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Ruth Weston

Ruth Weston publishes mostly in Sociology and Political Science, Demography and Gender Studies, on topics such as Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving, Family Dynamics and Relationships and Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics.

World rank
#1,094,956
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in Australia
#27,063
of 35,497
Works
31
Citations
53
Citations per work
1.7

What does Ruth Weston research?

Sociology and Political Science: 22.9%Demography: 20.8%Gender Studies: 12.5%Education: 10.4%other fields: 33.4%23%top field
Sociology and Political Science22.9%Demography20.8%Gender Studies12.5%Education10.4%other fields33.4%

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 Science23% of their works
  2. 2Demography21% of their works
  3. 3Gender Studies12% of their works
  4. 4Education10% of their works
  5. 5Safety Research6% of their works
  6. 6Health6% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Ruth Weston's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Family Support, Gender Roles, Intergenerational Relations, Labor Force Participation, Gender Inequality, Divorce, Fertility and Income Tax.

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. Family Support71 topic
  2. Gender Roles72 topics
  3. Intergenerational Relations71 topic
  4. Labor Force Participation72 topics
  5. Gender Inequality62 topics
  6. Divorce51 topic
  7. Fertility51 topic
  8. Income Tax41 topic
  9. Welfare Reform41 topic
  10. Aging Workforce31 topic
  11. Retirement31 topic
  12. Child Welfare21 topic
  13. Foster Care21 topic
  14. School Engagement21 topic
  15. Sex Ratios21 topic
  16. Son Preference21 topic
  17. Student-Teacher Relationships21 topic
  18. Telecommuting21 topic
  19. Work-Family Conflict21 topic

Where does Ruth Weston work?

Ruth Weston's main affiliation in the publication record is Australian Institute of Family Studies, Australia.

How many publications and citations does Ruth Weston have?

Science Explorer counts 31 works and 53 citations for Ruth Weston, ranking #1,094,956 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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