Ian Orton

746 total citations · 1 hit paper
21 papers, 416 citations indexed

About

Ian Orton is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Political Science and International Relations and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Ian Orton has authored 21 papers receiving a total of 416 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in General Health Professions, 9 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 4 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Ian Orton's work include Employment and Welfare Studies (9 papers), Social Policy and Reform Studies (7 papers) and Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism (3 papers). Ian Orton is often cited by papers focused on Employment and Welfare Studies (9 papers), Social Policy and Reform Studies (7 papers) and Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism (3 papers). Ian Orton collaborates with scholars based in Israel, Switzerland and United Kingdom. Ian Orton's co-authors include Mohamed Almenfi, Pamela Dale, Ugo Gentilini, Christina Behrendt, Shahra Razavi, Douglas Hamilton, Elizabeth Tait, David Reid, James W. McGilvray and Neil Fraser and has published in prestigious journals such as International Social Security Review, Global Social Policy and Library History.

In The Last Decade

Ian Orton

19 papers receiving 354 citations

Hit Papers

Social Protection and Jobs Responses to COVID-19: A Real-... 2020 2026 2022 2024 2020 100 200 300
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Social Protection and Jobs Responses to COVID-19: A Real-Time Review of Country Measures
    2020 327 citations Mohamed Almenfi, Ugo Gentilini et al. World Bank, Washington, DC eBooks profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ian Orton Israel 5 182 131 100 69 52 21 416
Pamela Dale United Kingdom 6 172 0.9× 118 0.9× 116 1.2× 59 0.9× 48 0.9× 35 438
Mohamed Almenfi 5 166 0.9× 106 0.8× 82 0.8× 66 1.0× 49 0.9× 6 356
Daniel Gerszon Mahler United States 13 223 1.2× 113 0.9× 356 3.6× 80 1.2× 61 1.2× 38 690
Simone Schotte Finland 11 140 0.8× 78 0.6× 138 1.4× 48 0.7× 19 0.4× 31 323
Gabriel Demombynes United States 14 131 0.7× 69 0.5× 176 1.8× 95 1.4× 55 1.1× 40 470
Rahul Lahoti India 13 215 1.2× 53 0.4× 235 2.4× 79 1.1× 29 0.6× 30 498
Olivier Sterck United Kingdom 15 159 0.9× 101 0.8× 355 3.5× 128 1.9× 35 0.7× 62 669
Simone Schaner United States 10 272 1.5× 58 0.4× 140 1.4× 157 2.3× 32 0.6× 21 640
Kate Orkin United Kingdom 10 157 0.9× 87 0.7× 146 1.5× 136 2.0× 35 0.7× 29 435
Vimal Ranchhod South Africa 11 197 1.1× 183 1.4× 132 1.3× 144 2.1× 26 0.5× 28 516

Countries citing papers authored by Ian Orton

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ian Orton

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ian Orton

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ian Orton. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ian Orton 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 Ian Orton. Ian Orton 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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Orton, Ian, et al.. (2024). What role for emergency basic income in building and strengthening rights‐based universal social protection systems?. International Social Security Review. 77(1-2). 17–34. 1 indexed citations
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Razavi, Shahra, et al.. (2024). Making social protection work for gender equality. Econstor (Econstor). 1 indexed citations
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Razavi, Shahra, et al.. (2022). Building universal social protection systems for all: What role for targeting?. Global Social Policy. 22(3). 449–463. 4 indexed citations
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Orton, Ian, et al.. (2021). Towards solid social protection floors? The role of non-contributory provision during the COVID-19 crisis and beyond. 2 indexed citations
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Gentilini, Ugo, Mohamed Almenfi, Ian Orton, & Pamela Dale. (2020). Social Protection and Jobs Responses to COVID-19 : A Real-Time Review of Country Measures (April 17, 2020). 1–114. 10 indexed citations
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Almenfi, Mohamed, Ugo Gentilini, Ian Orton, & Pamela Dale. (2020). Social Protection and Jobs Responses to COVID-19: A Real-Time Review of Country Measures. World Bank, Washington, DC eBooks. 327 indexed citations breakdown →
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Razavi, Shahra, et al.. (2020). Reinvigorating the social contract and strengthening social cohesion: Social protection responses to COVID‐19. International Social Security Review. 73(3). 55–80. 49 indexed citations
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Orton, Ian. (2012). The Precariat: The new dangerous class – By Guy Standing. 65(1). 129–133. 1 indexed citations
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Orton, Ian. (2012). The Precariat: The new dangerous class – By Guy Standing. International Social Security Review. 65(1). 121–124. 1 indexed citations
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Orton, Ian. (2010). The impacts of the crisis on social security administrations: A review of the findings of an ISSA survey. International Social Security Review. 63(2). 87–101. 3 indexed citations
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Orton, Ian. (1988). Scottish public library legislation and intergovernmental relations. Library History. 8(2). 35–43.
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Orton, Ian & Neil Fraser. (1982). Whatever happened to GEAR. Strathprints: The University of Strathclyde institutional repository (University of Strathclyde). 7(3). 27–30.
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Bell, David, Neil Fraser, Douglas Hamilton, et al.. (1981). Housing in Scotland. Strathprints: The University of Strathclyde institutional repository (University of Strathclyde). 6(4). 27–38. 3 indexed citations
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Hamilton, Douglas, et al.. (1981). Job generation in Scottish manufacturing industry. Strathprints: The University of Strathclyde institutional repository (University of Strathclyde). 6(3). 37–44. 5 indexed citations
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Reid, David, et al.. (1981). Comment. New Library World. 82(8). 141–145. 1 indexed citations
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Bell, David, et al.. (1979). The tax and price index. Strathprints: The University of Strathclyde institutional repository (University of Strathclyde). 5(2). 29–30. 1 indexed citations

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