Loïc Wacquant
Loïc Wacquant publishes mostly in Sociology and Political Science, General Health Professions and Urban Studies, on topics such as Social and Cultural Dynamics, Homelessness and Social Issues and Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis.
- World rank
- #89 of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
- Rank in United States
- #45 of 358,040
- Works
- 153
- Citations
- 3.1k
- Citations per work
- 20.1
What does Loïc Wacquant research?
Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.
- 1Sociology and Political Science46% of their works
- 2General Health Professions10% of their works
- 3Urban Studies6% of their works
- 4Political Science and International Relations4% of their works
- 5Gender Studies4% of their works
- 6Law3% of their works
Research topics
Which keywords describe Loïc Wacquant's research?
The keywords of their largest research topics: Criminal Justice, Prison System, Cultural Capital, Social Class, Economic Crisis, Health, Homelessness and Incarceration Effects.
- Unemployment
- Social Work
- Precarious Employment
- Gender
- Professional Practices
- Incarceration Effects
- Health
- Social Class
- Prison System
- Criminal Justice
- Cultural Capital
- Economic Crisis
- Homelessness
- Mass Incarceration
- Public Action
- Penal System
- Social Control
- Sport
- Welfare State
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 19 words, with their numbers
- Criminal Justice142 topics
- Prison System142 topics
- Cultural Capital121 topic
- Social Class121 topic
- Economic Crisis102 topics
- Health91 topic
- Homelessness91 topic
- Incarceration Effects91 topic
- Mass Incarceration91 topic
- Professional Practices61 topic
- Public Action61 topic
- Gender51 topic
- Penal System51 topic
- Precarious Employment51 topic
- Social Control51 topic
- Social Work51 topic
- Sport51 topic
- Unemployment51 topic
- Welfare State51 topic
Where does Loïc Wacquant work?
Loïc Wacquant's main affiliation in the publication record is University of California, Berkeley, United States.
How many publications and citations does Loïc Wacquant have?
Science Explorer counts 153 works and 3,068 citations for Loïc Wacquant, ranking #89 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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