Liam Foster

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
52 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Liam Foster is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Demography and Political Science and International Relations. According to data from OpenAlex, Liam Foster has authored 52 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in General Health Professions, 23 papers in Demography and 18 papers in Political Science and International Relations. Recurrent topics in Liam Foster's work include Retirement, Disability, and Employment (23 papers), Employment and Welfare Studies (19 papers) and Social Policy and Reform Studies (18 papers). Liam Foster is often cited by papers focused on Retirement, Disability, and Employment (23 papers), Employment and Welfare Studies (19 papers) and Social Policy and Reform Studies (18 papers). Liam Foster collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Hong Kong and Ireland. Liam Foster's co-authors include Alan Walker, Kate Woodthorpe, Sam W. K. Yu, Ruby C. M. Chau, Tom Clark, Mark Tomlinson, Daniel Holman, Moritz Heß, Maggie Lau and Kathy Boxall and has published in prestigious journals such as BioMed Research International, The Gerontologist and SIAM Review.

In The Last Decade

Liam Foster

49 papers receiving 937 citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Active and Successful Aging: A European Policy Perspective

2014 402 citations Liam Foster, Alan Walker The Gerontologist profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Liam Foster	489	389	240	239	190	52	1.0k
Jim Ogg	781 1.6×	383 1.0×	394 1.6×	69 0.3×	686 3.6×	54	1.2k
Heying Jenny Zhan	527 1.1×	340 0.9×	358 1.5×	76 0.3×	936 4.9×	35	1.2k
Robin Means	549 1.1×	742 1.9×	320 1.3×	105 0.4×	405 2.1×	91	1.6k
Andreas Motel-Klingebiel	301 0.6×	283 0.7×	239 1.0×	79 0.3×	424 2.2×	48	818
Britt Slagsvold	194 0.4×	276 0.7×	487 2.0×	155 0.6×	371 2.0×	25	898
Andrea Principi	298 0.6×	226 0.6×	243 1.0×	101 0.4×	262 1.4×	46	664
Moritz Heß	363 0.7×	270 0.7×	124 0.5×	175 0.7×	100 0.5×	49	625
Miriam Bernard	349 0.7×	252 0.6×	190 0.8×	89 0.4×	224 1.2×	31	701
Thomas Léopold	710 1.5×	208 0.5×	300 1.3×	22 0.1×	1.0k 5.4×	58	1.4k
Hanna van Solinge	1.6k 3.4×	1.3k 3.2×	337 1.4×	190 0.8×	262 1.4×	56	1.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Liam Foster

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Fields of papers citing papers by Liam Foster

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Liam Foster

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20 of 20 papers shown

Foster, Liam, et al.. (2025). Paid care worker organizing in England: priorities and progress?. Frontiers in Sociology. 10. 1548473–1548473.

Foster, Liam. (2023). Understanding millennial women's attitudes towards the state pension in the United Kingdom. Ageing and Society. 44(12). 2633–2656. 1 indexed citations

Ginn, Jay & Liam Foster. (2023). The Gender Gap in Pensions: How Policies Continue to Fail Women. Journal of the British Academy. 11. 223–242. 4 indexed citations

Foster, Liam & Alan Walker. (2021). Active Ageing across the Life Course: Towards a Comprehensive Approach to Prevention. BioMed Research International. 2021(1). 6650414–6650414. 49 indexed citations

Yu, Sam W. K., et al.. (2021). Defamilisation/familisation measures and pensions in Hong Kong and Taiwan. Journal of Aging & Social Policy. 33(2). 161–176. 2 indexed citations

Clark, Tom, Liam Foster, Luke Sloan, & Alan Bryman. (2021). Bryman's social research methods. 6th edition.. ORCA Online Research @Cardiff (Cardiff University). 1 indexed citations

Foster, Liam, et al.. (2020). Gender and proposed Auto‐enrolment in the Republic of Ireland: Lessons from the UK. Social Policy and Administration. 55(1). 143–156. 1 indexed citations

Foster, Liam, et al.. (2019). Women millennials’ perceptions of pension savings through the use of autoenrollment in the UK pension system. Journal of Women & Aging. 31(4). 340–360. 4 indexed citations

Yu, Sam W. K., et al.. (2017). An investigation of defamilization/familization measures to assist women to save pension income and strengthen the adult worker model—The case of Hong Kong. Asian Social Work and Policy Review. 11(3). 234–243. 2 indexed citations

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Foster, Liam. (2017). Active Ageing, Pensions and Retirement in the UK. Journal of Population Ageing. 11(2). 117–132. 47 indexed citations

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Clark, Tom & Liam Foster. (2017). ‘I’m not a natural mathematician’. Teaching Public Administration. 35(3). 260–279. 13 indexed citations

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Foster, Liam, Kate Woodthorpe, & Alan Walker. (2017). From cradle to grave?: policy responses to death in the UK. Mortality. 24(1). 1–16. 5 indexed citations

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Chau, Ruby C. M., Liam Foster, & Sam W. K. Yu. (2016). Defamilisation and familisation measures: Can they reduce the adverse effects of pro-market pension reforms on women in Hong Kong and the UK?. Critical Social Policy. 36(2). 205–224. 13 indexed citations

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Foster, Liam & Kate Woodthorpe. (2016). Death and Social Policy in Challenging Times. Palgrave Macmillan UK eBooks. 20 indexed citations

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Tomlinson, Mark, Alan Walker, & Liam Foster. (2015). Social Quality and Work: What Impact Does Low Pay Have on Social Quality?. Journal of Social Policy. 45(2). 345–371. 10 indexed citations

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Foster, Liam. (2015). Young People and Attitudes towards Pension Planning. Social Policy and Society. 16(1). 65–80. 35 indexed citations

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Walker, Alan & Liam Foster. (2014). The Political Economy of Ageing and Later Life: Critical Perspectives. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 3 indexed citations

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Foster, Liam & Alan Walker. (2014). Active and Successful Aging: A European Policy Perspective. The Gerontologist. 55(1). 83–90. 402 indexed citations breakdown →

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Foster, Liam & Alan Walker. (2013). Gender and active ageing in Europe. European Journal of Ageing. 10(1). 3–10. 100 indexed citations

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Foster, Liam & Kate Woodthorpe. (2013). What cost the price of a good send off? The challenges for British state funeral policy. Journal of Poverty and Social Justice. 21(1). 77–89. 4 indexed citations

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