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Researcher · University of Southern California · United States

Vern L. Bengtson

Vern L. Bengtson publishes mostly in Sociology and Political Science, General Health Professions and Health, on topics such as Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving, Aging and Gerontology Research and Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology.

ORCID 0000-0002-4978-1827 OpenAlex
World rank
#18,048
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#8,580
of 358,040
Works
43
Citations
558
Citations per work
13.0

What does Vern L. Bengtson research?

Sociology and Political Science: 35.9%General Health Professions: 15.4%Health: 10.3%Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology: 10.3%other fields: 28.1%36%top field
Sociology and Political Science35.9%General Health Professions15.4%Health10.3%Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology10.3%other fields28.1%

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 Science36% of their works
  2. 2General Health Professions15% of their works
  3. 3Health10% of their works
  4. 4Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology10% of their works
  5. 5Demography8% of their works
  6. 6Emergency Medical Services3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Vern L. Bengtson's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Social Support, Aging, Quality of Life, Religion, Family Support, Intergenerational Relations, Emotion and 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 20 words, with their numbers
  1. Social Support123 topics
  2. Aging72 topics
  3. Quality of Life72 topics
  4. Religion62 topics
  5. Family Support51 topic
  6. Intergenerational Relations51 topic
  7. Emotion41 topic
  8. Health41 topic
  9. Spirituality41 topic
  10. Successful Aging41 topic
  11. Caregiving31 topic
  12. Elderly31 topic
  13. Divorce21 topic
  14. Fertility21 topic
  15. Public Sphere21 topic
  16. Secularism21 topic
  17. Social Exclusion21 topic
  18. Youth Transitions21 topic
  19. Disaster Response11 topic
  20. Public Health11 topic

Where does Vern L. Bengtson work?

Vern L. Bengtson's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Southern California, United States.

How many publications and citations does Vern L. Bengtson have?

Science Explorer counts 43 works and 558 citations for Vern L. Bengtson, ranking #18,048 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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