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Researcher · Human Sciences Research Council · South Africa

Udesh Pillay

Udesh Pillay publishes mostly in Political Science and International Relations, Sociology and Political Science and Urban Studies, on topics such as Sport and Mega-Event Impacts, Legal Issues in South Africa and Urban and Rural Development Challenges.

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World rank
#369,870
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in South Africa
#1,404
of 29,826
Works
42
Citations
1.3k
Citations per work
30.1
h-index
14
i10-index 19Top 9.8% in Political Science and International Relations
Udesh Pillay

What does Udesh Pillay research?

Udesh Pillay's work is mostly in Social Sciences (72%), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (9%).

Social Sciences: 34 works · 80.8% of their workSocial Sciences: 30 works · 71.8% of their workPolitical Science and International Relations: 10 works · 23.1% of their workSociology and Political Science: 9 works · 21.8% of their workUrban Studies: 5 works · 11.5% of their workLaw: 4 works · 10.3% of their workGender Studies: 2 works · 5.1% of their workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4 works · 9.0% of their workEconomics and Econometrics: 4 works · 9.0% of their workEverything else: 8 works · 19.2% of their workTHEIR WORKUdesh Pillay42works
Social Sciences81%

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 Sciences3071.8%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance49.0%
  2. Everything else819.2%
  1. 1Political Science and International Relations23% of their works
  2. 2Sociology and Political Science22% of their works
  3. 3Urban Studies12% of their works
  4. 4Law10% of their works
  5. 5Economics and Econometrics9% of their works
  6. 6Gender Studies5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Udesh Pillay's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Sustainable Development, Mega Events, Sport Tourism, South Africa, Constitutionalism, Developmental Local Government, Slum Upgrading and Urban Poverty.

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 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Sustainable Development273 topics
  2. Mega Events121 topic
  3. Sport Tourism121 topic
  4. South Africa102 topics
  5. Constitutionalism81 topic
  6. Developmental Local Government81 topic
  7. Slum Upgrading81 topic
  8. Urban Poverty81 topic
  9. Policy71 topic
  10. local economic development71 topic
  11. Economic Growth31 topic
  12. Gender31 topic
  13. HIV/AIDS31 topic
  14. Sport31 topic
  15. Competitive Balance21 topic
  16. European Union Cohesion Policy21 topic
  17. Prediction Markets21 topic
  18. Smart Specialization21 topic

Where does Udesh Pillay work?

Udesh Pillay's main affiliation in the publication record is Human Sciences Research Council, South Africa.

How many publications and citations does Udesh Pillay have?

OpenAlex counts 42 works and 1,263 citations for Udesh Pillay, an h-index of 14, ranking #369,870 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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