Sophie Plagerson

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
32 papers, 944 citations indexed

About

Sophie Plagerson is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Safety Research and Law. According to data from OpenAlex, Sophie Plagerson has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 944 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 14 papers in Safety Research and 6 papers in Law. Recurrent topics in Sophie Plagerson's work include Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (14 papers), Human Rights and Development (9 papers) and Legal Issues in South Africa (6 papers). Sophie Plagerson is often cited by papers focused on Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (14 papers), Human Rights and Development (9 papers) and Legal Issues in South Africa (6 papers). Sophie Plagerson collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, United Kingdom and Denmark. Sophie Plagerson's co-authors include Crick Lund, Vikram Patel, Martín Knapp, Sara Cooper, Mary De Silva, Jishnu Das, Marianne S. Ulriksen, Tessa Hochfeld, Trudy Harpham and Leila Patel and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, World Development and The Journal of Development Studies.

In The Last Decade

Sophie Plagerson

31 papers receiving 897 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.

Poverty and mental disorders: breaking the cycle in low-income and middle-income countries

2011 563 citations Crick Lund, Mary De Silva et al. The Lancet profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sophie Plagerson South Africa	12	376	306	294	192	171	32	944
Alison Breen South Africa	6	412 1.1×	378 1.2×	440 1.5×	277 1.4×	73 0.4×	8	1.0k
Angela Ofori-Atta Ghana	19	342 0.9×	466 1.5×	371 1.3×	160 0.8×	49 0.3×	41	907
Corey McAuliffe Canada	10	291 0.8×	156 0.5×	463 1.6×	115 0.6×	73 0.4×	23	923
Tyrone C. Cheng United States	20	632 1.7×	178 0.6×	668 2.3×	314 1.6×	259 1.5×	112	1.4k
Rosalie A. Torres Stone United States	18	387 1.0×	290 0.9×	505 1.7×	252 1.3×	58 0.3×	32	1.3k
Danielle X. Morales United States	18	329 0.9×	235 0.8×	126 0.4×	97 0.5×	227 1.3×	48	985
Curtis McMillen United States	13	548 1.5×	123 0.4×	656 2.2×	132 0.7×	201 1.2×	17	1.3k
Anna Gassman‐Pines United States	22	429 1.1×	148 0.5×	574 2.0×	140 0.7×	56 0.3×	50	1.4k
Christina Gibson‐Davis United States	27	420 1.1×	149 0.5×	215 0.7×	180 0.9×	68 0.4×	48	1.7k
JoAnn Prause United States	18	641 1.7×	177 0.6×	248 0.8×	250 1.3×	42 0.2×	23	1.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Sophie Plagerson

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sophie Plagerson

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sophie Plagerson

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

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Jawad, Rana, et al.. (2024). A critical review of the state-of-the-art on social policy, conflict and peace in the Middle East and North Africa region: Why social policy matters for peace and why it is also not enough. World Development. 187. 106861–106861. 1 indexed citations

Seekings, Jeremy, et al.. (2023). Introduction to special issue: States, citizens and social protection in Africa. Social Policy and Administration. 57(6). 833–840. 4 indexed citations

Ulriksen, Marianne S. & Sophie Plagerson. (2023). Social protection and state‐citizen relations: A review of the literature. Social Policy and Administration. 57(6). 841–854. 2 indexed citations

Patel, Leila, et al.. (2021). Assets, cash transfers and urban livelihoods in South Africa. Journal of International Development. 33(2). 382–395. 4 indexed citations

Plagerson, Sophie. (2021). South African policies go some way to tackling poverty and inequality. But more is needed.

Patel, Leila, et al.. (2021). Livelihood activities and well-being outcomes of cash transfer beneficiaries in Soweto, South Africa. Development in Practice. 32(1). 29–38. 2 indexed citations

Patel, Leila, et al.. (2020). How cash transfers enable agency through livelihoods in South Africa. World Development. 131. 104956–104956. 18 indexed citations

Plagerson, Sophie. (2020). Marine Biodiversity and Poverty Alleviation. OpenDocs (Institute of Development Studies). 1 indexed citations

Plagerson, Sophie, Leila Patel, Tessa Hochfeld, & Marianne S. Ulriksen. (2018). Social policy in South Africa: Navigating the route to social development. World Development. 113. 1–9. 37 indexed citations

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Ulriksen, Marianne S., Sophie Plagerson, & Tessa Hochfeld. (2016). Social Protection and Justice: Poverty, Redistribution, Dignity. 1 indexed citations

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Plagerson, Sophie & Marianne S. Ulriksen. (2016). Can social protection address both poverty and inequality in principle and practice?. Global Social Policy. 16(2). 182–200. 11 indexed citations

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Mathee, Angela, et al.. (2014). 'Urban insight’: is eye care neglect the exception or the rule?. South African Medical Journal. 104(6). 407–407. 3 indexed citations

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Plagerson, Sophie. (2014). Integrating mental health and social development in theory and practice. Health Policy and Planning. 30(2). 163–170. 18 indexed citations

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Plagerson, Sophie, et al.. (2012). PRIME Policy Brief 1. Poverty and mental disorders: breaking the cycle in low-income and middle-income countries. 1 indexed citations

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Plagerson, Sophie, Trudy Harpham, & Karina Kielmann. (2012). Cash Transfers and Citizenship: Evidence from South Africa. The Journal of Development Studies. 48(7). 969–982. 18 indexed citations

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Plagerson, Sophie & Angela Mathee. (2011). Changing an Urban Community Through Health Research. Health Promotion Practice. 13(3). 339–343. 2 indexed citations

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Wet, Thea de, Sophie Plagerson, Trudy Harpham, & Angela Mathee. (2011). Poor housing, good health: a comparison of formal and informal housing in Johannesburg, South Africa. International Journal of Public Health. 56(6). 625–633. 19 indexed citations

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Lund, Crick, Mary De Silva, Sophie Plagerson, et al.. (2011). Poverty and mental disorders: breaking the cycle in low-income and middle-income countries. The Lancet. 378(9801). 1502–1514. 563 indexed citations breakdown →

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Plagerson, Sophie, Vikram Patel, Trudy Harpham, Karina Kielmann, & Angela Mathee. (2010). Does money matter for mental health? Evidence from the Child Support Grants in Johannesburg, South Africa. Global Public Health. 6(7). 760–776. 40 indexed citations

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Plagerson, Sophie. (2005). Attacking social exclusion: combining rehabilitative and preventive approaches to leprosy in Bangladesh. Development in Practice. 15(5). 692–700. 6 indexed citations

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