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Researcher · Southwestern University · United States

Alison Kafer

Alison Kafer publishes mostly in Sociology and Political Science, Gender Studies and Cultural Studies, on topics such as Posthumanist Ethics and Activism, Disability Rights and Representation and Feminism, Gender, and Sexuality Studies.

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World rank
#2,049,639
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#620,462
of 1,627,098
Works
34
Citations
1.4k
Citations per work
41.5
h-index
12
i10-index 13Top 17% in Sociology and Political Science
Alison Kafer

What does Alison Kafer research?

Alison Kafer's work is mostly in Social Sciences (53%), Psychology (8%).

Social Sciences: 21 works · 61.1% of their workSocial Sciences: 18 works · 53.3% of their workGender Studies: 5 works · 15.6% of their workSociology and Political Science: 5 works · 15.6% of their workCultural Studies: 3 works · 9.1% of their workSafety Research: 3 works · 7.8% of their workEducation: 2 works · 5.2% of their workPsychology: 3 works · 7.8% of their workSocial Psychology: 3 works · 7.8% of their workEverything else: 13 works · 38.9% of their workTHEIR WORKAlison Kafer34works
Social Sciences61%

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 Sciences1853.3%
    2. Psychology37.8%
  2. Everything else1338.9%
  1. 1Sociology and Political Science16% of their works
  2. 2Gender Studies16% of their works
  3. 3Cultural Studies9% of their works
  4. 4Social Psychology8% of their works
  5. 5Safety Research8% of their works
  6. 6Education5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Alison Kafer's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Intersectionality, Feminist Theory, Human Rights, Gender Equality, Social Justice, Performativity, Affect and Education.

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. Intersectionality194 topics
  2. Feminist Theory102 topics
  3. Human Rights102 topics
  4. Gender Equality92 topics
  5. Social Justice92 topics
  6. Performativity82 topics
  7. Affect61 topic
  8. Education62 topics
  9. Epidemiological Study61 topic
  10. Globalization62 topics
  11. Posthumanism61 topic
  12. Social Model of Disability61 topic
  13. Feminist Legal Theory51 topic
  14. Public Health Governance51 topic
  15. LGBTQ+41 topic
  16. Mental Health41 topic
  17. Race41 topic
  18. Sexuality41 topic
  19. Cognitive Enhancement21 topic
  20. Interior Design21 topic
  21. Neuroenhancement21 topic
  22. Performance Art21 topic
  23. Research21 topic
  24. Theatre21 topic

Where does Alison Kafer work?

Alison Kafer's main affiliation in the publication record is Southwestern University, United States.

How many publications and citations does Alison Kafer have?

OpenAlex counts 34 works and 1,411 citations for Alison Kafer, an h-index of 12, ranking #2,049,639 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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