Science Explorer Interactive view Map
Researcher · Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro · Brazil

Leonardo Boff

Leonardo Boff publishes mostly in Sociology and Political Science, Religious studies and Political Science and International Relations, on topics such as Religious and Theological Studies, Religion and Society in Latin America and Economic and Social Development.

ORCID 0000-0001-7633-3360 OpenAlex
World rank
#98,854
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in Brazil
#484
of 38,702
Works
72
Citations
31
Citations per work
0.4

What does Leonardo Boff research?

Sociology and Political Science: 60.7%Religious studies: 8.2%Political Science and International Relations: 4.9%Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 4.9%other fields: 21.3%61%top field
Sociology and Political Science60.7%Religious studies8.2%Political Science and International Relations4.9%Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health4.9%other fields21.3%

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 Science61% of their works
  2. 2Religious studies8% of their works
  3. 3Political Science and International Relations5% of their works
  4. 4Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health5% of their works
  5. 5General Arts and Humanities3% of their works
  6. 6Literature and Literary Theory3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Leonardo Boff's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Religion, Catholicism, Education, Philosophy, Social Dynamics, Theology, Brazil and Politics.

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 21 words, with their numbers
  1. Religion303 topics
  2. Catholicism282 topics
  3. Education243 topics
  4. Philosophy212 topics
  5. Social Dynamics191 topic
  6. Theology191 topic
  7. Brazil91 topic
  8. Politics91 topic
  9. Human Dignity52 topics
  10. Development31 topic
  11. Justice31 topic
  12. Consent21 topic
  13. Culture21 topic
  14. History21 topic
  15. Mental Health21 topic
  16. Patient Autonomy21 topic
  17. Psychoanalysis21 topic
  18. Archaeology11 topic
  19. End-of-Life11 topic
  20. Iberian Peninsula11 topic
  21. Palliative Care11 topic

Where does Leonardo Boff work?

Leonardo Boff's main affiliation in the publication record is Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

How many publications and citations does Leonardo Boff have?

Science Explorer counts 72 works and 31 citations for Leonardo Boff, ranking #98,854 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.

Papers, co-authors, who cited this work and researchers on the nearest topics are in the interactive view on the map. Is this your page? Request a correction or removal.