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Researcher · Human Sciences Research Council · South Africa

Olive Shisana

Olive Shisana publishes mostly in General Health Professions, Economics and Econometrics and Infectious Diseases, on topics such as HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses, Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health and HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions.

ORCID 0000-0001-7566-9145 OpenAlex
World rank
#227,517
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in South Africa
#781
of 29,826
Works
143
Citations
6.4k
Citations per work
44.5
h-index
35
i10-index 59Top 3.7% in General Health Professions
Olive Shisana

What does Olive Shisana research?

Olive Shisana's work is mostly in Health Professions (24%), Medicine (24%), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (17%).

Health Sciences: 69 works · 48.1% of their workHealth Professions: 35 works · 24.5% of their workGeneral Health Professions: 35 works · 24.5% of their workMedicine: 34 works · 23.6% of their workInfectious Diseases: 21 works · 14.9% of their workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 7 works · 5.0% of their workEpidemiology: 5 works · 3.7% of their workEverything else: 42 works · 29.2% of their workSocial Sciences: 32 works · 22.7% of their workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 25 works · 17.4% of their workEconomics and Econometrics: 25 works · 17.4% of their workSocial Sciences: 8 works · 5.3% of their workSafety Research: 8 works · 5.3% of their workTHEIR WORKOlive Shisana143works
Health Sciences48%Social Sciences23%

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. Health Professions3524.5%
    2. Medicine3423.6%
  2. Everything else4229.2%
    1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2517.4%
    2. Social Sciences85.3%
  1. 1General Health Professions24% of their works
  2. 2Economics and Econometrics17% of their works
  3. 3Infectious Diseases15% of their works
  4. 4Safety Research5% of their works
  5. 5Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health5% of their works
  6. 6Epidemiology4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Olive Shisana's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Economic Growth, HIV/AIDS, Adolescent Health, Sexual Behavior, Antiretroviral Therapy, HIV Transmission, Conditional Cash Transfers and School Subsidies.

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 16 words, with their numbers
  1. Economic Growth511 topic
  2. HIV/AIDS511 topic
  3. Adolescent Health481 topic
  4. Sexual Behavior481 topic
  5. Antiretroviral Therapy441 topic
  6. HIV Transmission441 topic
  7. Conditional Cash Transfers171 topic
  8. School Subsidies171 topic
  9. Child Mortality131 topic
  10. Maternal Mortality131 topic
  11. HIV111 topic
  12. drug use111 topic
  13. Corporate Political Activity81 topic
  14. Non-Communicable Diseases81 topic
  15. Health Financing71 topic
  16. Universal Coverage71 topic

Where does Olive Shisana work?

Olive Shisana's main affiliation in the publication record is Human Sciences Research Council, South Africa.

How many publications and citations does Olive Shisana have?

OpenAlex counts 143 works and 6,365 citations for Olive Shisana, an h-index of 35, ranking #227,517 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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