Kath Browne

5.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
116 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

Kath Browne is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Social Psychology and Gender Studies. According to data from OpenAlex, Kath Browne has authored 116 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 60 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 36 papers in Social Psychology and 29 papers in Gender Studies. Recurrent topics in Kath Browne's work include LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy (33 papers), African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues (23 papers) and Sex work and related issues (11 papers). Kath Browne is often cited by papers focused on LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy (33 papers), African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues (23 papers) and Sex work and related issues (11 papers). Kath Browne collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Ireland and Canada. Kath Browne's co-authors include Catherine J. Nash, Susan Edgman‐Levitan, Dale Shaller, Gavin Brown, Nick McGlynn, Sally Hines, Jayne Caudwell, Andrew Gorman‐Murray, Rebecca Elmhirst and Sally R. Munt and has published in prestigious journals such as International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Health Affairs and Patient Education and Counseling.

In The Last Decade

Kath Browne

107 papers receiving 2.8k citations

Hit Papers

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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. Snowball sampling: using social networks to research non‐heterosexual women
    2005 703 citations Kath Browne profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Kath Browne United Kingdom 29 1.5k 1.1k 726 486 258 116 3.0k
Kevin Durrheim South Africa 36 3.1k 2.1× 1.3k 1.2× 604 0.8× 763 1.6× 181 0.7× 140 4.6k
Andrew Gorman‐Murray Australia 33 1.8k 1.2× 848 0.8× 461 0.6× 545 1.1× 523 2.0× 115 2.9k
Léon Anderson United States 21 2.1k 1.4× 448 0.4× 406 0.6× 1.3k 2.7× 185 0.7× 41 3.9k
Glynis M. Breakwell United Kingdom 36 2.8k 1.9× 1.3k 1.2× 380 0.5× 743 1.5× 114 0.4× 170 5.3k
Susan Sontag United States 22 1.9k 1.2× 736 0.7× 324 0.4× 613 1.3× 86 0.3× 99 5.5k
Nigel Morgan United Kingdom 43 5.2k 3.5× 1.0k 1.0× 696 1.0× 270 0.6× 304 1.2× 168 6.9k
Susan Shaw Canada 38 3.1k 2.1× 2.6k 2.4× 934 1.3× 372 0.8× 151 0.6× 137 4.9k
Bryan C. Taylor United States 15 1.7k 1.1× 597 0.6× 535 0.7× 335 0.7× 67 0.3× 43 4.1k
David Morley United Kingdom 36 2.3k 1.6× 334 0.3× 698 1.0× 177 0.4× 273 1.1× 144 5.7k
Imogen Tyler United Kingdom 23 1.8k 1.2× 220 0.2× 697 1.0× 775 1.6× 220 0.9× 52 3.1k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kath Browne

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kath Browne

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Kath Browne. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Kath Browne 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 Kath Browne. Kath Browne 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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Browne, Kath, et al.. (2024). Listening with quiet curiosity: Feminist and queer reflections on interviews with the “wrong” people. Women s Studies International Forum. 107. 102982–102982.
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Browne, Kath, et al.. (2024). Social Geographies.
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Browne, Kath & Catherine J. Nash. (2023). What Do ‘We’ Do With ‘Them’?: A Response. Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie. 114(4). 298–299. 1 indexed citations
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Browne, Kath & Catherine J. Nash. (2023). From Hegemonic to Where? The Public Spatialities of Shifting Positionings for Those Who Are Opposed to/Concerned About Socio‐Legal Changes in Sexual and Genders. Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie. 114(4). 271–288. 5 indexed citations
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Browne, Kath, Gavin Brown, & Catherine J. Nash. (2021). Geography and sexuality II: Homonormativity and heteroactivism. Progress in Human Geography. 45(5). 1320–1328. 14 indexed citations
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Browne, Kath, et al.. (2020). Sexual(ities that) progress: Introduction. Environment and Planning C Politics and Space. 39(1). 3–10. 10 indexed citations
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McGlynn, Nick, et al.. (2020). More than happiness: Aliveness and struggle in lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and queer lives. Sexualities. 23(7). 1113–1134. 5 indexed citations
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Browne, Kath. (2020). Geographies of sexuality I: Making room for lesbianism. Progress in Human Geography. 45(2). 362–370. 10 indexed citations
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Browne, Kath, et al.. (2019). The limits of legislative change: Moving beyond inclusion/exclusion to create ‘a life worth living’. Environment and Planning C Politics and Space. 39(1). 30–52. 21 indexed citations
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Mayock, Paula, et al.. (2019). The Power of Recognition: A Qualitative Study of Social Connectedness and Wellbeing through LGBT Sporting, Creative and Social Groups in Ireland. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 16(19). 3636–3636. 38 indexed citations
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Nash, Catherine J., Andrew Gorman‐Murray, & Kath Browne. (2019). Geographies of intransigence: freedom of speech and heteroactivist resistances in Canada, Great Britain and Australia. Social & Cultural Geography. 22(7). 979–999. 10 indexed citations
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Nash, Catherine J. & Kath Browne. (2019). Resisting the mainstreaming of LGBT equalities in Canadian and British Schools: Sex education and trans school friends. Environment and Planning C Politics and Space. 39(1). 74–93. 29 indexed citations
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Browne, Kath. (2019). Isn’t this just about lesbians? Teaching hegemonic geographies of sexualities and genders here and now. Journal of Geography in Higher Education. 44(2). 203–216. 1 indexed citations
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Browne, Kath, Catherine J. Nash, & Andrew Gorman‐Murray. (2018). Geographies of heteroactivism: Resisting sexual rights in the reconstitution of Irish nationhood. Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers. 43(4). 526–539. 22 indexed citations
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Zeeman, Laetitia, Nigel Sherriff, Kath Browne, et al.. (2017). State-of-the-art study focusing on the healthinequalities faced by LGBTI people: State-of-the-Art Synthesis Report (SSR). MURAL - Maynooth University Research Archive Library (National University of Ireland, Maynooth). 2 indexed citations
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Browne, Kath, et al.. (2015). Gay-Friendly or Homophobic? The Absence and Problems of Global Standards. Antipode. 4 indexed citations
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Browne, Kath. (2013). Theorizing Intersectionality and Sexuality (Genders and Sexualities in the Social Sciences). Sociological Research Online. 18(1). 9 indexed citations
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Browne, Kath. (2007). Lesbian geographies. Social & Cultural Geography. 8(1). 1–7. 18 indexed citations
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Browne, Kath. (2006). Queering tourism: Paradoxical performances at gay pride parades. Social & Cultural Geography. 7(4). 671–672. 72 indexed citations
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Browne, Kath. (2006). Queer Migrations: Sexuality, US citizenship and border crossings. Gender Place & Culture. 13(4). 461–463. 9 indexed citations

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