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Researcher · Virginia Tech · United States

Ananda Abeysekara

Ananda Abeysekara publishes mostly in Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations and Anthropology, on topics such as Anthropological Studies and Insights, Religion and Society Interactions and Indian and Buddhist Studies.

OpenAlex
World rank
#766,567
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#256,906
of 1,627,098
Works
28
Citations
403
Citations per work
14.4
h-index
9
i10-index 9Top 27% in Sociology and Political Science
Ananda Abeysekara

What does Ananda Abeysekara research?

Ananda Abeysekara's work is mostly in Social Sciences (67%), Arts and Humanities (30%).

Social Sciences: 27 works · 97.4% of their workSocial Sciences: 19 works · 67.1% of their workPolitical Science and International Relations: 7 works · 23.7% of their workSociology and Political Science: 7 works · 23.7% of their workAnthropology: 6 works · 19.7% of their workArts and Humanities: 8 works · 30.3% of their workPhilosophy: 4 works · 14.5% of their workReligious studies: 3 works · 10.5% of their workArcheology: 1 works · 5.3% of their workEverything else: 1 works · 2.6% of their workTHEIR WORKAnanda Abeysekara28works
Social Sciences97%

Their six largest subfields, inside their fields and domains; the grey slice is everything else they publish. The interactive view splits every one of their works down to single topics.

The fields and subfields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences1967.1%
    2. Arts and Humanities830.3%
  2. Everything else12.6%
  1. 1Sociology and Political Science24% of their works
  2. 2Political Science and International Relations24% of their works
  3. 3Anthropology20% of their works
  4. 4Philosophy14% of their works
  5. 5Religious studies10% of their works
  6. 6Archeology5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Ananda Abeysekara's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Religion, Globalization, Philosophy, Secularism, Governmentality, Neoliberalism, Human Rights and Atheism.

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 21 words, with their numbers
  1. Religion234 topics
  2. Globalization222 topics
  3. Philosophy153 topics
  4. Secularism152 topics
  5. Governmentality131 topic
  6. Neoliberalism131 topic
  7. Human Rights102 topics
  8. Atheism91 topic
  9. Public Sphere91 topic
  10. Buddhism71 topic
  11. South Asia71 topic
  12. Conflict61 topic
  13. Islamic reform61 topic
  14. Middle East61 topic
  15. Myanmar61 topic
  16. Comparative Method41 topic
  17. Gandhi41 topic
  18. Nonviolence41 topic
  19. Theory41 topic
  20. Faith-Based Organizations31 topic
  21. Social Services31 topic

Where does Ananda Abeysekara work?

Ananda Abeysekara's main affiliation in the publication record is Virginia Tech, United States.

How many publications and citations does Ananda Abeysekara have?

OpenAlex counts 28 works and 403 citations for Ananda Abeysekara, an h-index of 9, ranking #766,567 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality 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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