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Researcher · University of Limerick · Ireland

Peter Childs

Peter Childs publishes mostly in Literature and Literary Theory, Education and Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, on topics such as Contemporary Literature and Criticism, Themes in Literature Analysis and Shakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary Criticism.

ORCID 0000-0002-8593-208X OpenAlex
World rank
#553,937
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in Ireland
#1,694
of 4,477
Works
51
Citations
50
Citations per work
1.0

What does Peter Childs research?

Literature and Literary Theory: 33.8%Education: 11.3%Physical and Theoretical Chemistry: 5.6%Developmental and Educational Psychology: 4.2%other fields: 45.1%34%top field
Literature and Literary Theory33.8%Education11.3%Physical and Theoretical Chemistry5.6%Developmental and Educational Psychology4.2%other fields45.1%

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

  1. 1Literature and Literary Theory34% of their works
  2. 2Education11% of their works
  3. 3Physical and Theoretical Chemistry6% of their works
  4. 4Developmental and Educational Psychology4% of their works
  5. 5Cultural Studies4% of their works
  6. 6Philosophy3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Peter Childs's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Narrative, Contemporary Fiction, Gender, Literature, Postmodernism, STEM Education, Children's Literature and Young Adult.

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 20 words, with their numbers
  1. Narrative92 topics
  2. Contemporary Fiction61 topic
  3. Gender62 topics
  4. Literature62 topics
  5. Postmodernism61 topic
  6. STEM Education52 topics
  7. Children's Literature41 topic
  8. Young Adult41 topic
  9. Adaptation31 topic
  10. Film31 topic
  11. Horror31 topic
  12. Inquiry-Based Teaching31 topic
  13. Scientific Literacy31 topic
  14. Zombies31 topic
  15. Chemistry Education21 topic
  16. Engineering Students21 topic
  17. Laboratory Techniques21 topic
  18. Mathematics Support21 topic
  19. Partially Ordered Sets21 topic
  20. Periodic Table21 topic

Where does Peter Childs work?

Peter Childs's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Limerick, Ireland.

How many publications and citations does Peter Childs have?

Science Explorer counts 51 works and 50 citations for Peter Childs, ranking #553,937 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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