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Social Sciences and Humanities
South Africa
2023

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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 90 Citations 38,698 344 World Ranking 96 National Ranking 1

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Awards & Achievements

2023 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in South Africa Leader Award

2022 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in South Africa Leader Award

Overview

What is she best known for?

The fields of study she is best known for:

  • Law
  • Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
  • Public health

Domestic violence, Demography, Psychiatry, Sexual abuse and Social issues are her primary areas of study. Her Domestic violence research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Social psychology, Incidence, Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, Criminology and Heterosexuality. Her study in Demography is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Transactional sex, Physical abuse, Victimisation and Public health.

Rachel Jewkes has included themes like Injury prevention, Suicide prevention and Child abuse in her Psychiatry study. Her Sexual abuse research integrates issues from Sexual violence, Alcohol abuse and Risk factor. Her biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Human sexuality and Gender studies.

Her most cited work include:

  • What is participatory research (1389 citations)
  • Intimate partner violence: causes and prevention (1285 citations)
  • Gender-based violence, relationship power, and risk of HIV infection in women attending antenatal clinics in South Africa (1098 citations)

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

The scientist’s investigation covers issues in Domestic violence, Demography, Suicide prevention, Psychological intervention and Psychiatry. Her research integrates issues of Sexual violence, Child abuse, Public health, Mental health and Social issues in her study of Domestic violence. Her study focuses on the intersection of Demography and fields such as Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome with connections in the field of Gerontology.

The concepts of her Suicide prevention study are interwoven with issues in Family medicine, Injury prevention, Clinical psychology, Human factors and ergonomics and Occupational safety and health. Her Psychological intervention study combines topics in areas such as Masculinity, Gender studies, Qualitative research and Intervention. Her Psychiatry study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Physical abuse and Sexual abuse.

She most often published in these fields:

  • Domestic violence (61.20%)
  • Demography (38.28%)
  • Suicide prevention (31.77%)

What were the highlights of her more recent work (between 2018-2021)?

  • Domestic violence (61.20%)
  • Demography (38.28%)
  • Psychological intervention (26.56%)

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

Rachel Jewkes mainly investigates Domestic violence, Demography, Psychological intervention, Suicide prevention and Injury prevention. Her work deals with themes such as Masculinity, Gender studies, Intervention, Public health and Qualitative research, which intersect with Domestic violence. Her studies deal with areas such as Odds ratio, Confidence interval, Transactional sex, Mental health and Cohort as well as Demography.

Her work in Psychological intervention addresses issues such as Sexual violence, which are connected to fields such as Developmental psychology. The study incorporates disciplines such as Cluster randomised controlled trial and Family medicine in addition to Suicide prevention. The Injury prevention study combines topics in areas such as Occupational safety and health and Human factors and ergonomics.

Between 2018 and 2021, her most popular works were:

  • Stepping Stones and Creating Futures Intervention to Prevent Intimate Partner Violence Among Young People: Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial. (13 citations)
  • Stepping Stones and Creating Futures Intervention to Prevent Intimate Partner Violence Among Young People: Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial. (13 citations)
  • More research is needed on digital technologies in violence against women (11 citations)

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

  • Law
  • Social science
  • Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome

Her primary areas of investigation include Domestic violence, Psychological intervention, Demography, Qualitative research and Gender studies. Her Domestic violence study is concerned with the field of Suicide prevention as a whole. The various areas that Rachel Jewkes examines in her Psychological intervention study include Sexual violence, Intervention, Sexual intercourse and Public health, Biostatistics.

Her Demography research includes themes of Odds ratio, Mental health, Depression and Confidence interval. Her Odds ratio research includes elements of Socioeconomic status, Psychological abuse, Young adult, Injury prevention and Occupational safety and health. Her Mental health research focuses on subjects like Poverty, which are linked to Transactional sex, Developmental psychology and Child abuse.

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Best Publications

Intimate partner violence: causes and prevention

Rachel Jewkes.
The Lancet (2002)

2330 Citations

The health and health system of South Africa: historical roots of current public health challenges

Hoosen Coovadia;Rachel Jewkes;Peter Barron;David Sanders.
(2009)

1706 Citations

Gender-based violence, relationship power, and risk of HIV infection in women attending antenatal clinics in South Africa

Kristin L Dunkle;Rachel K Jewkes;Heather C Brown;Glenda E Gray.
The Lancet (2004)

1643 Citations

What is participatory research

Andrea Cornwall;Rachel Jewkes.
Social Science & Medicine (1995)

1389 Citations

Intimate partner violence, relationship power inequity, and incidence of HIV infection in young women in South Africa: a cohort study

Rachel K Jewkes;Rachel K Jewkes;Kristin Dunkle;Mzikazi Nduna;Nwabisa Shai.
The Lancet (2010)

1301 Citations

Risk factors for domestic violence: findings from a South African cross-sectional study

Rachel Jewkes;Jonathan Levin;Loveday Penn-Kekana.
Social Science & Medicine (2002)

1051 Citations

Perceptions and experiences of research participants on gender-based violence community based survey: implications for ethical guidelines.

Yandisa Sikweyiya;Rachel Jewkes;Rachel Jewkes.
PLOS ONE (2012)

991 Citations

The epidemiology of rape and sexual coercion in South Africa: an overview.

Rachel Jewkes;Naeemah Abrahams.
Social Science & Medicine (2002)

922 Citations

Violence and injuries in South Africa: prioritising an agenda for prevention

Mohamed Amine Seedat;Ashley van Niekerk;Rachel Jewkes;Shahnaaz Suffla.
The Lancet (2009)

856 Citations

Impact of Stepping Stones on incidence of HIV and HSV-2 and sexual behaviour in rural South Africa: cluster randomised controlled trial.

Rachel Jewkes;M Nduna;J Levin;N Jama.
BMJ (2008)

835 Citations

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