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Researcher · University of York · United Kingdom

Adrian Leftwich

Adrian Leftwich publishes mostly in Sociology and Political Science, Development and Political Science and International Relations, on topics such as International Development and Aid, Political Economy and Marxism and Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics.

OpenAlex
World rank
#144,460
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United Kingdom
#13,050
of 367,258
Works
58
Citations
2.7k
Citations per work
46.8
h-index
19
i10-index 23Top 7.2% in Sociology and Political Science
Adrian Leftwich

What does Adrian Leftwich research?

Adrian Leftwich's work is mostly in Social Sciences (68%), Arts and Humanities (4%), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (4%).

Social Sciences: 43 works · 74.6% of their workSocial Sciences: 39 works · 67.6% of their workSociology and Political Science: 15 works · 25.4% of their workDevelopment: 12 works · 20.2% of their workPolitical Science and International Relations: 10 works · 16.7% of their workEducation: 3 works · 5.3% of their workArts and Humanities: 2 works · 3.5% of their workHistory: 2 works · 3.5% of their workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 works · 3.5% of their workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 works · 3.5% of their workEverything else: 15 works · 25.4% of their workTHEIR WORKAdrian Leftwich58works
Social Sciences75%

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. Social Sciences3967.6%
    2. Arts and Humanities23.5%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance23.5%
  2. Everything else1525.4%
  1. 1Sociology and Political Science25% of their works
  2. 2Development20% of their works
  3. 3Political Science and International Relations17% of their works
  4. 4Education5% of their works
  5. 5History4% of their works
  6. 6Economics and Econometrics4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Adrian Leftwich's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Economic Growth, Governance, NGOs, Development Policies, Foreign Aid, Globalization, Neoliberalism and Political Economy.

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 24 words, with their numbers
  1. Economic Growth313 topics
  2. Governance272 topics
  3. NGOs272 topics
  4. Development Policies231 topic
  5. Foreign Aid231 topic
  6. Globalization174 topics
  7. Neoliberalism102 topics
  8. Political Economy82 topics
  9. Economic Development72 topics
  10. Human Rights72 topics
  11. Capitalism61 topic
  12. Marxism61 topic
  13. Corruption41 topic
  14. Developmental State41 topic
  15. East Asia41 topic
  16. Humanitarianism41 topic
  17. Income Inequality41 topic
  18. Institutions41 topic
  19. International Aid41 topic
  20. Poverty Measurement41 topic
  21. Constitutionalism31 topic
  22. Dependency31 topic
  23. Developmental Local Government31 topic
  24. World-Systems Analysis31 topic

Where does Adrian Leftwich work?

Adrian Leftwich's main affiliation in the publication record is University of York, United Kingdom.

How many publications and citations does Adrian Leftwich have?

OpenAlex counts 58 works and 2,716 citations for Adrian Leftwich, an h-index of 19, ranking #144,460 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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