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Researcher · Institute for Advanced Study · United States

G. W. Bowersock

G. W. Bowersock publishes mostly in Archeology, Anthropology and History, on topics such as Classical Antiquity Studies, Archaeology and Historical Studies and Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History.

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World rank
#193,372
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#71,959
of 1,627,098
Works
305
Citations
7.3k
Citations per work
23.9
h-index
39
i10-index 80Top 0.5% in Archeology (Arts and Humanities)
G. W. Bowersock

What does G. W. Bowersock research?

G. W. Bowersock's work is mostly in Arts and Humanities (47%), Social Sciences (33%).

Social Sciences: 244 works · 79.9% of their workArts and Humanities: 143 works · 46.8% of their workArcheology: 101 works · 33.2% of their workHistory: 21 works · 7.0% of their workClassics: 20 works · 6.6% of their workSocial Sciences: 101 works · 33.1% of their workAnthropology: 64 works · 21.1% of their workPolitical Science and International Relations: 20 works · 6.4% of their workSociology and Political Science: 17 works · 5.6% of their workEverything else: 61 works · 20.1% of their workTHEIR WORKG. W. Bowersock305works
Social Sciences80%

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 Humanities14346.8%
    2. Social Sciences10133.1%
  2. Everything else6120.1%
  1. 1Archeology33% of their works
  2. 2Anthropology21% of their works
  3. 3History7% of their works
  4. 4Classics7% of their works
  5. 5Political Science and International Relations6% of their works
  6. 6Sociology and Political Science6% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe G. W. Bowersock's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Ancient Rome, Greek Literature, Cultural Exchange, Arabia, Byzantine, Archaeology, Cultural Transmission and Mediterranean.

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 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Ancient Rome1131 topic
  2. Greek Literature1131 topic
  3. Cultural Exchange982 topics
  4. Arabia761 topic
  5. Byzantine761 topic
  6. Archaeology601 topic
  7. Cultural Transmission602 topics
  8. Mediterranean601 topic
  9. Ancient Magic401 topic
  10. Gnosticism401 topic
  11. Byzantium381 topic
  12. Eastern Mediterranean381 topic
  13. Christian-Muslim Relations201 topic
  14. Gospel Translation201 topic
  15. Biblical Monotheism181 topic
  16. Islamic reform181 topic
  17. Jewish Society181 topic
  18. Middle East181 topic

Where does G. W. Bowersock work?

G. W. Bowersock's main affiliation in the publication record is Institute for Advanced Study, United States.

How many publications and citations does G. W. Bowersock have?

OpenAlex counts 305 works and 7,295 citations for G. W. Bowersock, an h-index of 39, ranking #193,372 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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