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Researcher · Colby College · United States

Cheryl Townsend Gilkes

Cheryl Townsend Gilkes publishes mostly in Sociology and Political Science, Religious studies and Political Science and International Relations, on topics such as Religion, Society, and Development, Race, History, and American Society and Pentecostalism and Christianity Studies.

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World rank
#594,521
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#204,123
of 1,627,098
Works
37
Citations
986
Citations per work
26.6
h-index
11
i10-index 12Top 20% in Sociology and Political Science
Cheryl Townsend Gilkes

What does Cheryl Townsend Gilkes research?

Cheryl Townsend Gilkes's work is mostly in Social Sciences (66%), Arts and Humanities (15%), Health Professions (5%).

Social Sciences: 30 works · 80.5% of their workSocial Sciences: 24 works · 65.9% of their workSociology and Political Science: 18 works · 48.8% of their workPolitical Science and International Relations: 3 works · 7.3% of their workEducation: 2 works · 4.9% of their workPublic Administration: 2 works · 4.9% of their workArts and Humanities: 5 works · 14.6% of their workReligious studies: 5 works · 14.6% of their workEverything else: 5 works · 14.6% of their workHealth Sciences: 2 works · 4.9% of their workHealth Professions: 2 works · 4.9% of their workGeneral Health Professions: 2 works · 4.9% of their workTHEIR WORKCheryl TownsendGilkes37works
Health Sciences5%Social Sciences81%

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 Sciences2465.9%
    2. Arts and Humanities514.6%
  2. Everything else514.6%
    1. Health Professions24.9%
  1. 1Sociology and Political Science49% of their works
  2. 2Religious studies15% of their works
  3. 3Political Science and International Relations7% of their works
  4. 4General Health Professions5% of their works
  5. 5Public Administration5% of their works
  6. 6Education5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Cheryl Townsend Gilkes's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Religion, Globalization, Nationalism, Faith-Based Organizations, Feminism, Social Services, African Christianity and Social Justice.

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 22 words, with their numbers
  1. Religion203 topics
  2. Globalization163 topics
  3. Nationalism122 topics
  4. Faith-Based Organizations111 topic
  5. Feminism112 topics
  6. Social Services111 topic
  7. African Christianity92 topics
  8. Social Justice92 topics
  9. Black Studies81 topic
  10. Civil Rights Movement81 topic
  11. American founding61 topic
  12. Biblical Interpretation61 topic
  13. Constitutional government61 topic
  14. Pentecostalism61 topic
  15. Public Sphere61 topic
  16. Secularism61 topic
  17. Labor Movement41 topic
  18. Union Revitalization41 topic
  19. Black Liberation Theology31 topic
  20. Global Christianity31 topic
  21. Race31 topic
  22. Short-Term Missions31 topic

Where does Cheryl Townsend Gilkes work?

Cheryl Townsend Gilkes's main affiliation in the publication record is Colby College, United States.

How many publications and citations does Cheryl Townsend Gilkes have?

OpenAlex counts 37 works and 986 citations for Cheryl Townsend Gilkes, an h-index of 11, ranking #594,521 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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