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Researcher · University of the Western Cape · South Africa

Laurence Piper

Laurence Piper publishes mostly in Sociology and Political Science, Education and Political Science and International Relations, on topics such as Legal Issues in South Africa, South African History and Culture and Homelessness and Social Issues.

ORCID 0000-0002-0061-0736 OpenAlex
World rank
#471,809
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in South Africa
#1,381
of 5,570
Works
34
Citations
61
Citations per work
1.8

What does Laurence Piper research?

Sociology and Political Science: 20.4%Education: 12.2%Political Science and International Relations: 10.2%Law: 8.2%other fields: 49.0%20%top field
Sociology and Political Science20.4%Education12.2%Political Science and International Relations10.2%Law8.2%other fields49.0%

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. 2Education12% of their works
  3. 3Political Science and International Relations10% of their works
  4. 4Law8% of their works
  5. 5Development6% of their works
  6. 6Economics and Econometrics6% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Laurence Piper's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Constitutionalism, Developmental Local Government, protests, South Africa, Adaptation, Climate Change, Development Policies and Foreign Aid.

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. Constitutionalism41 topic
  2. Developmental Local Government41 topic
  3. South Africa31 topic
  4. protests31 topic
  5. Adaptation22 topics
  6. Climate Change22 topics
  7. Development Policies21 topic
  8. Foreign Aid21 topic
  9. Health21 topic
  10. Homelessness21 topic
  11. Slum Upgrading21 topic
  12. Urban Poverty21 topic
  13. Flood Risk11 topic
  14. High Altitude11 topic
  15. Hypoxia11 topic
  16. Livestock Farming11 topic
  17. Remote Sensing11 topic
  18. Sustainability11 topic

Where does Laurence Piper work?

Laurence Piper's main affiliation in the publication record is University of the Western Cape, South Africa.

How many publications and citations does Laurence Piper have?

Science Explorer counts 34 works and 61 citations for Laurence Piper, ranking #471,809 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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