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Researcher · Queensland University of Technology · Australia

Axel Bruns

Axel Bruns publishes mostly in Communication, Sociology and Political Science and Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, on topics such as Social Media and Politics, Media Studies and Communication and Complex Network Analysis Techniques.

ORCID 0000-0002-3943-133X OpenAlex
World rank
#44,543
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in Australia
#1,139
of 35,497
Works
131
Citations
578
Citations per work
4.4

What does Axel Bruns research?

Communication: 37.8%Sociology and Political Science: 18.1%Statistical and Nonlinear Physics: 7.1%Information Systems: 3.9%other fields: 33.1%38%top field
Communication37.8%Sociology and Political Science18.1%Statistical and Nonlinear Physics7.1%Information Systems3.9%other fields33.1%

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

  1. 1Communication38% of their works
  2. 2Sociology and Political Science18% of their works
  3. 3Statistical and Nonlinear Physics7% of their works
  4. 4Information Systems4% of their works
  5. 5Political Science and International Relations3% of their works
  6. 6Cultural Studies2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Axel Bruns's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Social Media, Digital Divide, Political Participation, Agenda Setting, Media Framing, Community Structure, Network Dynamics and Fake News.

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. Social Media363 topics
  2. Digital Divide271 topic
  3. Political Participation271 topic
  4. Agenda Setting131 topic
  5. Media Framing131 topic
  6. Community Structure71 topic
  7. Network Dynamics71 topic
  8. Fake News51 topic
  9. Misinformation51 topic
  10. Crisis Communication41 topic
  11. Interactive Television41 topic
  12. Online Gaming41 topic
  13. Public Relations41 topic
  14. Social TV41 topic
  15. Video Games41 topic
  16. Hallyu31 topic
  17. Korean Wave31 topic

Where does Axel Bruns work?

Axel Bruns's main affiliation in the publication record is Queensland University of Technology, Australia.

How many publications and citations does Axel Bruns have?

Science Explorer counts 131 works and 578 citations for Axel Bruns, ranking #44,543 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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