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Researcher · Hochschule Bielefeld · Germany

Kerstin Discher

Kerstin Discher publishes mostly in Sociology and Political Science, General Health Professions and Political Science and International Relations, on topics such as Sociology and Education Studies, Social and Demographic Issues in Germany and Social Policy and Reform Studies.

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World rank
#4,024,189
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Germany
#202,565
of 364,343
Works
17
Citations
7
Citations per work
0.4
h-index
1
i10-index 0Top 95% in Sociology and Political Science
Kerstin Discher

What does Kerstin Discher research?

Kerstin Discher's work is mostly in Social Sciences (66%), Health Professions (16%), Arts and Humanities (9%).

Social Sciences: 13 works · 74.9% of their workSocial Sciences: 11 works · 65.9% of their workSociology and Political Science: 8 works · 50.0% of their workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 works · 9.1% of their workCultural Studies: 1 works · 6.8% of their workArts and Humanities: 2 works · 9.0% of their workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 works · 4.5% of their workPhilosophy: 1 works · 4.5% of their workHealth Sciences: 3 works · 15.9% of their workHealth Professions: 3 works · 15.9% of their workGeneral Health Professions: 3 works · 15.9% of their workEverything else: 2 works · 9.2% of their workTHEIR WORKKerstin Discher17works
Health Sciences16%Social Sciences75%

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 Sciences1165.9%
    2. Arts and Humanities29.0%
    1. Health Professions315.9%
  3. Everything else29.2%
  1. 1Sociology and Political Science50% of their works
  2. 2General Health Professions16% of their works
  3. 3Political Science and International Relations9% of their works
  4. 4Cultural Studies7% of their works
  5. 5Philosophy4% of their works
  6. 6Language and Linguistics4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Kerstin Discher's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Bildungsungleichheit, Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse, Social Policy, Elderly Care, Demographic Transition, Migrant Health, Political Economy and Social Exclusion.

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 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Bildungsungleichheit131 topic
  2. Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse131 topic
  3. Social Policy92 topics
  4. Elderly Care72 topics
  5. Demographic Transition61 topic
  6. Migrant Health61 topic
  7. Political Economy31 topic
  8. Social Exclusion31 topic
  9. Welfare State31 topic
  10. Youth Transitions31 topic
  11. Global Capitalism21 topic
  12. Imperialism21 topic
  13. Psychoanalysis21 topic
  14. Social Theory21 topic
  15. Biosphere Reserves11 topic
  16. Digital Technologies in Nursing Care11 topic
  17. Health-related Quality of Life11 topic
  18. Landscape Management11 topic

Where does Kerstin Discher work?

Kerstin Discher's main affiliation in the publication record is Hochschule Bielefeld, Germany.

How many publications and citations does Kerstin Discher have?

OpenAlex counts 17 works and 7 citations for Kerstin Discher, an h-index of 1, ranking #4,024,189 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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