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Researcher · Heidelberg University · United States

Claus Westermann

Claus Westermann publishes mostly in Religious studies, Philosophy and Classics, on topics such as Biblical Studies and Interpretation, Historical, Literary, and Cultural Studies and Theology and Canon Law Studies.

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World rank
#573,650
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#197,645
of 1,627,098
Works
101
Citations
1.3k
Citations per work
12.7
h-index
18
i10-index 27Top 2.5% in Religious studies
Claus Westermann

What does Claus Westermann research?

Claus Westermann's work is mostly in Arts and Humanities (70%), Social Sciences (7%).

Social Sciences: 78 works · 76.9% of their workArts and Humanities: 70 works · 69.8% of their workReligious studies: 48 works · 47.3% of their workPhilosophy: 8 works · 8.2% of their workClassics: 8 works · 7.7% of their workArcheology: 3 works · 3.3% of their workHistory: 3 works · 3.3% of their workSocial Sciences: 7 works · 7.1% of their workSociology and Political Science: 7 works · 7.1% of their workEverything else: 23 works · 23.1% of their workTHEIR WORKClaus Westermann101works
Social Sciences77%

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. Arts and Humanities7069.8%
    2. Social Sciences77.1%
  2. Everything else2323.1%
  1. 1Religious studies47% of their works
  2. 2Philosophy8% of their works
  3. 3Classics8% of their works
  4. 4Sociology and Political Science7% of their works
  5. 5History3% of their works
  6. 6Archeology3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Claus Westermann's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Biblical Monotheism, Jewish Society, Cultural History, Medieval Literature, Canon Law, Religious Policy, Christian-Muslim Relations and Gospel Translation.

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 16 words, with their numbers
  1. Biblical Monotheism671 topic
  2. Jewish Society671 topic
  3. Cultural History111 topic
  4. Medieval Literature111 topic
  5. Canon Law81 topic
  6. Religious Policy81 topic
  7. Christian-Muslim Relations71 topic
  8. Gospel Translation71 topic
  9. Arabia51 topic
  10. Byzantine51 topic
  11. Development51 topic
  12. Interreligious Relations51 topic
  13. Problem of Evil51 topic
  14. Religious Education51 topic
  15. Social Change51 topic
  16. Theodicy51 topic

Where does Claus Westermann work?

Claus Westermann's main affiliation in the publication record is Heidelberg University, United States.

How many publications and citations does Claus Westermann have?

OpenAlex counts 101 works and 1,278 citations for Claus Westermann, an h-index of 18, ranking #573,650 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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