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Researcher · University of Cape Town · South Africa

Herman Wasserman

Herman Wasserman publishes mostly in Sociology and Political Science, Communication and Political Science and International Relations, on topics such as Media Studies and Communication, African history and culture studies and Legal Issues in South Africa.

ORCID 0000-0002-2553-1989 OpenAlex
World rank
#576,995
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in South Africa
#1,778
of 5,570
Works
66
Citations
95
Citations per work
1.4

What does Herman Wasserman research?

Sociology and Political Science: 20.5%Communication: 14.8%Political Science and International Relations: 8.0%Anthropology: 6.8%other fields: 49.9%20%top field
Sociology and Political Science20.5%Communication14.8%Political Science and International Relations8.0%Anthropology6.8%other fields49.9%

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

  1. 1Sociology and Political Science20% of their works
  2. 2Communication15% of their works
  3. 3Political Science and International Relations8% of their works
  4. 4Anthropology7% of their works
  5. 5Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging6% of their works
  6. 6Law6% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Herman Wasserman's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Agenda Setting, Media Framing, Social Media, Colonialism, Post-Colonial Africa, Constitutionalism, Developmental Local Government and Fake News.

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 17 words, with their numbers
  1. Agenda Setting101 topic
  2. Media Framing101 topic
  3. Social Media72 topics
  4. Colonialism51 topic
  5. Post-Colonial Africa51 topic
  6. Constitutionalism41 topic
  7. Developmental Local Government41 topic
  8. Fake News41 topic
  9. Misinformation41 topic
  10. South Africa41 topic
  11. protests41 topic
  12. Digital Divide31 topic
  13. Political Participation31 topic
  14. Imaging21 topic
  15. PET Imaging21 topic
  16. PET/CT21 topic
  17. Radiopharmaceuticals21 topic

Where does Herman Wasserman work?

Herman Wasserman's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Cape Town, South Africa.

How many publications and citations does Herman Wasserman have?

Science Explorer counts 66 works and 95 citations for Herman Wasserman, ranking #576,995 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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