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Researcher · Stellenbosch University · South Africa

Dirkie J. Smit

Dirkie J. Smit publishes mostly in Religious studies, Sociology and Political Science and Philosophy, on topics such as Christian Theology and Mission, Biblical Studies and Interpretation and Religion, Society, and Development.

OpenAlex
World rank
#234,588
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in South Africa
#820
of 29,826
Works
73
Citations
860
Citations per work
11.8
h-index
12
i10-index 16Top 7.5% in Religious studies
Dirkie J. Smit

What does Dirkie J. Smit research?

Dirkie J. Smit's work is mostly in Arts and Humanities (58%), Social Sciences (30%).

Social Sciences: 65 works · 88.4% of their workArts and Humanities: 42 works · 58.0% of their workReligious studies: 32 works · 43.6% of their workPhilosophy: 7 works · 9.4% of their workHistory: 4 works · 5.0% of their workSocial Sciences: 22 works · 30.4% of their workSociology and Political Science: 16 works · 21.5% of their workEducation: 4 works · 5.0% of their workLaw: 3 works · 3.9% of their workEverything else: 8 works · 11.6% of their workTHEIR WORKDirkie J. Smit73works
Social Sciences88%

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 Humanities4258.0%
    2. Social Sciences2230.4%
  2. Everything else811.6%
  1. 1Religious studies44% of their works
  2. 2Sociology and Political Science22% of their works
  3. 3Philosophy9% of their works
  4. 4Education5% of their works
  5. 5History5% of their works
  6. 6Law4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Dirkie J. Smit's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: African Christianity, Global Christianity, Short-Term Missions, Theology, Biblical Monotheism, Jewish Society, Religion and Faith-Based Organizations.

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 24 words, with their numbers
  1. African Christianity502 topics
  2. Global Christianity411 topic
  3. Short-Term Missions411 topic
  4. Theology372 topics
  5. Biblical Monotheism291 topic
  6. Jewish Society291 topic
  7. Religion262 topics
  8. Faith-Based Organizations201 topic
  9. Social Services201 topic
  10. Church History172 topics
  11. Globalization152 topics
  12. Social Justice152 topics
  13. Human Rights122 topics
  14. Multiculturalism122 topics
  15. Biblical Interpretation91 topic
  16. Pentecostalism91 topic
  17. Calvinism81 topic
  18. Reformation81 topic
  19. Animal Consciousness61 topic
  20. Diversity61 topic
  21. Equality Rights61 topic
  22. Legal Personhood61 topic
  23. Religious Education61 topic
  24. Socio-Legal Studies61 topic

Where does Dirkie J. Smit work?

Dirkie J. Smit's main affiliation in the publication record is Stellenbosch University, South Africa.

How many publications and citations does Dirkie J. Smit have?

OpenAlex counts 73 works and 860 citations for Dirkie J. Smit, an h-index of 12, ranking #234,588 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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