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Researcher · Australian National University · Australia

B. W. Higman

B. W. Higman publishes mostly in Sociology and Political Science, Anthropology and Cultural Studies, on topics such as Colonialism, slavery, and trade, Caribbean history, culture, and politics and Cuban History and Society.

OpenAlex
World rank
#86,825
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in Australia
#2,386
of 35,497
Works
32
Citations
109
Citations per work
3.4

What does B. W. Higman research?

Sociology and Political Science: 32.1%Anthropology: 25.0%Cultural Studies: 21.4%Plant Science: 7.1%other fields: 14.4%32%top field
Sociology and Political Science32.1%Anthropology25.0%Cultural Studies21.4%Plant Science7.1%other fields14.4%

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 Science32% of their works
  2. 2Anthropology25% of their works
  3. 3Cultural Studies21% of their works
  4. 4Plant Science7% of their works
  5. 5Demography4% of their works
  6. 6General Health Professions4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe B. W. Higman's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Identity, Culture, Race, Atlantic History, Globalization, Postcolonialism, Transatlantic Slave Trade and Caribbean.

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. Identity93 topics
  2. Culture82 topics
  3. Race82 topics
  4. Atlantic History61 topic
  5. Globalization62 topics
  6. Postcolonialism62 topics
  7. Transatlantic Slave Trade61 topic
  8. Caribbean51 topic
  9. Dancehall51 topic
  10. Cuba31 topic
  11. Healthcare31 topic
  12. Ethnic Minority Business21 topic
  13. Immigrant Entrepreneurship21 topic
  14. Banana11 topic
  15. Cassava11 topic
  16. Cosmopolitanism11 topic
  17. Cyanogenic Glycosides11 topic
  18. Genetics11 topic
  19. Health11 topic
  20. Homelessness11 topic
  21. Literature11 topic

Where does B. W. Higman work?

B. W. Higman's main affiliation in the publication record is Australian National University, Australia.

How many publications and citations does B. W. Higman have?

Science Explorer counts 32 works and 109 citations for B. W. Higman, ranking #86,825 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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