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Researcher · University of Wisconsin–Madison · United States

Jan Vansina

Jan Vansina publishes mostly in Anthropology, Political Science and International Relations and Sociology and Political Science, on topics such as African history and culture studies, African history and culture analysis and Global Maritime and Colonial Histories.

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World rank
#4,265
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#2,010
of 358,040
Works
94
Citations
421
Citations per work
4.5

What does Jan Vansina research?

Anthropology: 33.7%Political Science and International Relations: 17.4%Sociology and Political Science: 10.9%Religious studies: 5.4%other fields: 32.6%34%top field
Anthropology33.7%Political Science and International Relations17.4%Sociology and Political Science10.9%Religious studies5.4%other fields32.6%

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

  1. 1Anthropology34% of their works
  2. 2Political Science and International Relations17% of their works
  3. 3Sociology and Political Science11% of their works
  4. 4Religious studies5% of their works
  5. 5Economics and Econometrics4% of their works
  6. 6History3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Jan Vansina's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Colonialism, African History, Post-Colonial Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Cultural Exchange, Indian Ocean and prehistoric movement.

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. Colonialism202 topics
  2. African History181 topic
  3. Post-Colonial Africa181 topic
  4. Eritrea111 topic
  5. Ethiopia111 topic
  6. Cultural Exchange102 topics
  7. Indian Ocean71 topic
  8. prehistoric movement71 topic
  9. Conditional Cash Transfers31 topic
  10. Migrations31 topic
  11. Sahara31 topic
  12. School Subsidies31 topic
  13. Biblical Monotheism21 topic
  14. Caribbean21 topic
  15. French Revolution21 topic
  16. Haiti21 topic
  17. Jewish Society21 topic
  18. Napoleonic Wars21 topic

Where does Jan Vansina work?

Jan Vansina's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Wisconsin–Madison, United States.

How many publications and citations does Jan Vansina have?

Science Explorer counts 94 works and 421 citations for Jan Vansina, ranking #4,265 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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