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Researcher · University of Bern · Switzerland

George van Driem

George van Driem publishes mostly in Genetics, Language and Linguistics and Sociology and Political Science, on topics such as Swearing, Euphemism, Multilingualism, Forensic and Genetic Research and South Asian Studies and Conflicts.

ORCID 0000-0002-7185-0657 OpenAlex
World rank
#202,740
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in Switzerland
#4,278
of 19,404
Works
49
Citations
127
Citations per work
2.6

What does George van Driem research?

Genetics: 17.2%Language and Linguistics: 12.5%Sociology and Political Science: 9.4%Communication: 7.8%other fields: 53.1%17%top field
Genetics17.2%Language and Linguistics12.5%Sociology and Political Science9.4%Communication7.8%other fields53.1%

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

  1. 1Genetics17% of their works
  2. 2Language and Linguistics12% of their works
  3. 3Sociology and Political Science9% of their works
  4. 4Communication8% of their works
  5. 5Political Science and International Relations8% of their works
  6. 6Molecular Biology6% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe George van Driem's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Sociolinguistics, Colonialism, Ethnicity, Population Genetics, Swearing, Taboo Language, Ancient DNA and Conflict.

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 20 words, with their numbers
  1. Sociolinguistics82 topics
  2. Colonialism62 topics
  3. Ethnicity62 topics
  4. Population Genetics52 topics
  5. Swearing51 topic
  6. Taboo Language51 topic
  7. Ancient DNA41 topic
  8. Conflict41 topic
  9. Genomic Analysis41 topic
  10. Kashmir41 topic
  11. Genetic Structure31 topic
  12. Language Contact31 topic
  13. Linguistic Borrowing31 topic
  14. Population Dynamics31 topic
  15. Culture21 topic
  16. DNA Barcoding21 topic
  17. Food Authentication21 topic
  18. Genetics21 topic
  19. Japan21 topic
  20. Race21 topic

Where does George van Driem work?

George van Driem's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Bern, Switzerland.

How many publications and citations does George van Driem have?

Science Explorer counts 49 works and 127 citations for George van Driem, ranking #202,740 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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