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B.J. Van der Walt

B.J. Van der Walt publishes mostly in Religious studies, Philosophy and Sociology and Political Science, on topics such as Reformed Theology and Governance, Multicultural Socio-Legal Studies and Christian Theology and Mission.

World rank
#338,525
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in South Africa
#933
of 5,570
Works
55
Citations
9
Citations per work
0.2

What does B.J. Van der Walt research?

Religious studies: 29.4%Philosophy: 27.5%Sociology and Political Science: 19.6%Education: 11.8%other fields: 11.7%29%top field
Religious studies29.4%Philosophy27.5%Sociology and Political Science19.6%Education11.8%other fields11.7%

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

  1. 1Religious studies29% of their works
  2. 2Philosophy28% of their works
  3. 3Sociology and Political Science20% of their works
  4. 4Education12% of their works
  5. 5History8% of their works
  6. 6Law2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe B.J. Van der Walt's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Human Rights, Animal Consciousness, Legal Personhood, Multiculturalism, Religion, Theology, Equality Rights and Socio-Legal Studies.

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. Human Rights192 topics
  2. Animal Consciousness111 topic
  3. Legal Personhood111 topic
  4. Multiculturalism102 topics
  5. Religion102 topics
  6. Theology102 topics
  7. Equality Rights81 topic
  8. Socio-Legal Studies81 topic
  9. Global Christianity71 topic
  10. Short-Term Missions71 topic
  11. Biblical Monotheism61 topic
  12. Jewish Society61 topic
  13. Calvinism41 topic
  14. Reformation41 topic
  15. Diversity21 topic
  16. Faith-Based Organizations21 topic
  17. Religious Education21 topic
  18. Social Services21 topic
  19. Problem of Evil11 topic
  20. Theodicy11 topic

Where does B.J. Van der Walt work?

B.J. Van der Walt's main affiliation in the publication record is North-West University, South Africa.

How many publications and citations does B.J. Van der Walt have?

Science Explorer counts 55 works and 9 citations for B.J. Van der Walt, ranking #338,525 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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