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* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 1
sociology
medical sociology
media and communications
cultural studies
ris
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
108
82
0.759
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* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 2
migration
citizenship
race
ethnciit
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
82
47
0.573
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 3
Medication Safety
Healthcare Communication
Patient Participation
Transitions of Care
Aged Car
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77
46
0.597
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 4
Political Sociology
Governance
Public Policy
Political Science
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74
40
0.541
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 5
Sociology
Sociology of Health and Illness
Medical Sociology
Qualitative Research
Social Theor
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62
44
0.710
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 6
Social-ecological systems
socio-economic metabolism
sustainable use of natural resources
sustainable consumption and product
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61
44
0.721
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 7
Popular music
youth culture
cultural sociology
ethnography
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55
40
0.727
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 8
Rural Sociology
Sociology of Food and Agriculture
Food Security
Sociolog
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55
30
0.545
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 9
sociology of health and medicine
science and technology studies
sociology of risk
gender/men and masculinities studie
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53
28
0.528
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 10
Time use
domestic work
work-family reconciliation
work and healt
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53
25
0.472
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* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 11
China
labor
Sociolog
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
22
0.431
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 12
Violence Prevention
Violence Against Women
Gender and Violence
Men and Masculinities
Feminist Sociolog
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50
33
0.660
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 13
environmental sociology
food and agriculture
climate governance
biodiversit
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49
27
0.551
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 14
HIV prevention
PrEP
gay and bisexual men
sexual practices
technolog
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48
33
0.688
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 15
Food sociolog
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48
30
0.625
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 16
gender
sexuality
drugs
health
qualitative researc
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47
35
0.745
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 17
sociology of education
literacy
media
cultural studies
feminis
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46
20
0.435
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 18
Sociology
Social Stratification
Education
Longitudinal Survey
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44
24
0.545
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 19
sociology
sexuality
HIV/AIDS
masculinit
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44
24
0.545
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 20
health sociology
healthcare choice
qualitative research method
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
36
0.857
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 21
Sociology
Education
Qualitative Research
Phenomenology
Public Healt
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
28
0.667
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 22
economic sociology
social theory
feminist theory
methodolog
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
25
0.595
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 23
sociology
more-than-human studies
tourism
art
museum
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41
26
0.634
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 24
sociology of work
employment relations
trade unions
working time
precarious wor
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41
19
0.463
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 25
sociological theory
sociology of emotions
political sociology
economic sociology
Chin
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40
27
0.675
Deborah Lupton
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
108
82
0.759
sociology
medical sociology
media and communications
cultural studies
ris
Stephen Castles
University of Sydney
Sydney, Australia
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
82
47
0.573
Elizabeth Manias
Deakin University
Geelong, Australia
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77
46
0.597
Medication Safety
Healthcare Communication
Patient Participation
Transitions of Care
Aged Car
David Marsh
University of Canberra
Canberra, Australia
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74
40
0.541
Political Sociology
Governance
Public Policy
Political Science
Alex Broom
University of Sydney
Sydney, Australia
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62
44
0.710
Sociology
Sociology of Health and Illness
Medical Sociology
Qualitative Research
Social Theor
Heinz Schandl
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61
44
0.721
Social-ecological systems
socio-economic metabolism
sustainable use of natural resources
sustainable consumption and product
Andy Bennett
Griffith University
Brisbane, Australia
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55
40
0.727
Popular music
youth culture
cultural sociology
ethnography
Geoffrey Lawrence
University of Queensland
St Lucia, Australia
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55
30
0.545
Rural Sociology
Sociology of Food and Agriculture
Food Security
Sociolog
Alan Petersen
Monash University
Clayton, Australia
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53
28
0.528
sociology of health and medicine
science and technology studies
sociology of risk
gender/men and masculinities studie
Michael Bittman
University of New England Australia
Armidale, Australia
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53
25
0.472
Time use
domestic work
work-family reconciliation
work and healt
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Anita Chan
Australian National University
Canberra, Australia
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
22
0.431
Michael Flood
Queensland University of Technology
Brisbane, Australia
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50
33
0.660
Violence Prevention
Violence Against Women
Gender and Violence
Men and Masculinities
Feminist Sociolog
Stewart Lockie
James Cook University
Townsville, Australia
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49
27
0.551
environmental sociology
food and agriculture
climate governance
biodiversit
Martin Holt
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48
33
0.688
HIV prevention
PrEP
gay and bisexual men
sexual practices
technolog
Jane Dixon
Australian National University
Canberra, Australia
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48
30
0.625
Suzanne Fraser
La Trobe University
Melbourne, Australia
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47
35
0.745
gender
sexuality
drugs
health
qualitative researc
Carmen Luke
Queensland University of Technology
Brisbane, Australia
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46
20
0.435
sociology of education
literacy
media
cultural studies
feminis
Gary Marks
University of Melbourne
Melbourne, Australia
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44
24
0.545
Sociology
Social Stratification
Education
Longitudinal Survey
Gary Dowsett
La Trobe University
Melbourne, Australia
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44
24
0.545
Karen Willis
La Trobe University
Melbourne, Australia
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
36
0.857
health sociology
healthcare choice
qualitative research method
Ashwin Kumar
University of Sydney
Sydney, Australia
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
28
0.667
Sociology
Education
Qualitative Research
Phenomenology
Public Healt
Adkins Lisa
University of Sydney
Sydney, Australia
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
25
0.595
economic sociology
social theory
feminist theory
methodolog
Adrian Franklin
University of South Australia
Adelaide, Australia
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41
26
0.634
sociology
more-than-human studies
tourism
art
museum
Iain Campbell
University of Melbourne
Melbourne, Australia
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41
19
0.463
sociology of work
employment relations
trade unions
working time
precarious wor
Jack Barbalet
Australian Catholic University
North Sydney, Australia
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40
27
0.675
sociological theory
sociology of emotions
political sociology
economic sociology
Chin