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Researcher · Sam Houston State University · United States

Melinda Tasca

Melinda Tasca publishes mostly in Sociology and Political Science, Clinical Psychology and General Health Professions, on topics such as Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis, Homelessness and Social Issues and Child Abuse and Trauma.

ORCID 0009-0005-1346-7907 OpenAlex
World rank
#505,141
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#175,898
of 1,627,098
Works
34
Citations
964
Citations per work
28.4
h-index
14
i10-index 15Top 13% in Sociology and Political Science
Melinda Tasca

What does Melinda Tasca research?

Melinda Tasca's work is mostly in Social Sciences (55%), Psychology (26%), Health Professions (17%).

Social Sciences: 28 works · 81.1% of their workSocial Sciences: 19 works · 54.9% of their workSociology and Political Science: 15 works · 42.9% of their workEducation: 2 works · 4.8% of their workGender Studies: 2 works · 4.8% of their workSafety Research: 1 works · 2.4% of their workPsychology: 9 works · 26.2% of their workClinical Psychology: 9 works · 26.2% of their workHealth Sciences: 6 works · 16.7% of their workHealth Professions: 6 works · 16.7% of their workGeneral Health Professions: 6 works · 16.7% of their workEverything else: 1 works · 2.2% of their workTHEIR WORKMelinda Tasca34works
Health Sciences17%Social Sciences81%

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 Sciences1954.9%
    2. Psychology926.2%
    1. Health Professions616.7%
  3. Everything else12.2%
  1. 1Sociology and Political Science43% of their works
  2. 2Clinical Psychology26% of their works
  3. 3General Health Professions17% of their works
  4. 4Gender Studies5% of their works
  5. 5Education5% of their works
  6. 6Safety Research2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Melinda Tasca's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Racial Disparities, Criminal Justice, Mass Incarceration, Criminal Behavior, Health, Homelessness, Mental Health and Adverse Experiences.

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 19 words, with their numbers
  1. Racial Disparities322 topics
  2. Criminal Justice281 topic
  3. Mass Incarceration281 topic
  4. Criminal Behavior142 topics
  5. Health131 topic
  6. Homelessness131 topic
  7. Mental Health132 topics
  8. Adverse Experiences121 topic
  9. Childhood Trauma121 topic
  10. Psychopathy81 topic
  11. Risk Assessment81 topic
  12. Crime61 topic
  13. Social Structure61 topic
  14. Disproportionality41 topic
  15. School Discipline41 topic
  16. Bystander Education31 topic
  17. Sexual Violence Prevention31 topic
  18. Precarious Employment11 topic
  19. Unemployment11 topic

Where does Melinda Tasca work?

Melinda Tasca's main affiliation in the publication record is Sam Houston State University, United States.

How many publications and citations does Melinda Tasca have?

OpenAlex counts 34 works and 964 citations for Melinda Tasca, an h-index of 14, ranking #505,141 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality 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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