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Researcher · Victoria University of Wellington · New Zealand

Alan Gamlen

Alan Gamlen publishes mostly in Sociology and Political Science, Demography and Political Science and International Relations, on topics such as Migration and Labor Dynamics, Diaspora, migration, transnational identity and Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy.

ORCID 0000-0003-1432-0526 OpenAlex
World rank
#106,308
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in New Zealand
#328
of 21,128
Works
108
Citations
2.2k
Citations per work
20.8
h-index
21
i10-index 29Top 5.7% in Sociology and Political Science
Alan Gamlen

What does Alan Gamlen research?

Alan Gamlen's work is mostly in Social Sciences (87%).

Social Sciences: 94 works · 86.7% of their workSocial Sciences: 94 works · 86.7% of their workSociology and Political Science: 59 works · 54.2% of their workDemography: 25 works · 22.7% of their workPolitical Science and International Relations: 6 works · 5.1% of their workEducation: 2 works · 1.9% of their workGeography, Planning and Development: 2 works · 1.4% of their workPublic Administration: 2 works · 1.4% of their workEverything else: 14 works · 13.3% of their workTHEIR WORKAlan Gamlen108works
Social Sciences87%

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 Sciences9486.7%
  2. Everything else1413.3%
  1. 1Sociology and Political Science54% of their works
  2. 2Demography23% of their works
  3. 3Political Science and International Relations5% of their works
  4. 4Education2% of their works
  5. 5Geography, Planning and Development1% of their works
  6. 6Public Administration1% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Alan Gamlen's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Globalization, Social Networks, Immigration, Ethnicity, Citizenship, Labor Market, Remittances and Diaspora.

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 23 words, with their numbers
  1. Globalization1044 topics
  2. Social Networks972 topics
  3. Immigration782 topics
  4. Ethnicity623 topics
  5. Citizenship592 topics
  6. Labor Market581 topic
  7. Remittances581 topic
  8. Diaspora391 topic
  9. Transnationalism391 topic
  10. Ethnic Minority Business261 topic
  11. Immigrant Entrepreneurship261 topic
  12. Refugees232 topics
  13. Politics201 topic
  14. Social Boundaries201 topic
  15. Governance72 topics
  16. Islands41 topic
  17. Small States41 topic
  18. Conflict31 topic
  19. Development Policies31 topic
  20. Foreign Aid31 topic
  21. Labor Movement31 topic
  22. Myanmar31 topic
  23. Union Revitalization31 topic

Where does Alan Gamlen work?

Alan Gamlen's main affiliation in the publication record is Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand.

How many publications and citations does Alan Gamlen have?

OpenAlex counts 108 works and 2,242 citations for Alan Gamlen, an h-index of 21, ranking #106,308 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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