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Researcher · University of the Pacific · United States

Ken Albala

Ken Albala publishes mostly in Food Science, Sociology and Political Science and Plant Science, on topics such as Culinary Culture and Tourism, Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development and Organic Food and Agriculture.

OpenAlex
World rank
#1,322,557
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#314,220
of 358,040
Works
98
Citations
5
Citations per work
0.1

What does Ken Albala research?

Food Science: 23.5%Sociology and Political Science: 8.2%Plant Science: 7.1%General Health Professions: 5.9%other fields: 55.3%24%top field
Food Science23.5%Sociology and Political Science8.2%Plant Science7.1%General Health Professions5.9%other fields55.3%

Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.

  1. 1Food Science24% of their works
  2. 2Sociology and Political Science8% of their works
  3. 3Plant Science7% of their works
  4. 4General Health Professions6% of their works
  5. 5History5% of their works
  6. 6Archeology4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Ken Albala's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Food Tourism, Gastronomy, Agroecology, Dietetics, Ethics, Food Quality, Food Sovereignty and History.

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 16 words, with their numbers
  1. Food Tourism181 topic
  2. Gastronomy181 topic
  3. Agroecology21 topic
  4. Dietetics21 topic
  5. Ethics21 topic
  6. Food Quality21 topic
  7. Food Sovereignty21 topic
  8. History21 topic
  9. Hypersonic Effect21 topic
  10. Nutrition Care Process21 topic
  11. Organic Agriculture21 topic
  12. Patient Engagement21 topic
  13. Public Involvement21 topic
  14. Reflexivity21 topic
  15. Science21 topic
  16. Ultrasonic Perception21 topic

Where does Ken Albala work?

Ken Albala's main affiliation in the publication record is University of the Pacific, United States.

How many publications and citations does Ken Albala have?

Science Explorer counts 98 works and 5 citations for Ken Albala, ranking #1,322,557 of 1,633,909 researchers worldwide on the composite 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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