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Kenneth J. Perkins

Kenneth J. Perkins publishes mostly in Anthropology, Political Science and International Relations and Sociology and Political Science, on topics such as Global Maritime and Colonial Histories, African history and culture studies and African Studies and Geopolitics.

World rank
#49,668
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#22,859
of 358,040
Works
44
Citations
100
Citations per work
2.3

What does Kenneth J. Perkins research?

Anthropology: 36.4%Political Science and International Relations: 22.7%Sociology and Political Science: 9.1%History: 9.1%other fields: 22.7%36%top field
Anthropology36.4%Political Science and International Relations22.7%Sociology and Political Science9.1%History9.1%other fields22.7%

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

  1. 1Anthropology36% of their works
  2. 2Political Science and International Relations23% of their works
  3. 3Sociology and Political Science9% of their works
  4. 4History9% of their works
  5. 5Literature and Literary Theory7% of their works
  6. 6Archeology4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Kenneth J. Perkins's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Cultural Exchange, Indian Ocean, Islam, North Africa, prehistoric movement, Archaeology, Colonialism and Migration.

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 22 words, with their numbers
  1. Cultural Exchange102 topics
  2. Indian Ocean61 topic
  3. Islam62 topics
  4. North Africa62 topics
  5. prehistoric movement61 topic
  6. Archaeology52 topics
  7. Colonialism51 topic
  8. Migration52 topics
  9. Post-Colonial Africa51 topic
  10. Religion52 topics
  11. Migrations41 topic
  12. Sahara41 topic
  13. Eritrea31 topic
  14. Ethiopia31 topic
  15. Algerian War21 topic
  16. Colonial Identity21 topic
  17. Family Law21 topic
  18. Islamic reform21 topic
  19. Middle East21 topic
  20. Reform21 topic
  21. LiDAR11 topic
  22. Remote Sensing11 topic

Where does Kenneth J. Perkins work?

Kenneth J. Perkins's main affiliation in the publication record is University of South Carolina, United States.

How many publications and citations does Kenneth J. Perkins have?

Science Explorer counts 44 works and 100 citations for Kenneth J. Perkins, ranking #49,668 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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