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Researcher · Lancet Laboratories · South Africa

William S.M. Summerskill

William S.M. Summerskill publishes mostly in General Health Professions, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty, on topics such as Health Sciences Research and Education, Meta-analysis and systematic reviews and Clinical practice guidelines implementation.

OpenAlex
World rank
#1,985,170
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in South Africa
#8,377
of 29,826
Works
64
Citations
9.8k
Citations per work
152.9
h-index
15
i10-index 16Top 23% in General Health Professions
William S.M. Summerskill

What does William S.M. Summerskill research?

William S.M. Summerskill's work is mostly in Health Professions (26%), Medicine (20%), Decision Sciences (7%).

Health Sciences: 30 works · 46.2% of their workHealth Professions: 17 works · 26.2% of their workGeneral Health Professions: 17 works · 26.2% of their workMedicine: 13 works · 20.0% of their workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 9 works · 13.8% of their workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 4 works · 6.2% of their workEverything else: 25 works · 38.5% of their workSocial Sciences: 10 works · 15.3% of their workDecision Sciences: 4 works · 6.9% of their workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 4 works · 6.9% of their workSocial Sciences: 3 works · 4.6% of their workSociology and Political Science: 3 works · 4.6% of their workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 works · 3.8% of their workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 works · 3.8% of their workTHEIR WORKWilliam S.M.Summerskill64works
Health Sciences46%Social Sciences15%

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. Health Professions1726.2%
    2. Medicine1320.0%
  2. Everything else2538.5%
    1. Decision Sciences46.9%
    2. Social Sciences34.6%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting23.8%
  1. 1General Health Professions26% of their works
  2. 2Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health14% of their works
  3. 3Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty7% of their works
  4. 4Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health6% of their works
  5. 5Sociology and Political Science5% of their works
  6. 6Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe William S.M. Summerskill's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Quality Assessment, Evidence-Based Practice, Health System Reform, Healthcare Professionals, Primary Care, Meta-Analysis, PRISMA Statement and Clinical Guidelines.

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 19 words, with their numbers
  1. Quality Assessment162 topics
  2. Evidence-Based Practice101 topic
  3. Health System Reform102 topics
  4. Healthcare Professionals101 topic
  5. Primary Care102 topics
  6. Meta-Analysis91 topic
  7. PRISMA Statement91 topic
  8. Clinical Guidelines71 topic
  9. Guideline Development71 topic
  10. Child Mortality51 topic
  11. Clinical Trials51 topic
  12. Community Health51 topic
  13. Continuity of Care51 topic
  14. Health Financing51 topic
  15. Informed Consent51 topic
  16. Maternal Mortality51 topic
  17. Pediatrics51 topic
  18. Quality Improvement51 topic
  19. Universal Coverage51 topic

Where does William S.M. Summerskill work?

William S.M. Summerskill's main affiliation in the publication record is Lancet Laboratories, South Africa.

How many publications and citations does William S.M. Summerskill have?

OpenAlex counts 64 works and 9,784 citations for William S.M. Summerskill, an h-index of 15, ranking #1,985,170 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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