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Discipline name D-index D-index (Discipline H-index) only includes papers and citation values for an examined discipline in contrast to General H-index which accounts for publications across all disciplines. Citations Publications World Ranking National Ranking
Social Sciences and Humanities D-index 33 Citations 6,083 179 World Ranking 4811 National Ranking 330

Overview

What is she best known for?

The fields of study she is best known for:

  • World War II
  • Social science
  • Economic growth

Her scientific interests lie mostly in Economic growth, Social work, Agricultural productivity, Rural history and Public health. Her Economic growth study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Masculinity, Rage and Social capital. Her Social work research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Secondary research, Exploratory research, Educational research, Public relations and Medical education.

The concepts of her Agricultural productivity study are interwoven with issues in Construct, Scale, Mode of production and Political economy. Her Rural history research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Rural australia, Gender studies, Women's history and Ethnology. Many of her research projects under Public health are closely connected to Refugee with Refugee, tying the diverse disciplines of science together.

Her most cited work include:

  • Research for Social Workers: An Introduction to Methods (246 citations)
  • Rural male suicide in Australia. (153 citations)
  • The Big Dry The link between rural masculinities and poor health outcomes for farming men (138 citations)

What are the main themes of her work throughout her whole career to date?

Margaret Alston focuses on Economic growth, Social work, Socioeconomics, Public relations and Nursing. Her work on Disadvantaged as part of general Economic growth study is frequently linked to Project commissioning, therefore connecting diverse disciplines of science. As part of her studies on Social work, she often connects relevant areas like Social change.

Her research on Nursing frequently links to adjacent areas such as Health care. Her Health care study frequently draws connections between adjacent fields such as Public health.

She most often published in these fields:

  • Economic growth (27.66%)
  • Social work (26.06%)
  • Socioeconomics (10.11%)

What were the highlights of her more recent work (between 2017-2021)?

  • Social work (26.06%)
  • Public relations (9.57%)
  • Engineering ethics (4.26%)

In recent papers she was focusing on the following fields of study:

Her primary areas of investigation include Social work, Public relations, Engineering ethics, Post disaster and Environmental planning. Her Social work research integrates issues from Self care, Gender studies and Demographic economics. Her work carried out in the field of Public relations brings together such families of science as Identity, Sense of place and Psychological intervention.

Post disaster overlaps with fields such as Medical emergency, Public administration, Courage, Solidarity and Global South in her research. Her study on Environmental planning is mostly dedicated to connecting different topics, such as Vulnerability. Margaret Alston integrates many fields, such as Context, Food security, Environmental degradation, Developing country, Development economics and Agricultural productivity, in her works.

Between 2017 and 2021, her most popular works were:

  • Contemporary Feminist Analysis of Australian Farm Women in the Context of Climate Changes (13 citations)
  • Rebuilding Lives and Communities Postdisaster: A Case Study on Migrant Workers and Diversity in the USA (8 citations)
  • Postdisaster social work: reflections on the nature of place and loss (7 citations)

In her most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • World War II
  • Social science
  • Poverty

Her scientific interests lie mostly in Social work, Context, Public relations, Engineering ethics and Disaster recovery. Her multidisciplinary approach integrates Social work and Natural disaster in her work. Her Context research spans across into areas like Gender mainstreaming, Agricultural productivity, Identity, Development economics and Food security.

Her work deals with themes such as Psychosocial, Mental health, Empirical research and Emergency management, which intersect with Public relations. Her work in Disaster recovery incorporates the disciplines of Diversity, Socioeconomics, Migrant workers, Environmental disaster and Sense of place.

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Best Publications

Research for Social Workers: An Introduction to Methods

Margaret Alston;Wendy Bowles.
(2002)

899 Citations

Women on the Land: The hidden heart of Australia

Margaret Alston.
(1995)

398 Citations

Rural male suicide in Australia.

Margaret Alston.
Social Science & Medicine (2012)

270 Citations

Gender mainstreaming and climate change

Margaret Alston.
Womens Studies International Forum (2014)

227 Citations

The Big Dry The link between rural masculinities and poor health outcomes for farming men

Margaret Alston;Jennifer Kent.
Journal of Sociology (2008)

221 Citations

Women on the land : the hidden heart of rural Australia

Margaret Alston.
(1995)

189 Citations

‘You don't want to be a check‐out chick all your life’: The out‐migration of young people from Australia's small rural towns

Margaret Alston.
Australian Journal of Social Issues (2004)

149 Citations

Breaking through the grass ceiling : women, power and leadership in agricultural organisations

Margaret Alston.
(2000)

148 Citations

Social Capital in Rural Australia

Margaret Alston.
Rural society (2002)

148 Citations

Who is down on the farm? Social aspects of Australian agriculture in the 21st century

Margaret Alston.
Agriculture and Human Values (2004)

147 Citations

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