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Researcher · University of South Africa · South Africa

Dirk G. Van der Merwe

Dirk G. Van der Merwe publishes mostly in Religious studies, Archeology and Sociology and Political Science, on topics such as Biblical Studies and Interpretation, Archaeology and Historical Studies and Historical and Linguistic Studies.

ORCID 0000-0001-9402-3702 OpenAlex
World rank
#642,296
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in South Africa
#2,045
of 5,570
Works
18
Citations
5
Citations per work
0.3

What does Dirk G. Van der Merwe research?

Religious studies: 44.4%Archeology: 22.2%Sociology and Political Science: 16.7%Clinical Psychology: 5.6%other fields: 11.1%44%top field
Religious studies44.4%Archeology22.2%Sociology and Political Science16.7%Clinical Psychology5.6%other fields11.1%

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

  1. 1Religious studies44% of their works
  2. 2Archeology22% of their works
  3. 3Sociology and Political Science17% of their works
  4. 4Clinical Psychology6% of their works
  5. 5Philosophy6% of their works
  6. 6Health6% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Dirk G. Van der Merwe's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Biblical Monotheism, Jewish Society, Arabia, Byzantine, Christian-Muslim Relations, Gospel Translation, African Christianity and Mental Health.

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. Biblical Monotheism61 topic
  2. Jewish Society61 topic
  3. Arabia41 topic
  4. Byzantine41 topic
  5. Christian-Muslim Relations31 topic
  6. Gospel Translation31 topic
  7. African Christianity22 topics
  8. Mental Health22 topics
  9. Spirituality22 topics
  10. Bereavement11 topic
  11. Biblical Interpretation11 topic
  12. Complicated Grief11 topic
  13. Digital Religion11 topic
  14. Global Christianity11 topic
  15. Health11 topic
  16. Internet11 topic
  17. Pentecostalism11 topic
  18. Religion11 topic
  19. Short-Term Missions11 topic

Where does Dirk G. Van der Merwe work?

Dirk G. Van der Merwe's main affiliation in the publication record is University of South Africa, South Africa.

How many publications and citations does Dirk G. Van der Merwe have?

Science Explorer counts 18 works and 5 citations for Dirk G. Van der Merwe, ranking #642,296 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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