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Researcher · Emory University · United States

Walter John Curran

Walter John Curran publishes mostly in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and Oncology, on topics such as Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques, Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment and Brain Metastases and Treatment.

ORCID 0000-0002-7552-4453 OpenAlex
World rank
#128,940
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#48,980
of 1,627,098
Works
1,131
Citations
59k
Citations per work
52.6
h-index
110
i10-index 491Top 0.1% in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Walter John Curran

What does Walter John Curran research?

Walter John Curran's work is mostly in Medicine (54%), Physics and Astronomy (8%), Engineering (4%).

Health Sciences: 608 works · 53.8% of their workMedicine: 608 works · 53.8% of their workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 248 works · 21.9% of their workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 175 works · 15.5% of their workOncology: 97 works · 8.6% of their workGenetics: 88 works · 7.8% of their workEverything else: 380 works · 33.6% of their workPhysical Sciences: 143 works · 12.6% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 92 works · 8.1% of their workRadiation: 92 works · 8.1% of their workEngineering: 51 works · 4.5% of their workBiomedical Engineering: 51 works · 4.5% of their workTHEIR WORKWalter JohnCurran1,131works
Physical Sciences13%Health Sciences54%

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. Medicine60853.8%
  2. Everything else38033.6%
    1. Physics and Astronomy928.1%
    2. Engineering514.5%
  1. 1Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine22% of their works
  2. 2Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging16% of their works
  3. 3Oncology9% of their works
  4. 4Radiation8% of their works
  5. 5Genetics8% of their works
  6. 6Biomedical Engineering4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Walter John Curran's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Immunotherapy, Radiotherapy, Chemotherapy, Clinical Trials, Targeted Therapy, Dosimetry, Radiotherapy Physics and Glioblastoma.

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 21 words, with their numbers
  1. Immunotherapy5063 topics
  2. Radiotherapy4132 topics
  3. Chemotherapy2712 topics
  4. Clinical Trials2412 topics
  5. Targeted Therapy2412 topics
  6. Dosimetry2341 topic
  7. Radiotherapy Physics2341 topic
  8. Glioblastoma2311 topic
  9. Temozolomide2311 topic
  10. Brain Metastases1861 topic
  11. Radiosurgery1861 topic
  12. CT Screening1821 topic
  13. Lung Cancer1821 topic
  14. Medical Imaging1701 topic
  15. Radiomics1701 topic
  16. ALK Inhibitors1521 topic
  17. EGFR Mutations1521 topic
  18. Imaging1091 topic
  19. PET/CT1091 topic
  20. Genomic Profiles891 topic
  21. Small-Cell Lung Cancer891 topic

Where does Walter John Curran work?

Walter John Curran's main affiliation in the publication record is Emory University, United States.

How many publications and citations does Walter John Curran have?

OpenAlex counts 1,131 works and 59,460 citations for Walter John Curran, an h-index of 110, ranking #128,940 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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