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Researcher · Washington Center · United States

Lester F. Ward

Lester F. Ward publishes mostly in Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, on topics such as Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice, Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology and Social and Cultural Dynamics.

ORCID 0000-0002-9974-7563 OpenAlex
World rank
#668,257
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#203,349
of 358,040
Works
69
Citations
53
Citations per work
0.8

What does Lester F. Ward research?

Sociology and Political Science: 28.8%Political Science and International Relations: 7.6%Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 6.1%Education: 4.5%other fields: 53.0%29%top field
Sociology and Political Science28.8%Political Science and International Relations7.6%Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics6.1%Education4.5%other fields53.0%

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 Science29% of their works
  2. 2Political Science and International Relations8% of their works
  3. 3Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics6% of their works
  4. 4Education4% of their works
  5. 5Social Psychology4% of their works
  6. 6General Psychology4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Lester F. Ward's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Public Sociology, Social Theory, Psychology, Religion, Cultural Capital, History, Science and Social Class.

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. Public Sociology71 topic
  2. Social Theory71 topic
  3. Psychology52 topics
  4. Religion42 topics
  5. Cultural Capital31 topic
  6. History31 topic
  7. Science31 topic
  8. Social Class31 topic
  9. Angiosperm Phylogeny21 topic
  10. Archetypes21 topic
  11. Critical Realism21 topic
  12. Flowering Plants21 topic
  13. Max Weber21 topic
  14. Social Structure21 topic
  15. Sociology21 topic
  16. Unconscious21 topic
  17. Ecosystem Services11 topic
  18. Pollinator Decline11 topic

Where does Lester F. Ward work?

Lester F. Ward's main affiliation in the publication record is Washington Center, United States.

How many publications and citations does Lester F. Ward have?

Science Explorer counts 69 works and 53 citations for Lester F. Ward, ranking #668,257 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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