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Researcher · Athabasca University · Canada

Alvin Finkel

Alvin Finkel publishes mostly in Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations and Urban Studies, on topics such as Canadian Identity and History, Social Sciences and Governance and History and Developments in Astronomy.

World rank
#294,646
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in Canada
#10,198
of 38,960
Works
28
Citations
16
Citations per work
0.6

What does Alvin Finkel research?

Sociology and Political Science: 42.9%Political Science and International Relations: 23.8%Urban Studies: 9.5%Astronomy and Astrophysics: 4.8%other fields: 19.0%43%top field
Sociology and Political Science42.9%Political Science and International Relations23.8%Urban Studies9.5%Astronomy and Astrophysics4.8%other fields19.0%

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 Science43% of their works
  2. 2Political Science and International Relations24% of their works
  3. 3Urban Studies10% of their works
  4. 4Astronomy and Astrophysics5% of their works
  5. 5History5% of their works
  6. 6History and Philosophy of Science5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Alvin Finkel's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: History, Social Policy, Canada, Identity, Cultural Impact, Economic Development, Income Inequality and Social Innovation.

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 20 words, with their numbers
  1. History62 topics
  2. Social Policy62 topics
  3. Canada51 topic
  4. Identity51 topic
  5. Cultural Impact22 topics
  6. Economic Development21 topic
  7. Income Inequality22 topics
  8. Social Innovation21 topic
  9. British Politics11 topic
  10. Depoliticisation11 topic
  11. Financialization11 topic
  12. France11 topic
  13. Political Economy11 topic
  14. Radio Astronomy11 topic
  15. Scientific History11 topic
  16. Shareholder Value11 topic
  17. Sociopolitical11 topic
  18. Technological Development11 topic
  19. Transits of Venus11 topic
  20. Welfare State11 topic

Where does Alvin Finkel work?

Alvin Finkel's main affiliation in the publication record is Athabasca University, Canada.

How many publications and citations does Alvin Finkel have?

Science Explorer counts 28 works and 16 citations for Alvin Finkel, ranking #294,646 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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