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Researcher · Human Computer Interaction (Switzerland) · Switzerland

Thomas E. Backer

Thomas E. Backer publishes mostly in General Health Professions, Sociology and Political Science and Clinical Psychology, on topics such as Community Health and Development, Health Policy Implementation Science and Mental Health and Patient Involvement.

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World rank
#1,005,690
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Switzerland
#17,311
of 80,918
Works
137
Citations
2.4k
Citations per work
17.2
h-index
19
i10-index 31Top 15% in General Health Professions
Thomas E. Backer

What does Thomas E. Backer research?

Thomas E. Backer's work is mostly in Health Professions (26%), Social Sciences (16%), Psychology (7%).

Everything else: 62 works · 45.1% of their workSocial Sciences: 39 works · 28.8% of their workSocial Sciences: 22 works · 15.8% of their workSociology and Political Science: 10 works · 7.2% of their workCommunication: 6 works · 4.3% of their workEducation: 6 works · 4.3% of their workPsychology: 10 works · 7.2% of their workClinical Psychology: 10 works · 7.2% of their workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 8 works · 5.8% of their workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 8 works · 5.8% of their workHealth Sciences: 36 works · 26.1% of their workHealth Professions: 36 works · 26.1% of their workGeneral Health Professions: 36 works · 26.1% of their workTHEIR WORKThomas E. Backer137works
Health Sciences26%Social Sciences29%

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 else6245.1%
    1. Social Sciences2215.8%
    2. Psychology107.2%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting85.8%
    1. Health Professions3626.1%
  1. 1General Health Professions26% of their works
  2. 2Sociology and Political Science7% of their works
  3. 3Clinical Psychology7% of their works
  4. 4Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management6% of their works
  5. 5Communication4% of their works
  6. 6Education4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Thomas E. Backer's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Evidence-Based Practice, Collaborative Partnerships, Community Empowerment, Implementation Science, Qualitative Research, Knowledge Management, Organizational Culture and Concept Mapping.

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 19 words, with their numbers
  1. Evidence-Based Practice162 topics
  2. Collaborative Partnerships131 topic
  3. Community Empowerment131 topic
  4. Implementation Science121 topic
  5. Qualitative Research121 topic
  6. Knowledge Management92 topics
  7. Organizational Culture92 topics
  8. Concept Mapping71 topic
  9. Patient Engagement71 topic
  10. Public Involvement71 topic
  11. Theory-Based Evaluation71 topic
  12. Primary Care61 topic
  13. Quality Improvement61 topic
  14. Learning Organization51 topic
  15. Organizational Learning51 topic
  16. Barriers and Facilitators41 topic
  17. Food Insecurity41 topic
  18. Health Outcomes41 topic
  19. Healthcare Professionals41 topic

Where does Thomas E. Backer work?

Thomas E. Backer's main affiliation in the publication record is Human Computer Interaction (Switzerland), Switzerland.

How many publications and citations does Thomas E. Backer have?

OpenAlex counts 137 works and 2,359 citations for Thomas E. Backer, an h-index of 19, ranking #1,005,690 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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