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Researcher · University of the Witwatersrand · South Africa

Edward Webster

Edward Webster publishes mostly in Sociology and Political Science, Public Administration and General Health Professions, on topics such as Labor Movements and Unions, Employment and Welfare Studies and Digital Economy and Work Transformation.

ORCID 0000-0003-2540-3052 OpenAlex
World rank
#77,649
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in South Africa
#145
of 5,570
Works
54
Citations
210
Citations per work
3.9

What does Edward Webster research?

Sociology and Political Science: 27.3%Public Administration: 15.2%General Health Professions: 10.6%Political Science and International Relations: 9.1%other fields: 37.8%27%top field
Sociology and Political Science27.3%Public Administration15.2%General Health Professions10.6%Political Science and International Relations9.1%other fields37.8%

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 Science27% of their works
  2. 2Public Administration15% of their works
  3. 3General Health Professions11% of their works
  4. 4Political Science and International Relations9% of their works
  5. 5Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management8% of their works
  6. 6Economics and Econometrics3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Edward Webster's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Globalization, Labor Movement, Union Revitalization, Precarious Employment, Unemployment, Digital Labor Platforms, Gig Economy and Income Inequality.

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. Globalization132 topics
  2. Labor Movement101 topic
  3. Union Revitalization101 topic
  4. Precarious Employment71 topic
  5. Unemployment71 topic
  6. Digital Labor Platforms51 topic
  7. Gig Economy51 topic
  8. Income Inequality52 topics
  9. Corporate Governance42 topics
  10. Neoliberalism42 topics
  11. Political Economy31 topic
  12. South Africa31 topic
  13. Welfare State31 topic
  14. protests31 topic
  15. Family Firms21 topic
  16. Financialization21 topic
  17. History21 topic
  18. Psychology21 topic
  19. Shareholder Value21 topic
  20. Socioemotional Wealth21 topic

Where does Edward Webster work?

Edward Webster's main affiliation in the publication record is University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa.

How many publications and citations does Edward Webster have?

Science Explorer counts 54 works and 210 citations for Edward Webster, ranking #77,649 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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