Social Sciences

32.3k citations

4k papers · · active since 2011

Impact in

Safety Research top 5%
- Career Development and Diversity
- Child Welfare and Adoption
- Ethics and Social Impacts of AI
Gender Studies top 5%

Papers in

Sociology and Political Science 1.5k
- Migration, Refugees, and Integration 170
- Work-Family Balance Challenges 94
Gender Studies 329
- Gender and Feminist Studies 71

Top scholars: Vibha Kaushik Christine Ann Walsh Matthew E. Gladden David Rozado Emily Keddell Tatek Abebe Michael Gerlich Idiano D’Adamo

In The Last Decade

Social Sciences

3.4k papers receiving 30.6k citations

Peers

Social Sciences

Comparison fields: 5 of 209

Safety Research 2.5k Gender Studies 2.3k Sociology and Political Science 8.9k Health 1.1k Social Psychology 2.3k Communication 885 Management of Technology and Innovation 752 Education 3.2k Clinical Psychology 1.9k Demography 952 Public Administration 517 Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 750 Transportation 479 Marketing 704 Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 966 General Health Professions 1.5k Strategy and Management 1.1k Urban Studies 432 Political Science and International Relations 2.1k Information Systems and Management 495 General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 446 General Social Sciences 207 Information Systems 1.3k Human Factors and Ergonomics 205 Life-span and Life-course Studies 59 Health Informatics 108 Applied Psychology 237 Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 527 Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology 112 Computer Science Applications 210 Developmental and Educational Psychology 592 Economics and Econometrics 992 Law 505 Occupational Therapy 221 Management Science and Operations Research 524 Linguistics and Language 175 Human-Computer Interaction 210 Cultural Studies 301 Media Technology 243 Management Information Systems 269 Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management 29 Waste Management and Disposal 153 Development 79 Leadership and Management 39 Geography, Planning and Development 160 Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty 181 Global and Planetary Change 431 Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 340 Literature and Literary Theory 386 Pharmacy 72 Museology 97 Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 586 Speech and Hearing 81 General Economics, Econometrics and Finance 160 Accounting 206 General Energy 25 Building and Construction 241 Automotive Engineering 149 Visual Arts and Performing Arts 167 Business and International Management 17 Artificial Intelligence 496 Anthropology 194 Research and Theory 49 Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation 79 Architecture 62 Finance 148 Industrial relations 15 Modeling and Simulation 57 Philosophy 193 Language and Linguistics 174 Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 148 Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 134 Conservation 48 Environmental Engineering 120 Library and Information Sciences 29 Health Information Management 80 General Dentistry 4 General Decision Sciences 26 Music 47 Pollution 95 Cognitive Neuroscience 169 Computer Networks and Communications 184 Emergency Medical Services 52 Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 137 Radiological and Ultrasound Technology 27 Food Science 139 Archeology 81 Psychiatry and Mental health 117 Religious studies 62 Epidemiology 190 History and Philosophy of Science 68 Horticulture 3 Physiology 124 Issues, ethics and legal aspects 11 Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 50 Soil Science 65 Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 75 Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 50 Nutrition and Dietetics 58 Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 106 Ecology 101 Nature and Landscape Conservation 46 General Arts and Humanities 8 Forestry 15 Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design 18 General Psychology 8 Water Science and Technology 61 Statistics and Probability 45 Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 54 Energy Engineering and Power Technology 9 Reproductive Medicine 32 Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 27 Medical Terminology 1 Obstetrics and Gynecology 27 Infectious Diseases 54 Family Practice 7 Ocean Engineering 39 Plant Science 113 Control and Systems Engineering 71 Genetics 81 Environmental Chemistry 24 Applied Mathematics 41 History 51 Behavioral Neuroscience 7 Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 5 Rehabilitation 13 Electrical and Electronic Engineering 112 Space and Planetary Science 2 Mechanical Engineering 68 Atmospheric Science 25 Emergency Medicine 14 Agronomy and Crop Science 18 Aerospace Engineering 40 Earth-Surface Processes 12 Pharmacology 22 Oncology 30 Medical Laboratory Technology 1 Ecological Modeling 3 Signal Processing 10 Geology 7 Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 25 Small Animals 9 Civil and Structural Engineering 24 Polymers and Plastics 12 Biomaterials 11 Parasitology 6 Fuel Technology 1 Bioengineering 2 Biomedical Engineering 32 Complementary and alternative medicine 8 Geriatrics and Gerontology 3 Microbiology 5 Periodontics 5 Software 4 Molecular Biology 47 Surgery 31 Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine 5 Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine 3 Pharmacology 6 Computational Theory and Mathematics 10 Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 17 Animal Science and Zoology 5 Endocrine and Autonomic Systems 3 Theoretical Computer Science 1 Hardware and Architecture 4 Dermatology 4 Developmental Biology 1 Virology 2 Rheumatology 6 Neurology 6 Aquatic Science 3 Pathology and Forensic Medicine 7 Nephrology 4 Insect Science 4 Physical and Theoretical Chemistry 4 Astronomy and Astrophysics 7 Transplantation 1 Endocrinology 1 Genetics 2 Cancer Research 3 Ophthalmology 2 Immunology and Allergy 1 Catalysis 1 Sensory Systems 1 Toxicology 1 Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 3 Analytical Chemistry 2 Oral Surgery 1 Classics 1 Surfaces, Coatings and Films 1 Cell Biology 2 Gastroenterology 1 Biochemistry 1 Biophysics 1 Urology 1 Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 3 Computational Mechanics 3 Neurology 1 Materials Chemistry 5 Radiation 1 Immunology 2 Geometry and Topology 1 Mechanics of Materials 2 Oceanography 1 Spectroscopy 1 Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials 1 Nuclear and High Energy Physics 1 Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 1 Organic Chemistry 1

Safety Research 2.5k
Gender Studies 2.3k
Sociology and Political Science 8.9k
Health 1.1k
Social Psychology 2.3k

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About Social Sciences

The 4k papers published in Social Sciences in the last decades have received a total of 32.3k indexed citations . Papers published in Social Sciences usually cover Sociology and Political Science (1.5k papers), Gender Studies (329 papers), Safety Research (331 papers), Health (222 papers) and Communication (163 papers) specifically the topics of Migration, Refugees, and Integration (170 papers), Intimate Partner and Family Violence (98 papers), Work-Family Balance Challenges (94 papers), Family Dynamics and Relationships (86 papers), Child Welfare and Adoption (77 papers), Social Work Education and Practice (71 papers), Gender and Feminist Studies (71 papers) and LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy (67 papers). The most active scholars publishing in Social Sciences are Vibha Kaushik, Christine Ann Walsh, Matthew E. Gladden, David Rozado, Emily Keddell, Tatek Abebe, Michael Gerlich, Idiano D’Adamo, Anandhan Hariharasudan and Sebastian Kot.

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