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Researcher · Marie Cederschiöld University · Sweden

Victor A. Pestoff

Victor A. Pestoff publishes mostly in Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations and Education, on topics such as Social Policy and Reform Studies, Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering and Community Development and Social Impact.

ORCID 0000-0001-8877-2731 OpenAlex
World rank
#639,475
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Sweden
#7,940
of 71,437
Works
125
Citations
4.1k
Citations per work
32.7
h-index
25
i10-index 34Top 3.7% in Sociology and Political Science
Victor A. Pestoff

What does Victor A. Pestoff research?

Victor A. Pestoff's work is mostly in Social Sciences (56%), Health Professions (9%), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (9%).

Social Sciences: 82 works · 65.3% of their workSocial Sciences: 70 works · 55.9% of their workSociology and Political Science: 18 works · 14.8% of their workPolitical Science and International Relations: 18 works · 14.1% of their workEducation: 17 works · 13.7% of their workPublic Administration: 17 works · 13.3% of their workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 12 works · 9.4% of their workFinance: 12 works · 9.4% of their workEverything else: 32 works · 25.3% of their workHealth Sciences: 12 works · 9.4% of their workHealth Professions: 12 works · 9.4% of their workGeneral Health Professions: 12 works · 9.4% of their workTHEIR WORKVictor A. Pestoff125works
Health Sciences9%Social Sciences65%

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 Sciences7055.9%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance129.4%
  2. Everything else3225.3%
    1. Health Professions129.4%
  1. 1Sociology and Political Science15% of their works
  2. 2Political Science and International Relations14% of their works
  3. 3Education14% of their works
  4. 4Public Administration13% of their works
  5. 5General Health Professions9% of their works
  6. 6Finance9% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Victor A. Pestoff's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Philanthropy, Healthcare, Political Economy, Welfare State, Prosocial Behavior, Volunteering, Cooperatives and Collaborative Governance.

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. Philanthropy472 topics
  2. Healthcare292 topics
  3. Political Economy291 topic
  4. Welfare State291 topic
  5. Prosocial Behavior281 topic
  6. Volunteering281 topic
  7. Cooperatives232 topics
  8. Collaborative Governance191 topic
  9. Direct Payments191 topic
  10. Impact Investing191 topic
  11. Personalisation191 topic
  12. Public Management Reform191 topic
  13. Social Impact Bonds191 topic
  14. Economic Development121 topic
  15. Social Innovation121 topic
  16. Governance111 topic
  17. Ownership111 topic
  18. Qualitative Research101 topic
  19. Social Sciences101 topic

Where does Victor A. Pestoff work?

Victor A. Pestoff's main affiliation in the publication record is Marie Cederschiöld University, Sweden.

How many publications and citations does Victor A. Pestoff have?

OpenAlex counts 125 works and 4,087 citations for Victor A. Pestoff, an h-index of 25, ranking #639,475 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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