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Researcher · University of South Africa · South Africa

Deirdre Byrne

Deirdre Byrne publishes mostly in Literature and Literary Theory, Sociology and Political Science and Cultural Studies, on topics such as Themes in Literature Analysis, Gothic Literature and Media Analysis and South African History and Culture.

ORCID 0000-0002-4436-6632 OpenAlex
World rank
#132,988
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in South Africa
#299
of 5,570
Works
40
Citations
81
Citations per work
2.0

What does Deirdre Byrne research?

Literature and Literary Theory: 21.3%Sociology and Political Science: 19.1%Cultural Studies: 8.5%Philosophy: 8.5%other fields: 42.6%21%top field
Literature and Literary Theory21.3%Sociology and Political Science19.1%Cultural Studies8.5%Philosophy8.5%other fields42.6%

Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.

  1. 1Literature and Literary Theory21% of their works
  2. 2Sociology and Political Science19% of their works
  3. 3Cultural Studies8% of their works
  4. 4Philosophy8% of their works
  5. 5Gender Studies4% of their works
  6. 6General Health Professions4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Deirdre Byrne's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Race, Children's Literature, Literature, Postcolonialism, Feminism, Fantasy, Horror and protests.

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.

All 21 words, with their numbers
  1. Race62 topics
  2. Children's Literature52 topics
  3. Literature52 topics
  4. Postcolonialism52 topics
  5. Feminism42 topics
  6. Fantasy31 topic
  7. Horror31 topic
  8. South Africa31 topic
  9. Young Adult31 topic
  10. Zombies31 topic
  11. protests31 topic
  12. Climate Change21 topic
  13. Dystopia21 topic
  14. Ecocriticism21 topic
  15. Elder Abuse21 topic
  16. Fairy Tales21 topic
  17. Folklore21 topic
  18. Neglect21 topic
  19. Nursing Home21 topic
  20. Quality of Care21 topic
  21. Utopia21 topic

Where does Deirdre Byrne work?

Deirdre Byrne's main affiliation in the publication record is University of South Africa, South Africa.

How many publications and citations does Deirdre Byrne have?

Science Explorer counts 40 works and 81 citations for Deirdre Byrne, ranking #132,988 of 1,633,909 researchers worldwide on the composite score.

Ranked on field-normalised 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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