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Researcher · Ollscoil na Gaillimhe – University of Galway · Ireland

Nicholas Canny

Nicholas Canny publishes mostly in History, Sociology and Political Science and Anthropology, on topics such as Historical Studies of British Isles, Irish and British Studies and Scottish History and National Identity.

OpenAlex
World rank
#261,981
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Ireland
#737
of 21,376
Works
199
Citations
2.7k
Citations per work
13.4
h-index
27
i10-index 41Top 0.6% in History
Nicholas Canny

What does Nicholas Canny research?

Nicholas Canny's work is mostly in Arts and Humanities (41%), Social Sciences (39%), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (6%).

Social Sciences: 171 works · 85.9% of their workArts and Humanities: 81 works · 40.7% of their workHistory: 76 works · 38.0% of their workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 5 works · 2.7% of their workSocial Sciences: 77 works · 38.9% of their workSociology and Political Science: 42 works · 20.9% of their workAnthropology: 23 works · 11.7% of their workPolitical Science and International Relations: 13 works · 6.3% of their workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 13 works · 6.3% of their workEconomics and Econometrics: 13 works · 6.3% of their workEverything else: 28 works · 14.1% of their workTHEIR WORKNicholas Canny199works
Social Sciences86%

Their six largest subfields, inside their fields and domains; the grey slice is everything else they publish. The interactive view splits every one of their works down to single topics.

The fields and subfields, with their numbers
    1. Arts and Humanities8140.7%
    2. Social Sciences7738.9%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance136.3%
  2. Everything else2814.1%
  1. 1History38% of their works
  2. 2Sociology and Political Science21% of their works
  3. 3Anthropology12% of their works
  4. 4Economics and Econometrics6% of their works
  5. 5Political Science and International Relations6% of their works
  6. 6History and Philosophy of Science3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Nicholas Canny's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Nationalism, Colonialism, Cultural Identity, Wales, Welsh literature, Ethnicity, Identity and National Identity.

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 24 words, with their numbers
  1. Nationalism1293 topics
  2. Colonialism923 topics
  3. Cultural Identity822 topics
  4. Wales701 topic
  5. Welsh literature701 topic
  6. Ethnicity592 topics
  7. Identity592 topics
  8. National Identity542 topics
  9. Conflict511 topic
  10. Northern Ireland511 topic
  11. History482 topics
  12. Scotland401 topic
  13. Union of 1707401 topic
  14. Atlantic History321 topic
  15. Transatlantic Slave Trade321 topic
  16. Globalization312 topics
  17. Economic Growth231 topic
  18. Height231 topic
  19. Australian history141 topic
  20. British imperialism141 topic
  21. Calvinism121 topic
  22. Reformation121 topic
  23. Philippines81 topic
  24. Political Dynasties81 topic

Where does Nicholas Canny work?

Nicholas Canny's main affiliation in the publication record is Ollscoil na Gaillimhe – University of Galway, Ireland.

How many publications and citations does Nicholas Canny have?

OpenAlex counts 199 works and 2,669 citations for Nicholas Canny, an h-index of 27, ranking #261,981 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality 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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