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Researcher · Stellenbosch University · South Africa

Dion Angus Forster

Dion Angus Forster publishes mostly in Religious studies, Sociology and Political Science and Education, on topics such as Christian Theology and Mission, Religion, Society, and Development and Pentecostalism and Christianity Studies.

ORCID 0000-0002-7292-6203 OpenAlex
World rank
#448,983
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in South Africa
#1,688
of 29,826
Works
84
Citations
299
Citations per work
3.6
h-index
9
i10-index 7Top 14% in Religious studies
Dion Angus Forster

What does Dion Angus Forster research?

Dion Angus Forster's work is mostly in Social Sciences (47%), Arts and Humanities (40%), Psychology (2%).

Social Sciences: 75 works · 89.0% of their workSocial Sciences: 40 works · 47.4% of their workSociology and Political Science: 30 works · 35.3% of their workEducation: 6 works · 7.5% of their workPolitical Science and International Relations: 4 works · 4.6% of their workArts and Humanities: 34 works · 39.9% of their workReligious studies: 32 works · 37.6% of their workPhilosophy: 2 works · 2.3% of their workPsychology: 1 works · 1.7% of their workSocial Psychology: 1 works · 1.7% of their workEverything else: 9 works · 11.0% of their workTHEIR WORKDion AngusForster84works
Social Sciences89%

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 Sciences4047.4%
    2. Arts and Humanities3439.9%
    3. Psychology11.7%
  2. Everything else911.0%
  1. 1Religious studies38% of their works
  2. 2Sociology and Political Science35% of their works
  3. 3Education8% of their works
  4. 4Political Science and International Relations5% of their works
  5. 5Philosophy2% of their works
  6. 6Social Psychology2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Dion Angus Forster's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: African Christianity, Religion, Global Christianity, Short-Term Missions, Faith-Based Organizations, Social Services, Social Justice and Globalization.

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 21 words, with their numbers
  1. African Christianity522 topics
  2. Religion493 topics
  3. Global Christianity401 topic
  4. Short-Term Missions401 topic
  5. Faith-Based Organizations311 topic
  6. Social Services311 topic
  7. Social Justice242 topics
  8. Globalization182 topics
  9. Race162 topics
  10. Biblical Interpretation121 topic
  11. Black Liberation Theology121 topic
  12. Feminism121 topic
  13. Pentecostalism121 topic
  14. African Philosophy111 topic
  15. Decolonization111 topic
  16. Biblical Monotheism91 topic
  17. Jewish Society91 topic
  18. Public Sphere61 topic
  19. Secularism61 topic
  20. South Africa41 topic
  21. protests41 topic

Where does Dion Angus Forster work?

Dion Angus Forster's main affiliation in the publication record is Stellenbosch University, South Africa.

How many publications and citations does Dion Angus Forster have?

OpenAlex counts 84 works and 299 citations for Dion Angus Forster, an h-index of 9, ranking #448,983 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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