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Researcher · University of York · United Kingdom

Derek Pearsall

Derek Pearsall publishes mostly in Classics, Literature and Literary Theory and Language and Linguistics, on topics such as Medieval Literature and History, Folklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies and Linguistics and language evolution.

OpenAlex
World rank
#29,162
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United Kingdom
#2,718
of 90,785
Works
46
Citations
158
Citations per work
3.4

What does Derek Pearsall research?

Classics: 40.8%Literature and Literary Theory: 18.4%Language and Linguistics: 12.2%History: 10.2%other fields: 18.4%41%top field
Classics40.8%Literature and Literary Theory18.4%Language and Linguistics12.2%History10.2%other fields18.4%

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

  1. 1Classics41% of their works
  2. 2Literature and Literary Theory18% of their works
  3. 3Language and Linguistics12% of their works
  4. 4History10% of their works
  5. 5Archeology4% of their works
  6. 6Sociology and Political Science4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Derek Pearsall's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Medieval, Religion, Literature, Society, Children's Literature, Cultural Exchange, Fairy Tales and Folklore.

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. Medieval182 topics
  2. Religion182 topics
  3. Literature161 topic
  4. Society161 topic
  5. Children's Literature82 topics
  6. Cultural Exchange52 topics
  7. Fairy Tales51 topic
  8. Folklore51 topic
  9. Religious Identity52 topics
  10. Indo-European41 topic
  11. Linguistics41 topic
  12. Byzantium31 topic
  13. Eastern Mediterranean31 topic
  14. Fantasy31 topic
  15. Young Adult31 topic
  16. Scandinavia21 topic
  17. Viking Age21 topic
  18. Wales21 topic
  19. Welsh literature21 topic
  20. Castle Construction11 topic
  21. Medieval Architecture11 topic

Where does Derek Pearsall work?

Derek Pearsall's main affiliation in the publication record is University of York, United Kingdom.

How many publications and citations does Derek Pearsall have?

Science Explorer counts 46 works and 158 citations for Derek Pearsall, ranking #29,162 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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