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Dorothy Nelkin

Dorothy Nelkin publishes mostly in Sociology and Political Science, Genetics and General Health Professions, on topics such as Race, Genetics, and Society, Biomedical Ethics and Regulation and Science Education and Perceptions.

World rank
#11,447
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#5,513
of 358,040
Works
66
Citations
462
Citations per work
7.0

What does Dorothy Nelkin research?

Sociology and Political Science: 17.1%Genetics: 11.8%General Health Professions: 7.9%Political Science and International Relations: 6.6%other fields: 56.6%17%top field
Sociology and Political Science17.1%Genetics11.8%General Health Professions7.9%Political Science and International Relations6.6%other fields56.6%

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

  1. 1Sociology and Political Science17% of their works
  2. 2Genetics12% of their works
  3. 3General Health Professions8% of their works
  4. 4Political Science and International Relations7% of their works
  5. 5Developmental and Educational Psychology5% of their works
  6. 6Physiology5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Dorothy Nelkin's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Ethical Issues, Risk Perception, Public Health, Children's Perceptions, Clinical Trials, Genetics, Precision Medicine and Race.

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 20 words, with their numbers
  1. Ethical Issues62 topics
  2. Risk Perception62 topics
  3. Public Health52 topics
  4. Children's Perceptions41 topic
  5. Clinical Trials41 topic
  6. Genetics41 topic
  7. Precision Medicine42 topics
  8. Race41 topic
  9. Scientists41 topic
  10. Stem Cell Regulation41 topic
  11. Climate Change31 topic
  12. Communication31 topic
  13. Ethical Climate31 topic
  14. Moral Distress31 topic
  15. Public Perception31 topic
  16. Trust31 topic
  17. BRCA121 topic
  18. BRCA221 topic
  19. Nutrigenomics21 topic
  20. Personalized Nutrition21 topic

Where does Dorothy Nelkin work?

Dorothy Nelkin's main affiliation in the publication record is Cornell University, United States.

How many publications and citations does Dorothy Nelkin have?

Science Explorer counts 66 works and 462 citations for Dorothy Nelkin, ranking #11,447 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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