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Researcher · University of Michigan · United States

Brian E. Weeks

Brian E. Weeks 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 Misinformation and Its Impacts.

ORCID 0000-0003-2355-2302 OpenAlex
World rank
#87,446
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#33,770
of 1,627,098
Works
88
Citations
4.6k
Citations per work
52.2
h-index
30
i10-index 42Top 2.8% in Communication
Brian E. Weeks

What does Brian E. Weeks research?

Brian E. Weeks's work is mostly in Social Sciences (62%), Physics and Astronomy (6%), Medicine (3%).

Social Sciences: 54 works · 61.9% of their workSocial Sciences: 54 works · 61.9% of their workCommunication: 30 works · 34.1% of their workSociology and Political Science: 20 works · 22.4% of their workPolitical Science and International Relations: 5 works · 5.4% of their workEverything else: 23 works · 26.5% of their workPhysical Sciences: 7 works · 8.5% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 5 works · 5.8% of their workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 5 works · 5.8% of their workComputer Science: 2 works · 2.7% of their workArtificial Intelligence: 2 works · 2.7% of their workHealth Sciences: 3 works · 3.1% of their workMedicine: 3 works · 3.1% of their workPhysiology: 3 works · 3.1% of their workTHEIR WORKBrian E. Weeks88works
Physical Sciences8%Health Sciences3%Social Sciences62%

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 Sciences5461.9%
  2. Everything else2326.5%
    1. Physics and Astronomy55.8%
    2. Computer Science22.7%
    1. Medicine33.1%
  1. 1Communication34% of their works
  2. 2Sociology and Political Science22% of their works
  3. 3Statistical and Nonlinear Physics6% of their works
  4. 4Political Science and International Relations5% of their works
  5. 5Physiology3% of their works
  6. 6Artificial Intelligence3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Brian E. Weeks's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Social Media, Digital Divide, Political Participation, News Media, Polarization, Agenda Setting, Media Framing 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. The words come from the keyword list OpenAlex gives each topic, not from the text of the papers, so a word can appear that none of the papers uses.

All 19 words, with their numbers
  1. Social Media924 topics
  2. Digital Divide511 topic
  3. Political Participation511 topic
  4. News Media392 topics
  5. Polarization322 topics
  6. Agenda Setting241 topic
  7. Media Framing241 topic
  8. Fake News201 topic
  9. Misinformation201 topic
  10. Media Bias151 topic
  11. Political Economy151 topic
  12. Opinion Dynamics121 topic
  13. Social Influence121 topic
  14. Empirical Analysis71 topic
  15. Political Science71 topic
  16. Detection61 topic
  17. Hate Speech61 topic
  18. Obstructive Sleep Apnea61 topic
  19. Sleep-Disordered Breathing61 topic

Where does Brian E. Weeks work?

Brian E. Weeks's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Michigan, United States.

How many publications and citations does Brian E. Weeks have?

OpenAlex counts 88 works and 4,591 citations for Brian E. Weeks, an h-index of 30, ranking #87,446 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised citation 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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