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Researcher · University for the Creative Arts · United Kingdom

Simon Watney

Simon Watney publishes mostly in Sociology and Political Science, Economics and Econometrics and History, on topics such as African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues, Cinema and Media Studies and Photography and Visual Culture.

OpenAlex
World rank
#415,350
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United Kingdom
#36,602
of 367,258
Works
79
Citations
3.5k
Citations per work
43.9
h-index
18
i10-index 22Top 8% in Sociology and Political Science
Simon Watney

What does Simon Watney research?

Simon Watney's work is mostly in Social Sciences (33%), Arts and Humanities (13%), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (9%).

Social Sciences: 44 works · 55.1% of their workSocial Sciences: 26 works · 33.1% of their workSociology and Political Science: 21 works · 27.2% of their workGender Studies: 5 works · 5.9% of their workArts and Humanities: 10 works · 13.2% of their workHistory: 6 works · 8.1% of their workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 4 works · 5.1% of their workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 7 works · 8.8% of their workEconomics and Econometrics: 7 works · 8.8% of their workEverything else: 31 works · 39.8% of their workHealth Sciences: 4 works · 5.1% of their workHealth Professions: 4 works · 5.1% of their workGeneral Health Professions: 4 works · 5.1% of their workTHEIR WORKSimon Watney79works
Health Sciences5%Social Sciences55%

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 Sciences2633.1%
    2. Arts and Humanities1013.2%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance78.8%
  2. Everything else3139.8%
    1. Health Professions45.1%
  1. 1Sociology and Political Science27% of their works
  2. 2Economics and Econometrics9% of their works
  3. 3History8% of their works
  4. 4Gender Studies6% of their works
  5. 5General Health Professions5% of their works
  6. 6Visual Arts and Performing Arts5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Simon Watney's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Human Rights, Africa, Sexuality, Box Office, Film Industry, Digital Images, Photography and Adolescent Health.

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. Human Rights132 topics
  2. Africa91 topic
  3. Sexuality91 topic
  4. Box Office81 topic
  5. Film Industry81 topic
  6. Digital Images51 topic
  7. Photography51 topic
  8. Adolescent Health41 topic
  9. Agenda Setting41 topic
  10. Artistic Exchange41 topic
  11. Cultural Transfer41 topic
  12. Media Framing41 topic
  13. Sex Work41 topic
  14. Sexual Behavior41 topic
  15. Trafficking41 topic
  16. Informal Education31 topic
  17. Museum Learning31 topic

Where does Simon Watney work?

Simon Watney's main affiliation in the publication record is University for the Creative Arts, United Kingdom.

How many publications and citations does Simon Watney have?

OpenAlex counts 79 works and 3,465 citations for Simon Watney, an h-index of 18, ranking #415,350 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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