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Researcher · University of Oslo · Norway

Pål Kolstø

Pål Kolstø publishes mostly in Political Science and International Relations, Sociology and Political Science and Cultural Studies, on topics such as Post-Soviet Geopolitical Dynamics, Eastern European Communism and Reforms and Balkans: History, Politics, Society.

World rank
#167,898
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in Norway
#837
of 6,482
Works
44
Citations
39
Citations per work
0.9

What does Pål Kolstø research?

Political Science and International Relations: 48.2%Sociology and Political Science: 21.4%Cultural Studies: 8.9%General Health Professions: 5.4%other fields: 16.1%48%top field
Political Science and International Relations48.2%Sociology and Political Science21.4%Cultural Studies8.9%General Health Professions5.4%other fields16.1%

Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.

  1. 1Political Science and International Relations48% of their works
  2. 2Sociology and Political Science21% of their works
  3. 3Cultural Studies9% of their works
  4. 4General Health Professions5% of their works
  5. 5Philosophy5% of their works
  6. 6Demography4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Pål Kolstø's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Identity, Balkans, Migration, Eastern Europe, European Union, Conflict, Russia and Ukraine.

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 26 words, with their numbers
  1. Identity112 topics
  2. Balkans102 topics
  3. Migration103 topics
  4. Eastern Europe82 topics
  5. European Union82 topics
  6. Conflict72 topics
  7. Russia72 topics
  8. Ukraine72 topics
  9. De Facto States61 topic
  10. Post-Communist61 topic
  11. Soviet Union62 topics
  12. Transition61 topic
  13. Unrecognized Quasi-States61 topic
  14. Eastern Partnership51 topic
  15. Foreign Policy51 topic
  16. International Relations52 topics
  17. Memory51 topic
  18. Nationalism51 topic
  19. Australia31 topic
  20. Cold War31 topic
  21. Empire31 topic
  22. Stalinism31 topic
  23. Agriculture21 topic
  24. Hybrid Warfare21 topic
  25. Military Strategy21 topic
  26. Rural Transformation21 topic

Where does Pål Kolstø work?

Pål Kolstø's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Oslo, Norway.

How many publications and citations does Pål Kolstø have?

Science Explorer counts 44 works and 39 citations for Pål Kolstø, ranking #167,898 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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