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Researcher · The King's University · Canada

Derek Silva

Derek Silva publishes mostly in Sociology and Political Science, Gender Studies and Political Science and International Relations, on topics such as Sports, Gender, and Society, Sport and Mega-Event Impacts and Doping in Sports.

ORCID 0000-0003-3446-931X OpenAlex
World rank
#1,999,070
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Canada
#66,222
of 183,316
Works
20
Citations
117
Citations per work
5.9
h-index
6
i10-index 5Top 45% in Sociology and Political Science
Derek Silva

What does Derek Silva research?

Derek Silva's work is mostly in Social Sciences (66%), Health Professions (8%), Psychology (4%).

Social Sciences: 14 works · 69.9% of their workSocial Sciences: 13 works · 66.1% of their workSociology and Political Science: 7 works · 34.0% of their workGender Studies: 4 works · 20.8% of their workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 works · 7.5% of their workDemography: 1 works · 3.8% of their workPsychology: 1 works · 3.8% of their workSocial Psychology: 1 works · 3.8% of their workEverything else: 5 works · 22.6% of their workHealth Sciences: 2 works · 7.5% of their workHealth Professions: 2 works · 7.5% of their workGeneral Health Professions: 2 works · 7.5% of their workTHEIR WORKDerek Silva20works
Health Sciences8%Social Sciences70%

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 Sciences1366.1%
    2. Psychology13.8%
  2. Everything else522.6%
    1. Health Professions27.5%
  1. 1Sociology and Political Science34% of their works
  2. 2Gender Studies21% of their works
  3. 3Political Science and International Relations8% of their works
  4. 4General Health Professions8% of their works
  5. 5Social Psychology4% of their works
  6. 6Demography4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Derek Silva's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Gender, Sport, Mega Events, Sport Tourism, Social Support, Doping, Performance-Enhancing Drugs and Aging.

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 17 words, with their numbers
  1. Gender111 topic
  2. Sport111 topic
  3. Mega Events81 topic
  4. Sport Tourism81 topic
  5. Social Support42 topics
  6. Doping31 topic
  7. Performance-Enhancing Drugs31 topic
  8. Aging21 topic
  9. Elderly21 topic
  10. Older Adults21 topic
  11. Police Legitimacy21 topic
  12. Procedural Justice21 topic
  13. Technology Use21 topic
  14. Illegal Wildlife Trade11 topic
  15. Parrot Poaching11 topic
  16. Postdigital Education11 topic
  17. Technology-Enhanced Learning11 topic

Where does Derek Silva work?

Derek Silva's main affiliation in the publication record is The King's University, Canada.

How many publications and citations does Derek Silva have?

OpenAlex counts 20 works and 117 citations for Derek Silva, an h-index of 6, ranking #1,999,070 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality 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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