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Researcher · Harvard University · United States

Alison J. Head

Alison J. Head publishes mostly in Library and Information Sciences, Information Systems and Education, on topics such as Library Science and Information Literacy, Web and Library Services and Library Science and Administration.

OpenAlex
World rank
#467,210
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#163,621
of 1,627,098
Works
62
Citations
2k
Citations per work
32.0
h-index
23
i10-index 28Top 1.1% in Library and Information Sciences
Alison J. Head

What does Alison J. Head research?

Alison J. Head's work is mostly in Social Sciences (50%), Computer Science (19%), Health Professions (4%).

Social Sciences: 34 works · 54.9% of their workSocial Sciences: 31 works · 50.4% of their workLibrary and Information Sciences: 18 works · 28.6% of their workEducation: 10 works · 16.5% of their workCommunication: 3 works · 5.3% of their workArts and Humanities: 3 works · 4.5% of their workLiterature and Literary Theory: 3 works · 4.5% of their workEverything else: 14 works · 21.8% of their workPhysical Sciences: 12 works · 18.8% of their workComputer Science: 12 works · 18.8% of their workInformation Systems: 12 works · 18.8% of their workHealth Sciences: 3 works · 4.5% of their workHealth Professions: 3 works · 4.5% of their workSpeech and Hearing: 3 works · 4.5% of their workTHEIR WORKAlison J. Head62works
Physical Sciences19%Health Sciences4%Social Sciences55%

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 Sciences3150.4%
    2. Arts and Humanities34.5%
  2. Everything else1421.8%
    1. Computer Science1218.8%
    1. Health Professions34.5%
  1. 1Library and Information Sciences29% of their works
  2. 2Information Systems19% of their works
  3. 3Education16% of their works
  4. 4Communication5% of their works
  5. 5Speech and Hearing4% of their works
  6. 6Literature and Literary Theory4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Alison J. Head's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Academic Libraries, Digital Literacy, Information Literacy, Online Research, Technology Integration, Information Behavior, Library Instruction and Social Media.

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. Academic Libraries442 topics
  2. Digital Literacy332 topics
  3. Information Literacy312 topics
  4. Online Research312 topics
  5. Technology Integration293 topics
  6. Information Behavior271 topic
  7. Library Instruction271 topic
  8. Social Media171 topic
  9. Web 2.0171 topic
  10. Cognitive Engagement112 topics
  11. Library Services111 topic
  12. Social Inclusion111 topic
  13. E-Learning102 topics
  14. Blended Learning71 topic
  15. Online Learning71 topic
  16. Digital Storytelling61 topic
  17. Education61 topic
  18. Multimodal Literacy61 topic
  19. New Literacies61 topic
  20. Epistemological Beliefs41 topic
  21. Metacognition41 topic
  22. Innovation31 topic
  23. Knowledge Management31 topic

Where does Alison J. Head work?

Alison J. Head's main affiliation in the publication record is Harvard University, United States.

How many publications and citations does Alison J. Head have?

OpenAlex counts 62 works and 1,985 citations for Alison J. Head, an h-index of 23, ranking #467,210 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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