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Researcher · University of the Witwatersrand · South Africa

René Ferguson

René Ferguson publishes mostly in Education, Sociology and Political Science and Ophthalmology, on topics such as Religious Education and Schools, Education and Critical Thinking Development and Environmental Education and Sustainability.

OpenAlex
World rank
#3,635,777
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in South Africa
#15,848
of 29,826
Works
15
Citations
82
Citations per work
5.5
h-index
6
i10-index 4Top 43% in Education
René Ferguson

What does René Ferguson research?

René Ferguson's work is mostly in Social Sciences (60%), Medicine (11%), Environmental Science (6%).

Social Sciences: 9 works · 60.0% of their workSocial Sciences: 9 works · 60.0% of their workEducation: 7 works · 45.7% of their workSociology and Political Science: 1 works · 8.6% of their workGender Studies: 1 works · 5.7% of their workEverything else: 3 works · 22.9% of their workHealth Sciences: 2 works · 11.4% of their workMedicine: 2 works · 11.4% of their workOphthalmology: 1 works · 5.7% of their workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 works · 5.7% of their workPhysical Sciences: 1 works · 5.7% of their workEnvironmental Science: 1 works · 5.7% of their workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 works · 5.7% of their workTHEIR WORKRené Ferguson15works
Physical Sciences6%Health Sciences11%Social Sciences60%

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 Sciences960.0%
  2. Everything else322.9%
    1. Medicine211.4%
    1. Environmental Science15.7%
  1. 1Education46% of their works
  2. 2Sociology and Political Science9% of their works
  3. 3Ophthalmology6% of their works
  4. 4Gender Studies6% of their works
  5. 5Pathology and Forensic Medicine6% of their works
  6. 6Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law6% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe René Ferguson's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Identity, Diversity, Religious Education, Critical Thinking Skills, Instructional Interventions, Adult Education, Environmental Attitudes and Faith-Based Organizations.

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 17 words, with their numbers
  1. Identity82 topics
  2. Diversity61 topic
  3. Religious Education61 topic
  4. Critical Thinking Skills31 topic
  5. Instructional Interventions31 topic
  6. Adult Education21 topic
  7. Environmental Attitudes21 topic
  8. Faith-Based Organizations21 topic
  9. Graves' Ophthalmopathy21 topic
  10. Homeschooling21 topic
  11. Parental Involvement21 topic
  12. Pro-environmental Behavior21 topic
  13. Social Services21 topic
  14. Thyroid-Associated Ophthalmopathy21 topic
  15. Transformative Learning21 topic
  16. COVID-1911 topic
  17. Modeling11 topic

Where does René Ferguson work?

René Ferguson's main affiliation in the publication record is University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa.

How many publications and citations does René Ferguson have?

OpenAlex counts 15 works and 82 citations for René Ferguson, an h-index of 6, ranking #3,635,777 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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