Laura Alfers

522 total citations
24 papers, 241 citations indexed

About

Laura Alfers is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Sociology and Political Science and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, Laura Alfers has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 241 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in General Health Professions, 6 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 5 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in Laura Alfers's work include Employment and Welfare Studies (11 papers), Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (4 papers) and Occupational Health and Safety Research (4 papers). Laura Alfers is often cited by papers focused on Employment and Welfare Studies (11 papers), Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (4 papers) and Occupational Health and Safety Research (4 papers). Laura Alfers collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, United States and United Kingdom. Laura Alfers's co-authors include Michael Rogan, Francie Lund, Richard Dobson, Christiane Horwood, Nigel Rollins, Vilma Sousa Santana, Lyn Haskins, Anayda Portela, Gautam Bhan and Rebecca Surender and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Bulletin of the World Health Organization and Development and Change.

In The Last Decade

Laura Alfers

24 papers receiving 223 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Laura Alfers South Africa 10 112 56 55 41 34 24 241
Lorena Núñez South Africa 9 76 0.7× 109 1.9× 34 0.6× 25 0.6× 20 0.6× 24 240
Rosana Magalhães Brazil 14 239 2.1× 102 1.8× 26 0.5× 60 1.5× 49 1.4× 40 435
Sharifa Begum Bangladesh 11 92 0.8× 76 1.4× 38 0.7× 43 1.0× 37 1.1× 22 290
Tereza Campello Brazil 9 157 1.4× 52 0.9× 40 0.7× 85 2.1× 46 1.4× 16 338
Hoolda Kim United States 5 87 0.8× 75 1.3× 27 0.5× 14 0.3× 77 2.3× 11 274
Kevin Savage United States 11 80 0.7× 86 1.5× 19 0.3× 49 1.2× 33 1.0× 21 317
Debra Efroymson United Kingdom 8 78 0.7× 33 0.6× 29 0.5× 25 0.6× 17 0.5× 11 283
D. Narayana India 10 66 0.6× 120 2.1× 88 1.6× 49 1.2× 41 1.2× 27 344
Alejandra Arrieta United States 6 62 0.6× 42 0.8× 100 1.8× 42 1.0× 54 1.6× 7 313
Delampady Narayana Canada 7 137 1.2× 80 1.4× 48 0.9× 62 1.5× 26 0.8× 10 371

Countries citing papers authored by Laura Alfers

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Fields of papers citing papers by Laura Alfers

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Laura Alfers

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Laura Alfers. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Laura Alfers 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 Laura Alfers. Laura Alfers is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Grapsa, Erofili, et al.. (2022). COVID‐19 et travail informel: les enseignements d'une étude sur la situation dans onze grandes villes. Revue internationale du Travail. 161(1). 35–66. 2 indexed citations
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Grapsa, Erofili, et al.. (2022). COVID‐19 y trabajo informal: evidencia de once ciudades. Revista Internacional del Trabajo. 141(1). 33–65. 2 indexed citations
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Alfers, Laura, et al.. (2022). Pandemic, informality and women’s work: Redefining social protection priorities at WIEGO. Global Social Policy. 22(1). 190–195. 4 indexed citations
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Rubio, M., Francesca Bastagli, Silke Staab, et al.. (2022). Gender-responsive social protection post–COVID-19. Science. 375(6585). 1111–1113. 15 indexed citations
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Grapsa, Erofili, et al.. (2021). COVID‐19 and informal work: Evidence from 11 cities. International Labour Review. 161(1). 29–58. 14 indexed citations
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Alfers, Laura, et al.. (2021). Older Informal Workers in the COVID-19 Crisis. OpenDocs (Institute of Development Studies). 1 indexed citations
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Alfers, Laura, et al.. (2020). Informal Workers and the Social Protection Response to COVID-19: Who Got Relief? How? And Did it Make a Difference?. OpenDocs (Institute of Development Studies). 4 indexed citations
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Bhan, Gautam, Christiane Horwood, Richard Dobson, et al.. (2020). Informal work and maternal and child health: a blind spot in public health and research. Bulletin of the World Health Organization. 98(3). 219–221. 31 indexed citations
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Naidoo, Rajen N., et al.. (2019). Informal-sector occupational hazards: an observational workplace assessment of the traditional medicine trade in South Africa. International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics. 27(2). 562–569. 3 indexed citations
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Heinrich, Tobias, Katja Hujo, Christina Behrendt, et al.. (2019). AFRIKA /AFRICA. Verfassung in Recht und Übersee. 52(1). 119–121. 1 indexed citations
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Alfers, Laura, et al.. (2018). Women informal workers demand child care: Shifting narratives on women’s economic empowerment in Africa. Agenda. 32(1). 119–131. 12 indexed citations
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Alfers, Laura, et al.. (2017). Approaches to social protection for informal workers: Aligning productivist and human rights‐based approaches. International Social Security Review. 70(4). 67–85. 17 indexed citations
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Alfers, Laura, et al.. (2016). Extending Occupational Health and Safety to Urban Street Vendors. NEW SOLUTIONS A Journal of Environmental and Occupational Health Policy. 26(2). 271–288. 7 indexed citations
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Surender, Rebecca, et al.. (2016). Is South Africa advancing towards National Health Insurance? The perspectives of general practitioners in one pilot site. South African Medical Journal. 106(11). 1092–1092. 9 indexed citations
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Lund, Francie, Laura Alfers, & Vilma Sousa Santana. (2016). Towards an Inclusive Occupational Health and Safety For Informal Workers. NEW SOLUTIONS A Journal of Environmental and Occupational Health Policy. 26(2). 190–207. 25 indexed citations
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Alfers, Laura, et al.. (2016). Promoting workplace health and safety in urban public space: reflections from Durban, South Africa. Environment and Urbanization. 28(2). 391–404. 4 indexed citations
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Alfers, Laura & Michael Rogan. (2014). Health risks and informal employment in South Africa: does formality protect health?. International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health. 21(3). 207–215. 26 indexed citations
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Alfers, Laura, et al.. (2011). Occupational Health & Safety for Indigenous Caterers in Accra, Ghana. 2 indexed citations
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Alfers, Laura. (2009). Occupational Health & Safety for Market and Street Traders in Accra and Takoradi, Ghana. 5 indexed citations

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