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Researcher · University of Cape Town · South Africa

David Chidester

David Chidester publishes mostly in Sociology and Political Science, Religious studies and Philosophy, on topics such as Religion, Society, and Development, Religion and Society Interactions and Study and Philosophy of Religion.

ORCID 0000-0003-2957-8669 OpenAlex
World rank
#39,632
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in South Africa
#58
of 5,570
Works
35
Citations
262
Citations per work
7.5

What does David Chidester research?

Sociology and Political Science: 30.6%Religious studies: 16.3%Philosophy: 8.2%Geography, Planning and Development: 6.1%other fields: 38.8%31%top field
Sociology and Political Science30.6%Religious studies16.3%Philosophy8.2%Geography, Planning and Development6.1%other fields38.8%

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 Science31% of their works
  2. 2Religious studies16% of their works
  3. 3Philosophy8% of their works
  4. 4Geography, Planning and Development6% of their works
  5. 5Education6% of their works
  6. 6History6% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe David Chidester's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Religion, Faith-Based Organizations, Globalization, Social Services, Ethics, Public Sphere, Secularism and Comparative Method.

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 19 words, with their numbers
  1. Religion133 topics
  2. Faith-Based Organizations61 topic
  3. Globalization62 topics
  4. Social Services61 topic
  5. Ethics52 topics
  6. Public Sphere41 topic
  7. Secularism41 topic
  8. Comparative Method31 topic
  9. Philosophy31 topic
  10. Affect21 topic
  11. Biblical Monotheism21 topic
  12. Geography21 topic
  13. Global Christianity21 topic
  14. Governmentality21 topic
  15. Jewish Society21 topic
  16. Neoliberalism21 topic
  17. Short-Term Missions21 topic
  18. Memory11 topic
  19. Sleep11 topic

Where does David Chidester work?

David Chidester's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Cape Town, South Africa.

How many publications and citations does David Chidester have?

Science Explorer counts 35 works and 262 citations for David Chidester, ranking #39,632 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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