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Researcher · Fort Hays State University · United States

Karen Irene Thal

Karen Irene Thal publishes mostly in Sociology and Political Science, Social Psychology and General Health Professions, on topics such as Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research, Digital Marketing and Social Media and Global Healthcare and Medical Tourism.

OpenAlex
World rank
#1,912,139
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#583,677
of 1,627,098
Works
15
Citations
674
Citations per work
44.9
h-index
6
i10-index 6Top 45% in Sociology and Political Science
Karen Irene Thal

What does Karen Irene Thal research?

Karen Irene Thal's work is mostly in Social Sciences (34%), Psychology (15%), Business, Management and Accounting (12%).

Social Sciences: 9 works · 60.9% of their workSocial Sciences: 5 works · 34.1% of their workSociology and Political Science: 5 works · 34.1% of their workPsychology: 2 works · 14.6% of their workSocial Psychology: 2 works · 14.6% of their workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 works · 12.2% of their workTourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management: 1 works · 7.3% of their workMarketing: 1 works · 4.9% of their workEverything else: 4 works · 26.9% of their workHealth Sciences: 1 works · 7.3% of their workHealth Professions: 1 works · 7.3% of their workGeneral Health Professions: 1 works · 7.3% of their workLife Sciences: 1 works · 4.9% of their workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 works · 4.9% of their workFood Science: 1 works · 4.9% of their workTHEIR WORKKaren Irene Thal15works
Life Sciences5%Health Sciences7%Social Sciences61%

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 Sciences534.1%
    2. Psychology214.6%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting212.2%
  2. Everything else426.9%
    1. Health Professions17.3%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences14.9%
  1. 1Sociology and Political Science34% of their works
  2. 2Social Psychology15% of their works
  3. 3General Health Professions7% of their works
  4. 4Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management7% of their works
  5. 5Food Science5% of their works
  6. 6Marketing5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Karen Irene Thal's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Destination Image, Community Perceptions, Tourist Satisfaction, Electronic Word-of-Mouth, Social Media, Healthcare Outsourcing, Hospitality Management and Intrinsic Motivation.

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 17 words, with their numbers
  1. Destination Image92 topics
  2. Community Perceptions61 topic
  3. Tourist Satisfaction61 topic
  4. Electronic Word-of-Mouth41 topic
  5. Social Media41 topic
  6. Healthcare Outsourcing31 topic
  7. Hospitality Management31 topic
  8. Intrinsic Motivation31 topic
  9. Medical Tourism31 topic
  10. Self-Determination Theory31 topic
  11. Tourism Education31 topic
  12. Brand Trust21 topic
  13. Consumer Behavior21 topic
  14. Food Tourism21 topic
  15. Gastronomy21 topic
  16. Mega Events21 topic
  17. Sport Tourism21 topic

Where does Karen Irene Thal work?

Karen Irene Thal's main affiliation in the publication record is Fort Hays State University, United States.

How many publications and citations does Karen Irene Thal have?

OpenAlex counts 15 works and 674 citations for Karen Irene Thal, an h-index of 6, ranking #1,912,139 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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