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Researcher · University of Sussex · United Kingdom

Alan Lester

Alan Lester publishes mostly in Sociology and Political Science, Anthropology and Political Science and International Relations, on topics such as African history and culture studies, South African History and Culture and Australian History and Society.

ORCID 0000-0002-2703-6383 OpenAlex
World rank
#94,866
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United Kingdom
#8,940
of 90,785
Works
36
Citations
84
Citations per work
2.3

What does Alan Lester research?

Sociology and Political Science: 25.0%Anthropology: 18.8%Political Science and International Relations: 12.5%Literature and Literary Theory: 6.3%other fields: 37.4%25%top field
Sociology and Political Science25.0%Anthropology18.8%Political Science and International Relations12.5%Literature and Literary Theory6.3%other fields37.4%

Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.

  1. 1Sociology and Political Science25% of their works
  2. 2Anthropology19% of their works
  3. 3Political Science and International Relations12% of their works
  4. 4Literature and Literary Theory6% of their works
  5. 5Cultural Studies6% of their works
  6. 6General Health Professions6% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Alan Lester's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Colonialism, African History, Post-Colonial Africa, protests, South Africa, Australian history, British imperialism and Anatomical Nomenclature.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 17 words, with their numbers
  1. Colonialism83 topics
  2. African History41 topic
  3. Post-Colonial Africa41 topic
  4. South Africa41 topic
  5. protests41 topic
  6. Australian history31 topic
  7. British imperialism31 topic
  8. Anatomical Nomenclature11 topic
  9. Arctic Indigenous Peoples11 topic
  10. Climate Change11 topic
  11. Dictionaries11 topic
  12. Eponyms11 topic
  13. Human Rights11 topic
  14. Humanitarianism11 topic
  15. Lexicography11 topic
  16. Primary Care11 topic
  17. Quality Improvement11 topic

Where does Alan Lester work?

Alan Lester's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Sussex, United Kingdom.

How many publications and citations does Alan Lester have?

Science Explorer counts 36 works and 84 citations for Alan Lester, ranking #94,866 of 1,633,909 researchers worldwide on the composite score.

Ranked on field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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