Gowri Vijayakumar

450 total citations
22 papers, 267 citations indexed

About

Gowri Vijayakumar is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, General Health Professions and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Gowri Vijayakumar has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 267 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 6 papers in General Health Professions and 4 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Gowri Vijayakumar's work include Sex work and related issues (11 papers), Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (5 papers) and African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues (4 papers). Gowri Vijayakumar is often cited by papers focused on Sex work and related issues (11 papers), Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (5 papers) and African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues (4 papers). Gowri Vijayakumar collaborates with scholars based in United States, South Africa and India. Gowri Vijayakumar's co-authors include Mags Beksinska, Jenni Smit, Zonke Mabude, Mark N. Lurie, Carol Joanis, Subadra Panchanadeswaran, Sam Friedman, Jonathan D. Shaffer, Susan E. Bell and Joseph Harris and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews and World Development.

In The Last Decade

Gowri Vijayakumar

18 papers receiving 251 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Gowri Vijayakumar United States 8 155 130 101 39 38 22 267
Iwu Dwisetyani Utomo Australia 13 229 1.5× 209 1.6× 69 0.7× 42 1.1× 27 0.7× 33 447
Cathy Chabot Canada 9 170 1.1× 85 0.7× 59 0.6× 75 1.9× 61 1.6× 24 338
Constancia Mavodza Zimbabwe 9 136 0.9× 57 0.4× 81 0.8× 71 1.8× 37 1.0× 33 303
Anna Newton-Levinson United States 7 219 1.4× 76 0.6× 104 1.0× 80 2.1× 29 0.8× 19 356
JM Stephenson United Kingdom 7 250 1.6× 58 0.4× 104 1.0× 40 1.0× 55 1.4× 10 329
Maria de Bruyn United States 10 236 1.5× 104 0.8× 196 1.9× 105 2.7× 67 1.8× 16 362
Tammy Shefer South Africa 5 148 1.0× 80 0.6× 74 0.7× 36 0.9× 37 1.0× 9 271
Marvellous Mhloyi Zimbabwe 8 166 1.1× 104 0.8× 73 0.7× 30 0.8× 38 1.0× 17 328
Marion W. Carter United States 12 232 1.5× 64 0.5× 98 1.0× 114 2.9× 59 1.6× 25 395
Ivan Juzang United States 7 232 1.5× 79 0.6× 145 1.4× 22 0.6× 57 1.5× 8 314

Countries citing papers authored by Gowri Vijayakumar

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Fields of papers citing papers by Gowri Vijayakumar

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Gowri Vijayakumar

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Gowri Vijayakumar. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Gowri Vijayakumar based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Gowri Vijayakumar. Gowri Vijayakumar is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Harris, Joseph, et al.. (2025). Reimagine Aid, Don’t Destroy It. Studies in Comparative International Development. 60(3). 465–477.
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Panchanadeswaran, Subadra, et al.. (2024). “A little love is enough for me to live my life…”: Precarity and resilience among older sex workers in India. Journal of Women & Aging. 36(5). 410–426.
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Vijayakumar, Gowri, et al.. (2023). Toward Transnational Feminist Methodologies in Global Health: Critical Ethnographies of HIV and Abortion. Studies in Comparative International Development. 58(3). 321–346. 1 indexed citations
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Vijayakumar, Gowri, et al.. (2022). Between pandemics: sex worker, sexual minority, and transgender activism from HIV to COVID-19. Global Public Health. 17(12). 3596–3610. 2 indexed citations
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Vijayakumar, Gowri. (2022). India and Africa in the pandemic imagination. Contemporary South Asia. 32(2). 209–222. 1 indexed citations
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Vijayakumar, Gowri. (2022). Labors of Love: Sex, Work, and Good Mothering in the Globalizing City. Signs. 47(3). 665–688. 6 indexed citations
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Vijayakumar, Gowri. (2021). At Risk. Stanford University Press eBooks. 20 indexed citations
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Vijayakumar, Gowri. (2021). Risk and Respectability: Reinventing Sexuality in State-NGO HIV Prevention Programs. Qualitative Sociology. 44(3). 437–454. 1 indexed citations
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Vijayakumar, Gowri, et al.. (2020). Winning Employees for Work Motivation through Effective Reward Management. 40(18). 60–71. 1 indexed citations
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Vijayakumar, Gowri. (2018). Is Sex Work Sex or Work? Forming Collective Identity in Bangalore. Qualitative Sociology. 41(3). 337–360. 8 indexed citations
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Vijayakumar, Gowri. (2017). Collective demands and secret codes: The multiple uses of “community” in “community mobilization”. World Development. 104. 173–182. 13 indexed citations
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Vijayakumar, Gowri. (2016). Servants of Globalization: Migration and Domestic Work (2nd ed.), by Parreñas, R. S.. Work and Occupations. 43(3). 361–363. 1 indexed citations
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Vijayakumar, Gowri, et al.. (2015). 'As Human Beings and As Workers': Sex Worker Unionization in Karnataka, India. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 6(1). 5 indexed citations
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Vijayakumar, Gowri, et al.. (2015). Sex Workers Join the Indian Labor Movement. New Labor Forum. 24(2). 90–96. 1 indexed citations
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Vijayakumar, Gowri. (2013). “I’ll Be Like Water”. Gender & Society. 27(6). 777–798. 32 indexed citations
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Beksinska, Mags, et al.. (2008). Male partner involvement and assistance in female condom use. The European Journal of Contraception & Reproductive Health Care. 13(4). 400–403. 14 indexed citations
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Smit, Jenni, Mags Beksinska, Gowri Vijayakumar, & Zonke Mabude. (2006). Short-term acceptability of the Reality® polyurethane female condom and a synthetic latex prototype: a randomized crossover trial among South African women. Contraception. 73(4). 394–398. 26 indexed citations
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Vijayakumar, Gowri, Zonke Mabude, Jenni Smit, Mags Beksinska, & Mark N. Lurie. (2006). A review of female-condom effectiveness: patterns of use and impact on protected sex acts and STI incidence. International Journal of STD & AIDS. 17(10). 652–659. 89 indexed citations
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Beksinska, Mags, Jenni Smit, Zonke Mabude, Gowri Vijayakumar, & Carol Joanis. (2005). Performance of the Reality® polyurethane female condom and a synthetic latex prototype: a randomized crossover trial among South African women. Contraception. 73(4). 386–393. 40 indexed citations

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