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Researcher · Human Sciences Research Council · South Africa

Gina Weir-Smith

Gina Weir-Smith publishes mostly in Economics and Econometrics, General Health Professions and Sociology and Political Science, on topics such as HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses, Rural development and sustainability and Health disparities and outcomes.

ORCID 0000-0003-1152-294X OpenAlex
World rank
#1,812,556
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in South Africa
#7,638
of 29,826
Works
41
Citations
274
Citations per work
6.7
h-index
10
i10-index 11Top 35% in Economics and Econometrics
Gina Weir-Smith

What does Gina Weir-Smith research?

Gina Weir-Smith's work is mostly in Social Sciences (26%), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (23%), Health Professions (11%).

Social Sciences: 20 works · 49.0% of their workSocial Sciences: 11 works · 26.4% of their workSociology and Political Science: 4 works · 10.4% of their workPolitical Science and International Relations: 3 works · 6.6% of their workEducation: 2 works · 4.7% of their workTransportation: 2 works · 4.7% of their workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 9 works · 22.6% of their workEconomics and Econometrics: 9 works · 22.6% of their workEverything else: 16 works · 39.7% of their workHealth Sciences: 5 works · 11.3% of their workHealth Professions: 5 works · 11.3% of their workGeneral Health Professions: 5 works · 11.3% of their workTHEIR WORKGina Weir-Smith41works
Health Sciences11%Social Sciences49%

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 Sciences1126.4%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance922.6%
  2. Everything else1639.7%
    1. Health Professions511.3%
  1. 1Economics and Econometrics23% of their works
  2. 2General Health Professions11% of their works
  3. 3Sociology and Political Science10% of their works
  4. 4Political Science and International Relations7% of their works
  5. 5Education5% of their works
  6. 6Transportation5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Gina Weir-Smith's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: South Africa, Economic Growth, HIV/AIDS, Public Health, Social Support, Sub-Saharan Africa, Active Travel and Agricultural Change.

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 20 words, with their numbers
  1. South Africa112 topics
  2. Economic Growth102 topics
  3. HIV/AIDS71 topic
  4. Public Health72 topics
  5. Social Support72 topics
  6. Sub-Saharan Africa71 topic
  7. Active Travel41 topic
  8. Agricultural Change41 topic
  9. Built Environment41 topic
  10. Policy41 topic
  11. Rural Development41 topic
  12. Social Relationships41 topic
  13. Socioeconomic Inequalities41 topic
  14. local economic development41 topic
  15. Ageing Population31 topic
  16. COVID-1931 topic
  17. Health31 topic
  18. Health Care Expenditure31 topic
  19. Homelessness31 topic
  20. Modeling31 topic

Where does Gina Weir-Smith work?

Gina Weir-Smith's main affiliation in the publication record is Human Sciences Research Council, South Africa.

How many publications and citations does Gina Weir-Smith have?

OpenAlex counts 41 works and 274 citations for Gina Weir-Smith, an h-index of 10, ranking #1,812,556 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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