The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Alison Doherty sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 123 publications — 26th percentile
26% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.
The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more.
The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Alison Doherty sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 41 D-Index — 38th percentile
38% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.
The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more.
Alison Doherty is affiliated with the University of Central Lancashire in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple disciplines within social sciences, psychology, and medicine, with a focus on areas such as sociology and political science, gender studies, social psychology, orthopedics and sports medicine, and developmental and educational psychology.
Doherty's work covers several main topics, including sport and mega-event impacts, sports, gender, and society, the nonprofit sector and volunteering, sports injuries and prevention, recreation, leisure, and wilderness management, sport psychology and performance, and physical activity and health.
The scientist has published notably in several venues, such as Frontiers in Sports and Active Living, Managing Sport and Leisure, the International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics, the Journal of Aging and Physical Activity, and Sport in Society.
Frequent collaborators in their research include Swarali Patil, Patti Millar, Sarah Deck, Craig Hall, and Angela Schneider.
Alison Doherty's research topics often intersect with community sport dynamics, gender equity in sports organizations, capacity building within nonprofit sport sectors, and the physical and psychological benefits of sporting participation across different age groups.
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Katie Misener;Alison J. Doherty
Alison J. Doherty;Packianathan Chelladurai
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Alison J. Doherty;Karen E. Danylchuk
Alison Doherty;Katie Misener;Graham Cuskelly
Alison Jayne Doherty;Paul Boland;Janet Reed;Andrew J Clegg
Alison J. Doherty;Albert V. Carron
Alison Jayne Doherty;Helen Atherton;Paul Boland;Richard Hastings
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Alison Doherty;Tracy Taylor
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Alison M. Konrad;Mark E. Moore;Eddy S. W. Ng;Alison J. Doherty
Katie Misener;Alison Doherty;Shannon Hamm-Kerwin
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