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Researcher · Makerere University · Uganda

Sylvia Tamale

Sylvia Tamale publishes mostly in Sociology and Political Science, Gender Studies and Political Science and International Relations, on topics such as African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues, Gender Politics and Representation and Human Rights and Development.

OpenAlex
World rank
#164,459
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Uganda
#44
of 3,724
Works
54
Citations
1.6k
Citations per work
29.9
h-index
19
i10-index 29Top 7.2% in Sociology and Political Science
Sylvia Tamale

What does Sylvia Tamale research?

Sylvia Tamale's work is mostly in Social Sciences (83%), Arts and Humanities (7%).

Social Sciences: 49 works · 90.4% of their workSocial Sciences: 45 works · 83.4% of their workSociology and Political Science: 21 works · 39.5% of their workGender Studies: 11 works · 21.1% of their workPolitical Science and International Relations: 6 works · 11.4% of their workAnthropology: 3 works · 6.1% of their workLaw: 3 works · 5.3% of their workArts and Humanities: 4 works · 7.0% of their workHistory: 4 works · 7.0% of their workEverything else: 5 works · 9.6% of their workTHEIR WORKSylvia Tamale54works
Social Sciences90%

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 Sciences4583.4%
    2. Arts and Humanities47.0%
  2. Everything else59.6%
  1. 1Sociology and Political Science40% of their works
  2. 2Gender Studies21% of their works
  3. 3Political Science and International Relations11% of their works
  4. 4History7% of their works
  5. 5Anthropology6% of their works
  6. 6Law5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Sylvia Tamale's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Human Rights, Colonialism, Global Governance, Africa, Sexuality, Development, Millennium Development Goals and Policy Makers.

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 19 words, with their numbers
  1. Human Rights434 topics
  2. Colonialism313 topics
  3. Global Governance262 topics
  4. Africa171 topic
  5. Sexuality171 topic
  6. Development131 topic
  7. Millennium Development Goals131 topic
  8. Policy Makers131 topic
  9. Women131 topic
  10. Humanitarianism81 topic
  11. International Aid81 topic
  12. African History61 topic
  13. Post-Colonial Africa61 topic
  14. Constitutionalism51 topic
  15. Developmental Local Government51 topic
  16. Gender Diversity41 topic
  17. Leadership41 topic
  18. Gender Inequality31 topic
  19. Sexual Violence31 topic

Where does Sylvia Tamale work?

Sylvia Tamale's main affiliation in the publication record is Makerere University, Uganda.

How many publications and citations does Sylvia Tamale have?

OpenAlex counts 54 works and 1,616 citations for Sylvia Tamale, an h-index of 19, ranking #164,459 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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