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Researcher · Auckland University of Technology · New Zealand

Lesley Ferkins

Lesley Ferkins publishes mostly in Sociology and Political Science, Gender Studies and Education, on topics such as Sport and Mega-Event Impacts, Sports, Gender, and Society and Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering.

ORCID 0000-0001-7890-3152 OpenAlex
World rank
#386,606
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in New Zealand
#1,448
of 21,128
Works
146
Citations
2.3k
Citations per work
16.1
h-index
25
i10-index 39Top 3.7% in Sociology and Political Science
Lesley Ferkins

What does Lesley Ferkins research?

Lesley Ferkins's work is mostly in Social Sciences (52%), Business, Management and Accounting (6%), Decision Sciences (5%).

Social Sciences: 92 works · 62.9% of their workSocial Sciences: 77 works · 52.4% of their workSociology and Political Science: 47 works · 32.5% of their workGender Studies: 19 works · 12.7% of their workEducation: 11 works · 7.2% of their workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 8 works · 5.7% of their workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 8 works · 5.7% of their workDecision Sciences: 7 works · 4.8% of their workManagement Science and Operations Research: 7 works · 4.8% of their workEverything else: 48 works · 32.9% of their workHealth Sciences: 6 works · 4.2% of their workHealth Professions: 6 works · 4.2% of their workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 6 works · 4.2% of their workTHEIR WORKLesley Ferkins146works
Health Sciences4%Social Sciences63%

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 Sciences7752.4%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting85.7%
    3. Decision Sciences74.8%
  2. Everything else4832.9%
    1. Health Professions64.2%
  1. 1Sociology and Political Science32% of their works
  2. 2Gender Studies13% of their works
  3. 3Education7% of their works
  4. 4Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management6% of their works
  5. 5Management Science and Operations Research5% of their works
  6. 6Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Lesley Ferkins's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Mega Events, Sport Tourism, Gender, Sport, Prosocial Behavior, Volunteering, Health Promotion and Physical Education.

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. Mega Events741 topic
  2. Sport Tourism741 topic
  3. Gender381 topic
  4. Sport381 topic
  5. Prosocial Behavior251 topic
  6. Volunteering251 topic
  7. Health Promotion182 topics
  8. Physical Education121 topic
  9. Sport Education121 topic
  10. Concept Mapping101 topic
  11. Theory-Based Evaluation101 topic
  12. Competitive Balance91 topic
  13. Employability91 topic
  14. Graduate Attributes91 topic
  15. Prediction Markets91 topic
  16. Collaborative Partnerships61 topic
  17. Community Empowerment61 topic

Where does Lesley Ferkins work?

Lesley Ferkins's main affiliation in the publication record is Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand.

How many publications and citations does Lesley Ferkins have?

OpenAlex counts 146 works and 2,348 citations for Lesley Ferkins, an h-index of 25, ranking #386,606 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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