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Gordon Pirie

Gordon Pirie publishes mostly in Anthropology, Sociology and Political Science and Political Science and International Relations, on topics such as African history and culture studies, Global Maritime and Colonial Histories and South African History and Culture.

World rank
#304,823
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in South Africa
#833
of 5,570
Works
58
Citations
56
Citations per work
1.0

What does Gordon Pirie research?

Anthropology: 20.0%Sociology and Political Science: 15.0%Political Science and International Relations: 13.3%Urban Studies: 6.7%other fields: 45.0%20%top field
Anthropology20.0%Sociology and Political Science15.0%Political Science and International Relations13.3%Urban Studies6.7%other fields45.0%

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

  1. 1Anthropology20% of their works
  2. 2Sociology and Political Science15% of their works
  3. 3Political Science and International Relations13% of their works
  4. 4Urban Studies7% of their works
  5. 5Building and Construction5% of their works
  6. 6History and Philosophy of Science3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Gordon Pirie's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Colonialism, Military History, African History, Post-Colonial Africa, Indian Ocean, prehistoric movement, protests and South Africa.

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 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Colonialism92 topics
  2. Military History92 topics
  3. African History71 topic
  4. Post-Colonial Africa71 topic
  5. Indian Ocean51 topic
  6. South Africa51 topic
  7. prehistoric movement51 topic
  8. protests51 topic
  9. International Law31 topic
  10. Treaties31 topic
  11. Airport Competition21 topic
  12. Competition21 topic
  13. Exploration21 topic
  14. High-speed Rail21 topic
  15. International Relations21 topic
  16. Railway Deregulation21 topic
  17. Travel Writing21 topic
  18. World War21 topic

Where does Gordon Pirie work?

Gordon Pirie's main affiliation in the publication record is University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa.

How many publications and citations does Gordon Pirie have?

Science Explorer counts 58 works and 56 citations for Gordon Pirie, ranking #304,823 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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