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Researcher · John Jay College of Criminal Justice · United States

Ira B. Sommers

Ira B. Sommers publishes mostly in Sociology and Political Science, General Health Professions and Clinical Psychology, on topics such as Crime Patterns and Interventions, Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis and Homelessness and Social Issues.

OpenAlex
World rank
#225,786
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#83,403
of 1,627,098
Works
62
Citations
2.1k
Citations per work
34.3
h-index
25
i10-index 35Top 3.7% in Sociology and Political Science
Ira B. Sommers

What does Ira B. Sommers research?

Ira B. Sommers's work is mostly in Social Sciences (44%), Health Professions (13%), Psychology (13%).

Social Sciences: 35 works · 57.2% of their workSocial Sciences: 27 works · 44.0% of their workSociology and Political Science: 24 works · 39.0% of their workHealth: 3 works · 5.0% of their workPsychology: 8 works · 13.2% of their workClinical Psychology: 6 works · 9.4% of their workSocial Psychology: 2 works · 3.8% of their workEverything else: 14 works · 22.1% of their workHealth Sciences: 13 works · 20.7% of their workHealth Professions: 8 works · 13.2% of their workGeneral Health Professions: 8 works · 13.2% of their workMedicine: 5 works · 7.5% of their workEpidemiology: 5 works · 7.5% of their workTHEIR WORKIra B. Sommers62works
Health Sciences21%Social Sciences57%

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 Sciences2744.0%
    2. Psychology813.2%
  2. Everything else1422.1%
    1. Health Professions813.2%
    2. Medicine57.5%
  1. 1Sociology and Political Science39% of their works
  2. 2General Health Professions13% of their works
  3. 3Clinical Psychology9% of their works
  4. 4Epidemiology8% of their works
  5. 5Health5% of their works
  6. 6Social Psychology4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Ira B. Sommers's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Criminal Behavior, Neighborhood Effects, Crime, Social Structure, Criminal Justice, Mass Incarceration, Public Health and Social Support.

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 21 words, with their numbers
  1. Criminal Behavior342 topics
  2. Neighborhood Effects332 topics
  3. Crime281 topic
  4. Social Structure281 topic
  5. Criminal Justice211 topic
  6. Mass Incarceration211 topic
  7. Public Health172 topics
  8. Social Support172 topics
  9. Health121 topic
  10. Homelessness121 topic
  11. Mental Disorders112 topics
  12. Alcohol Dependence81 topic
  13. Substance Use Disorders81 topic
  14. Psychopathy61 topic
  15. Risk Assessment61 topic
  16. Collaborative Partnerships51 topic
  17. Community Empowerment51 topic
  18. Depression51 topic
  19. Social Relationships51 topic
  20. Socioeconomic Inequalities51 topic
  21. Stigma51 topic

Where does Ira B. Sommers work?

Ira B. Sommers's main affiliation in the publication record is John Jay College of Criminal Justice, United States.

How many publications and citations does Ira B. Sommers have?

OpenAlex counts 62 works and 2,124 citations for Ira B. Sommers, an h-index of 25, ranking #225,786 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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