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Michael Woolcock

Michael Woolcock publishes mostly in Sociology and Political Science, Development and Political Science and International Relations, on topics such as International Development and Aid, Social Capital and Networks and Tourism, Volunteerism, and Development.

World rank
#30,032
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#14,005
of 358,040
Works
38
Citations
393
Citations per work
10.3

What does Michael Woolcock research?

Sociology and Political Science: 34.3%Development: 11.4%Political Science and International Relations: 8.6%Demography: 5.7%other fields: 40.0%34%top field
Sociology and Political Science34.3%Development11.4%Political Science and International Relations8.6%Demography5.7%other fields40.0%

Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.

  1. 1Sociology and Political Science34% of their works
  2. 2Development11% of their works
  3. 3Political Science and International Relations9% of their works
  4. 4Demography6% of their works
  5. 5Economics and Econometrics6% of their works
  6. 6Finance6% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Michael Woolcock's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Governance, Development Policies, Foreign Aid, Inequality, Social Capital, Trust, Development and Volunteer Tourism.

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 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Governance52 topics
  2. Development Policies41 topic
  3. Foreign Aid41 topic
  4. Inequality42 topics
  5. Social Capital31 topic
  6. Trust31 topic
  7. Development21 topic
  8. Volunteer Tourism21 topic
  9. Child Mortality11 topic
  10. Corporate Governance11 topic
  11. Health11 topic
  12. Homelessness11 topic
  13. ICT11 topic
  14. Investor Protection11 topic
  15. Land Tenure11 topic
  16. Maternal Mortality11 topic
  17. Property Rights11 topic
  18. financial access11 topic

Where does Michael Woolcock work?

Michael Woolcock's main affiliation in the publication record is World Bank Group, United States.

How many publications and citations does Michael Woolcock have?

Science Explorer counts 38 works and 393 citations for Michael Woolcock, ranking #30,032 of 1,633,909 researchers worldwide on the composite 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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