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Researcher · Concordia University · Canada

Michel Despland

Michel Despland publishes mostly in Sociology and Political Science, Philosophy and History, on topics such as European Political History Analysis, Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis and Classical Philosophy and Thought.

World rank
#79,525
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in Canada
#2,566
of 38,960
Works
68
Citations
33
Citations per work
0.5

What does Michel Despland research?

Sociology and Political Science: 25.9%Philosophy: 18.5%History: 14.8%Political Science and International Relations: 11.1%other fields: 29.7%26%top field
Sociology and Political Science25.9%Philosophy18.5%History14.8%Political Science and International Relations11.1%other fields29.7%

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 Science26% of their works
  2. 2Philosophy18% of their works
  3. 3History15% of their works
  4. 4Political Science and International Relations11% of their works
  5. 5History and Philosophy of Science11% of their works
  6. 6Anthropology7% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Michel Despland's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Globalization, French Revolution, Napoleonic Wars, Scientific History, Technological Development, Aristotle, Family Dynamics and Plato.

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 17 words, with their numbers
  1. Globalization52 topics
  2. French Revolution31 topic
  3. Napoleonic Wars31 topic
  4. Scientific History31 topic
  5. Technological Development31 topic
  6. Aristotle21 topic
  7. Family Dynamics21 topic
  8. Plato21 topic
  9. Religion21 topic
  10. Secularism21 topic
  11. Societal Change21 topic
  12. Ancient Magic11 topic
  13. Artistic Expression11 topic
  14. Calvinism11 topic
  15. Gnosticism11 topic
  16. Literary History11 topic
  17. Reformation11 topic

Where does Michel Despland work?

Michel Despland's main affiliation in the publication record is Concordia University, Canada.

How many publications and citations does Michel Despland have?

Science Explorer counts 68 works and 33 citations for Michel Despland, ranking #79,525 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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