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William Schaffner

William Schaffner publishes mostly in Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, on topics such as Respiratory viral infections research, Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections and Influenza Virus Research Studies.

World rank
#30,981
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#14,443
of 358,040
Works
106
Citations
709
Citations per work
6.7

What does William Schaffner research?

Epidemiology: 32.9%Infectious Diseases: 12.0%Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 5.4%Surgery: 4.8%other fields: 44.9%33%top field
Epidemiology32.9%Infectious Diseases12.0%Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health5.4%Surgery4.8%other fields44.9%

Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.

  1. 1Epidemiology33% of their works
  2. 2Infectious Diseases12% of their works
  3. 3Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health5% of their works
  4. 4Surgery5% of their works
  5. 5Hepatology4% of their works
  6. 6Health3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe William Schaffner's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Epidemiology, Human Metapneumovirus, Respiratory Syncytial Virus, Pathogenesis, Community-Acquired Pneumonia, Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine, Influenza and Virus.

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 21 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology465 topics
  2. Human Metapneumovirus151 topic
  3. Respiratory Syncytial Virus151 topic
  4. Pathogenesis142 topics
  5. Community-Acquired Pneumonia131 topic
  6. Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine131 topic
  7. Influenza111 topic
  8. Virus111 topic
  9. Risk Perception92 topics
  10. Food Safety82 topics
  11. Vaccine72 topics
  12. COVID-19 Vaccine51 topic
  13. Chronic Hepatitis B51 topic
  14. Hepatitis B Virus51 topic
  15. Vaccine Hesitancy51 topic
  16. Consumer Awareness41 topic
  17. Hepatitis E Virus41 topic
  18. Hygiene Practices41 topic
  19. Zoonotic Transmission41 topic
  20. Bacterial Meningitis31 topic
  21. Neisseria meningitidis31 topic

Where does William Schaffner work?

William Schaffner's main affiliation in the publication record is Vanderbilt University, United States.

How many publications and citations does William Schaffner have?

Science Explorer counts 106 works and 709 citations for William Schaffner, ranking #30,981 of 1,633,909 researchers worldwide on the composite 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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