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Karen Thomas

Karen Thomas publishes mostly in Religious studies, Sociology and Political Science and History, on topics such as Pentecostalism and Christianity Studies, Religion, Society, and Development and Christian Theology and Mission.

World rank
#1,246,703
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in South Africa
#4,267
of 5,570
Works
124
Citations
2

What does Karen Thomas research?

Religious studies: 46.1%Sociology and Political Science: 18.8%History: 7.8%Political Science and International Relations: 7.0%other fields: 20.3%46%top field
Religious studies46.1%Sociology and Political Science18.8%History7.8%Political Science and International Relations7.0%other fields20.3%

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

  1. 1Religious studies46% of their works
  2. 2Sociology and Political Science19% of their works
  3. 3History8% of their works
  4. 4Political Science and International Relations7% of their works
  5. 5Philosophy3% of their works
  6. 6Geography, Planning and Development2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Karen Thomas's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: African Christianity, Biblical Interpretation, Pentecostalism, Faith-Based Organizations, Social Services, Global Christianity, Short-Term Missions and Biblical Monotheism.

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. African Christianity442 topics
  2. Biblical Interpretation281 topic
  3. Pentecostalism281 topic
  4. Faith-Based Organizations171 topic
  5. Social Services171 topic
  6. Global Christianity161 topic
  7. Short-Term Missions161 topic
  8. Biblical Monotheism151 topic
  9. Jewish Society151 topic
  10. Religious Identity122 topics
  11. Mormonism91 topic
  12. Polygamy91 topic
  13. American founding61 topic
  14. Constitutional government61 topic
  15. Occultism31 topic
  16. Pilgrimage31 topic
  17. Religious Tourism31 topic
  18. Spiritualism31 topic

Where does Karen Thomas work?

Karen Thomas's main affiliation in the publication record is University of the Free State, South Africa.

How many publications and citations does Karen Thomas have?

Science Explorer counts 124 works and 2 citations for Karen Thomas, ranking #1,246,703 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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