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James Walvin

James Walvin publishes mostly in Anthropology, Sociology and Political Science and History, on topics such as Colonialism, slavery, and trade, Global Maritime and Colonial Histories and Caribbean history, culture, and politics.

World rank
#62,466
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United Kingdom
#5,896
of 90,785
Works
46
Citations
125
Citations per work
2.7

What does James Walvin research?

Anthropology: 41.4%Sociology and Political Science: 22.4%History: 8.6%Cultural Studies: 8.6%other fields: 19.0%41%top field
Anthropology41.4%Sociology and Political Science22.4%History8.6%Cultural Studies8.6%other fields19.0%

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

  1. 1Anthropology41% of their works
  2. 2Sociology and Political Science22% of their works
  3. 3History9% of their works
  4. 4Cultural Studies9% of their works
  5. 5Economics and Econometrics7% of their works
  6. 6Marketing3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe James Walvin's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Atlantic History, Transatlantic Slave Trade, Globalization, Colonialism, National Identity, Nationalism, Australian history and British imperialism.

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. Atlantic History181 topic
  2. Transatlantic Slave Trade181 topic
  3. Globalization92 topics
  4. Colonialism72 topics
  5. National Identity72 topics
  6. Nationalism72 topics
  7. Australian history51 topic
  8. British imperialism51 topic
  9. Caribbean51 topic
  10. Culture51 topic
  11. Indian Ocean51 topic
  12. prehistoric movement51 topic
  13. Economic Growth41 topic
  14. Height41 topic
  15. Black Studies21 topic
  16. Civil Rights Movement21 topic
  17. History21 topic
  18. Internationalism21 topic
  19. Scotland21 topic
  20. Transnationalism21 topic

Where does James Walvin work?

James Walvin's main affiliation in the publication record is University of York, United Kingdom.

How many publications and citations does James Walvin have?

Science Explorer counts 46 works and 125 citations for James Walvin, ranking #62,466 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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