Social Sciences

26.0k citations
3.7k papers · indexed · active since 1950

Impact in

Papers in

Social Sciences

3.0k papers receiving 24.6k citations

Peers

Social Sciences
Comparison fields: 5 of 222
  • Gender Studies 2.6k
  • Sociology and Political Science 9.4k
  • Safety Research 1.7k
  • Clinical Psychology 3.6k
  • Communication 1.1k
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Fields of papers published in Social Sciences

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This network shows the impact of papers published in Social Sciences. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers published in Social Sciences.

About Social Sciences

The 3.7k papers published in Social Sciences in the last decades have received a total of 26.0k indexed citations . Papers published in Social Sciences usually cover Gender Studies (415 papers), Sociology and Political Science (1.8k papers), Safety Research (264 papers), Communication (218 papers) and Public Administration (102 papers) specifically the topics of Migration, Refugees, and Integration (170 papers), Migration, Health and Trauma (169 papers), Social Media and Politics (152 papers), Migration and Labor Dynamics (150 papers), Employment and Welfare Studies (145 papers), Homelessness and Social Issues (127 papers), Sex work and related issues (112 papers) and Intimate Partner and Family Violence (111 papers). The most active scholars publishing in Social Sciences are Vibha Kaushik, Christine A. Walsh, Michael Carter, Matthew E. Gladden, Emily Keddell, Tatek Abebe, David Rozado, Idiano D’Adamo, Sebastian Kot and A. Hariharasudan.

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