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Researcher · Ajou University · South Korea

Iain Watson

Iain Watson publishes mostly in Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations and Development, on topics such as International Development and Aid, Korean Peninsula Historical and Political Studies and International Relations and Foreign Policy.

OpenAlex
World rank
#241,859
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in South Korea
#1,542
of 162,609
Works
70
Citations
589
Citations per work
8.4
h-index
13
i10-index 16Top 15% in Sociology and Political Science
Iain Watson

What does Iain Watson research?

Iain Watson's work is mostly in Social Sciences (80%).

Social Sciences: 56 works · 79.5% of their workSocial Sciences: 56 works · 79.5% of their workSociology and Political Science: 26 works · 37.4% of their workPolitical Science and International Relations: 13 works · 18.1% of their workDevelopment: 9 works · 12.3% of their workCultural Studies: 4 works · 5.3% of their workPublic Administration: 3 works · 4.1% of their workDemography: 2 works · 2.3% of their workEverything else: 14 works · 20.5% of their workTHEIR WORKIain Watson70works
Social Sciences80%

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 Sciences5679.5%
  2. Everything else1420.5%
  1. 1Sociology and Political Science37% of their works
  2. 2Political Science and International Relations18% of their works
  3. 3Development12% of their works
  4. 4Cultural Studies5% of their works
  5. 5Public Administration4% of their works
  6. 6Demography2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Iain Watson's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Globalization, Development Policies, Foreign Aid, Political Economy, International Relations, North Korea, Refugees and International Institutions.

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 19 words, with their numbers
  1. Globalization406 topics
  2. Development Policies211 topic
  3. Foreign Aid211 topic
  4. Political Economy202 topics
  5. International Relations192 topics
  6. North Korea131 topic
  7. Refugees131 topic
  8. International Institutions81 topic
  9. Power81 topic
  10. Developmental State71 topic
  11. East Asia71 topic
  12. Labor Movement71 topic
  13. Union Revitalization71 topic
  14. Cultural61 topic
  15. Global Capitalism61 topic
  16. Hallyu61 topic
  17. Identity61 topic
  18. Korean Wave61 topic
  19. Transnational Capitalist Class61 topic

Where does Iain Watson work?

Iain Watson's main affiliation in the publication record is Ajou University, South Korea.

How many publications and citations does Iain Watson have?

OpenAlex counts 70 works and 589 citations for Iain Watson, an h-index of 13, ranking #241,859 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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