their workEverything else: 369 works · 36.4% of their workTHEIR WORKSteven B.Heymsfield1,013works
Health Sciences64%

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. Medicine61360.5%
    2. Nursing313.1%
  2. Everything else36936.4%
  1. 1Physiology41% of their works
  2. 2Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health7% of their works
  3. 3Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism5% of their works
  4. 4Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine4% of their works
  5. 5Surgery4% of their works
  6. 6Nutrition and Dietetics3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Steven B. Heymsfield's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Muscle Mass, Obesity, Inflammation, Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis, Body Mass Index, Cancer Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Metabolic Syndrome.

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.

All 22 words, with their numbers
  1. Muscle Mass7812 topics
  2. Obesity6163 topics
  3. Inflammation5753 topics
  4. Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis4301 topic
  5. Body Mass Index4301 topic
  6. Cancer Cachexia3511 topic
  7. Sarcopenia3511 topic
  8. Metabolic Syndrome2943 topics
  9. Ketogenic Diet1501 topic
  10. Low-Carbohydrate Diet1501 topic
  11. Cardiovascular Disease1442 topics
  12. Insulin Resistance1412 topics
  13. Childhood1161 topic
  14. Overweight1161 topic
  15. Fluid Replacement921 topic
  16. Heat Stroke921 topic
  17. Dietary Patterns741 topic
  18. Mediterranean Diet741 topic
  19. Brown Adipose Tissue711 topic
  20. Thermogenesis711 topic
  21. Diabetes701 topic
  22. Glucose Metabolism701 topic

Where does Steven B. Heymsfield work?

Steven B. Heymsfield's main affiliation in the publication record is Pennington Biomedical Research Center, United States.

How many publications and citations does Steven B. Heymsfield have?

OpenAlex counts 1,013 works and 103,100 citations for Steven B. Heymsfield, an h-index of 150, ranking #16,961 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised 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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