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Researcher · Kenyon College · United States

Linda Smolak

Linda Smolak publishes mostly in Clinical Psychology, Pharmacy and Gender Studies, on topics such as Eating Disorders and Behaviors, Obesity and Health Practices and Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet.

OpenAlex
World rank
#56,899
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#21,976
of 1,627,098
Works
171
Citations
11k
Citations per work
61.9
h-index
50
i10-index 81Top 2.6% in Clinical Psychology
Linda Smolak

What does Linda Smolak research?

Linda Smolak's work is mostly in Psychology (35%), Social Sciences (16%), Health Professions (9%).

Social Sciences: 88 works · 51.2% of their workPsychology: 60 works · 34.9% of their workClinical Psychology: 60 works · 34.9% of their workSocial Sciences: 28 works · 16.3% of their workGender Studies: 14 works · 8.0% of their workSociology and Political Science: 8 works · 4.6% of their workEducation: 6 works · 3.7% of their workEverything else: 58 works · 33.9% of their workHealth Sciences: 25 works · 14.9% of their workHealth Professions: 15 works · 9.0% of their workPharmacy: 15 works · 9.0% of their workMedicine: 10 works · 5.9% of their workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 10 works · 5.9% of their workTHEIR WORKLinda Smolak171works
Health Sciences15%Social Sciences51%

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. Psychology6034.9%
    2. Social Sciences2816.3%
  2. Everything else5833.9%
    1. Health Professions159.0%
    2. Medicine105.9%
  1. 1Clinical Psychology35% of their works
  2. 2Pharmacy9% of their works
  3. 3Gender Studies8% of their works
  4. 4Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health6% of their works
  5. 5Sociology and Political Science5% of their works
  6. 6Education4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Linda Smolak's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Prevalence, Adolescents, Obesity, Body Image, Eating Disorders, Public Health, Social Identity and Obesity Stigma.

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 21 words, with their numbers
  1. Prevalence1153 topics
  2. Adolescents1002 topics
  3. Obesity1002 topics
  4. Body Image851 topic
  5. Eating Disorders851 topic
  6. Public Health442 topics
  7. Social Identity352 topics
  8. Obesity Stigma291 topic
  9. Weight Bias291 topic
  10. Body Dysmorphic Disorder151 topic
  11. Childhood151 topic
  12. Cosmetic Surgery151 topic
  13. Overweight151 topic
  14. Gender Identity121 topic
  15. Masculinity121 topic
  16. Advertising61 topic
  17. Clothing61 topic
  18. Fashion61 topic
  19. Gender Roles61 topic
  20. School Engagement61 topic
  21. Student-Teacher Relationships61 topic

Where does Linda Smolak work?

Linda Smolak's main affiliation in the publication record is Kenyon College, United States.

How many publications and citations does Linda Smolak have?

OpenAlex counts 171 works and 10,590 citations for Linda Smolak, an h-index of 50, ranking #56,899 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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