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Researcher · University of Cologne · Germany

Karsten Hank

Karsten Hank publishes mostly in Sociology and Political Science, Demography and General Health Professions, on topics such as Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving, Family Dynamics and Relationships and Social and Demographic Issues in Germany.

ORCID 0000-0003-1844-7612 OpenAlex
World rank
#25,749
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Germany
#1,506
of 364,343
Works
231
Citations
6.5k
Citations per work
28.2
h-index
40
i10-index 91Top 0.9% in Sociology and Political Science
Karsten Hank

What does Karsten Hank research?

Karsten Hank's work is mostly in Social Sciences (71%), Health Professions (17%).

Social Sciences: 164 works · 71.2% of their workSocial Sciences: 164 works · 71.2% of their workSociology and Political Science: 68 works · 29.6% of their workDemography: 44 works · 19.2% of their workGender Studies: 23 works · 10.1% of their workHealth: 16 works · 6.8% of their workPolitical Science and International Relations: 13 works · 5.5% of their workHealth Sciences: 40 works · 17.4% of their workHealth Professions: 40 works · 17.4% of their workGeneral Health Professions: 40 works · 17.4% of their workEverything else: 26 works · 11.4% of their workTHEIR WORKKarsten Hank231works
Health Sciences17%Social Sciences71%

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 Sciences16471.2%
    1. Health Professions4017.4%
  3. Everything else2611.4%
  1. 1Sociology and Political Science30% of their works
  2. 2Demography19% of their works
  3. 3General Health Professions17% of their works
  4. 4Gender Studies10% of their works
  5. 5Health7% of their works
  6. 6Political Science and International Relations6% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Karsten Hank's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Elderly Care, Social Support, Family Support, Intergenerational Relations, Social Policy, Divorce, Fertility and Demographic Transition.

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. Elderly Care1492 topics
  2. Social Support1472 topics
  3. Family Support1071 topic
  4. Intergenerational Relations1071 topic
  5. Social Policy1043 topics
  6. Divorce671 topic
  7. Fertility671 topic
  8. Demographic Transition421 topic
  9. Migrant Health421 topic
  10. Social Relationships401 topic
  11. Socioeconomic Inequalities401 topic
  12. Gender Inequality331 topic
  13. Labor Force Participation331 topic
  14. Lifestyle Migration321 topic
  15. Retirement Migration321 topic
  16. Political Economy291 topic
  17. Welfare State291 topic
  18. Ageing Population251 topic
  19. Health Care Expenditure251 topic

Where does Karsten Hank work?

Karsten Hank's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Cologne, Germany.

How many publications and citations does Karsten Hank have?

OpenAlex counts 231 works and 6,509 citations for Karsten Hank, an h-index of 40, ranking #25,749 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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