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Researcher · Queen's University · Canada

Donald Swainson

Donald Swainson publishes mostly in Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, on topics such as Canadian Identity and History, American Environmental and Regional History and Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis.

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World rank
#4,430,570
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Canada
#134,624
of 183,316
Works
51
Citations
54
Citations per work
1.1
h-index
4
i10-index 1Top 62% in Sociology and Political Science
Donald Swainson

What does Donald Swainson research?

Donald Swainson's work is mostly in Social Sciences (68%), Arts and Humanities (11%), Environmental Science (6%).

Social Sciences: 40 works · 78.9% of their workSocial Sciences: 34 works · 67.6% of their workSociology and Political Science: 25 works · 48.8% of their workPolitical Science and International Relations: 6 works · 12.5% of their workCultural Studies: 3 works · 6.3% of their workArts and Humanities: 6 works · 11.3% of their workHistory: 3 works · 6.3% of their workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 3 works · 5.0% of their workEverything else: 8 works · 14.8% of their workPhysical Sciences: 3 works · 6.3% of their workEnvironmental Science: 3 works · 6.3% of their workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 3 works · 6.3% of their workTHEIR WORKDonald Swainson51works
Physical Sciences6%Social Sciences79%

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 Sciences3467.6%
    2. Arts and Humanities611.3%
  2. Everything else814.8%
    1. Environmental Science36.3%
  1. 1Sociology and Political Science49% of their works
  2. 2Political Science and International Relations12% of their works
  3. 3Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law6% of their works
  4. 4Cultural Studies6% of their works
  5. 5History6% of their works
  6. 6History and Philosophy of Science5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Donald Swainson's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: History, Identity, Canada, Social Policy, Conservation, Environmental Movement, Globalization and Australian history.

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. History322 topics
  2. Identity322 topics
  3. Canada301 topic
  4. Social Policy301 topic
  5. Conservation51 topic
  6. Environmental Movement51 topic
  7. Globalization42 topics
  8. Australian history31 topic
  9. British Politics31 topic
  10. British imperialism31 topic
  11. Depoliticisation31 topic
  12. Scientific History31 topic
  13. Technological Development31 topic
  14. Branding21 topic
  15. Caribbean21 topic
  16. Culture21 topic
  17. Marketing21 topic
  18. Roman Economy21 topic
  19. Urban Workshops21 topic

Where does Donald Swainson work?

Donald Swainson's main affiliation in the publication record is Queen's University, Canada.

How many publications and citations does Donald Swainson have?

OpenAlex counts 51 works and 54 citations for Donald Swainson, an h-index of 4, ranking #4,430,570 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality 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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