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Researcher · Ollscoil na Gaillimhe – University of Galway · Ireland

Kevin O’Sullivan

Kevin O’Sullivan publishes mostly in Sociology and Political Science, History and Political Science and International Relations, on topics such as Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics, International Development and Aid and Religion, Society, and Development.

ORCID 0000-0001-7934-644X OpenAlex
World rank
#924,851
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Ireland
#3,122
of 21,376
Works
121
Citations
669
Citations per work
5.5
h-index
12
i10-index 16Top 17% in Sociology and Political Science
Kevin O’Sullivan

What does Kevin O’Sullivan research?

Kevin O’Sullivan's work is mostly in Social Sciences (41%), Arts and Humanities (19%), Psychology (7%).

Social Sciences: 81 works · 67.1% of their workSocial Sciences: 50 works · 41.4% of their workSociology and Political Science: 33 works · 27.3% of their workPolitical Science and International Relations: 10 works · 8.2% of their workDevelopment: 7 works · 5.9% of their workArts and Humanities: 23 works · 19.1% of their workHistory: 23 works · 19.1% of their workPsychology: 8 works · 6.6% of their workClinical Psychology: 8 works · 6.6% of their workEverything else: 35 works · 29.0% of their workHealth Sciences: 5 works · 3.9% of their workHealth Professions: 5 works · 3.9% of their workGeneral Health Professions: 5 works · 3.9% of their workTHEIR WORKKevin O’Sullivan121works
Health Sciences4%Social Sciences67%

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 Sciences5041.4%
    2. Arts and Humanities2319.1%
    3. Psychology86.6%
  2. Everything else3529.0%
    1. Health Professions53.9%
  1. 1Sociology and Political Science27% of their works
  2. 2History19% of their works
  3. 3Political Science and International Relations8% of their works
  4. 4Clinical Psychology7% of their works
  5. 5Development6% of their works
  6. 6General Health Professions4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Kevin O’Sullivan's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: NGOs, Humanitarianism, International Aid, Human Rights, Colonialism, Decolonization, Development and Social Inequality.

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 22 words, with their numbers
  1. NGOs773 topics
  2. Humanitarianism622 topics
  3. International Aid622 topics
  4. Human Rights552 topics
  5. Colonialism471 topic
  6. Decolonization471 topic
  7. Development232 topics
  8. Social Inequality192 topics
  9. Development Policies151 topic
  10. Faith-Based Organizations151 topic
  11. Foreign Aid151 topic
  12. Social Services151 topic
  13. Humanitarian Intervention121 topic
  14. Responsibility to Protect121 topic
  15. Criminal Justice111 topic
  16. Mass Incarceration111 topic
  17. Global Governance81 topic
  18. Millennium Development Goals81 topic
  19. Criminal Behavior61 topic
  20. Health61 topic
  21. Homelessness61 topic
  22. Psychopathy61 topic

Where does Kevin O’Sullivan work?

Kevin O’Sullivan's main affiliation in the publication record is Ollscoil na Gaillimhe – University of Galway, Ireland.

How many publications and citations does Kevin O’Sullivan have?

OpenAlex counts 121 works and 669 citations for Kevin O’Sullivan, an h-index of 12, ranking #924,851 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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