Tamara Shefer

3.4k total citations
93 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Tamara Shefer is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Sociology and Political Science and Gender Studies. According to data from OpenAlex, Tamara Shefer has authored 93 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in General Health Professions, 39 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 39 papers in Gender Studies. Recurrent topics in Tamara Shefer's work include Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (33 papers), Gender Roles and Identity Studies (28 papers) and Sex work and related issues (15 papers). Tamara Shefer is often cited by papers focused on Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (33 papers), Gender Roles and Identity Studies (28 papers) and Sex work and related issues (15 papers). Tamara Shefer collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, Czechia and United Kingdom. Tamara Shefer's co-authors include Anna Strebel, Lindsay Clowes, Kopano Ratele, Deevia Bhana, Naeemah Abrahams, Christina Zarowsky, Simukai Shamu, Robert Morrell, Marleen Temmerman and Leickness C. Simbayi and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Qualitative Health Research.

In The Last Decade

Tamara Shefer

84 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Tamara Shefer South Africa 25 898 843 652 300 290 93 1.8k
Jennifer Manlove United States 32 1.8k 2.0× 629 0.7× 577 0.9× 284 0.9× 276 1.0× 93 2.7k
Gary Barker United States 22 1.5k 1.7× 958 1.1× 1.1k 1.6× 320 1.1× 786 2.7× 57 3.0k
Karin L. Brewster United States 19 1.1k 1.2× 1.4k 1.7× 1.2k 1.8× 124 0.4× 241 0.8× 27 2.7k
Mark Hunter Canada 16 766 0.9× 926 1.1× 339 0.5× 406 1.4× 99 0.3× 36 1.6k
Kopano Ratele South Africa 21 565 0.6× 747 0.9× 691 1.1× 73 0.2× 315 1.1× 101 1.8k
Sangeetha Madhavan United States 25 511 0.6× 744 0.9× 428 0.7× 206 0.7× 153 0.5× 77 1.8k
Carol E. Kaufman United States 22 1.0k 1.1× 485 0.6× 159 0.2× 291 1.0× 299 1.0× 73 1.6k
Deevia Bhana South Africa 25 678 0.8× 794 0.9× 856 1.3× 145 0.5× 129 0.4× 137 1.7k
Kate Wood United Kingdom 18 752 0.8× 442 0.5× 216 0.3× 367 1.2× 200 0.7× 38 1.4k
Kellie E. Carlyle United States 19 574 0.6× 834 1.0× 332 0.5× 410 1.4× 838 2.9× 59 2.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Tamara Shefer

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Fields of papers citing papers by Tamara Shefer

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Tamara Shefer

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Tamara Shefer. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Tamara Shefer 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 Tamara Shefer. Tamara Shefer 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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Shefer, Tamara, et al.. (2025). Reimagining Social Justice Scholarship.
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Bhana, Deevia, et al.. (2025). Decolonial Feminisms, Decolonising Feminisms. 1 indexed citations
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Torres, Anália, et al.. (2024). Routledge International Handbook of Feminisms and Gender Studies. Örebro University Library (Örebro University).
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Strebel, Anna & Tamara Shefer. (2016). Experiences of mentorship with academic staff doctoral candidates at a south african university. Africa Education Review. 13(1). 150–163. 4 indexed citations
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Shefer, Tamara, et al.. (2015). '...a huge monster that should be feared and not done' : lessons learned in sexuality education classes in South Africa. 13(1). 71–87. 6 indexed citations
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Shefer, Tamara & Catriona Ida Macleod. (2015). Life Orientation sexuality education in South Africa: Gendered norms, justice and transformation. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 33(2). 1–10. 23 indexed citations
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Shefer, Tamara, Deevia Bhana, & Robert Morrell. (2013). Teenage pregnancy and parenting at school in contemporary South African contexts: deconstructing school narratives and understanding policy implementation. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 31(1). 1–10. 32 indexed citations
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Shefer, Tamara. (2013). Critical reflections on contemporary responses to gender violence within public, political, health and research contexts : editorial. 11(2). 1–13. 2 indexed citations
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Shefer, Tamara, et al.. (2013). Policy commitments vs. lived realities of young pregnant women and mothers in school, Western Cape, South Africa. Reproductive Health Matters. 21(41). 106–113. 23 indexed citations
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Shamu, Simukai, Naeemah Abrahams, Marleen Temmerman, Tamara Shefer, & Christina Zarowsky. (2012). “That Pregnancy Can Bring Noise into the Family”: Exploring Intimate Partner Sexual Violence during Pregnancy in the Context of HIV in Zimbabwe. PLoS ONE. 7(8). e43148–e43148. 24 indexed citations
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Potgieter, Cheryl, Anna Strebel, Tamara Shefer, & Claire Wagner. (2012). Taxi ‘sugar daddies’ and taxi queens: Male taxi driver attitudes regarding transactional relationships in the Western Cape, South Africa. SAHARA-J Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS. 9(4). 192–199. 29 indexed citations
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Shefer, Tamara, Anna Strebel, Cheryl Potgieter, & Claire Wagner. (2011). 'Sometimes taxi men are rough..' : young women's experiences of the risks of being a 'taxi queen' : research and theory. 9(2). 1–24. 4 indexed citations
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Bhana, Deevia, et al.. (2010). South African teachers' responses to teenage pregnancy and teenage mothers in schools. Culture Health & Sexuality. 12(8). 871–883. 75 indexed citations
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Clowes, Lindsay, et al.. (2009). Coercive sexual practices and gender-based violence on a university campus. Agenda. 23(80). 22–32. 29 indexed citations
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Strebel, Anna, Mary Crawford, Tamara Shefer, et al.. (2006). Social constructions of gender roles, gender-based violence and HIV / AIDS in two communities of the Western Cape, South Africa : original article. 3(3). 516–528. 1 indexed citations
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Shefer, Tamara & Judy Aulette. (2005). 'Doing Gender in South African Universities: Reflections on a Research Forum Celebrating Ten Years of Women's and Gender Studies at the University of the Western Cape. 3 indexed citations
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Shefer, Tamara, et al.. (2004). Discourses of Motherhood among a Group of South African Mothers. 3 indexed citations
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Shefer, Tamara & Anna Strebel. (2001). Re-negotiating sex: discourses of heterosexuality among South African women students. Journal of Psychology in Africa. 11(1). 38–59. 6 indexed citations

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