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Researcher · SOAS University of London · United Kingdom

Paul Gifford

Paul Gifford publishes mostly in Sociology and Political Science, Religious studies and Literature and Literary Theory, on topics such as Religion, Society, and Development, Christian Theology and Mission and African cultural and philosophical studies.

OpenAlex
World rank
#50,985
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United Kingdom
#4,825
of 90,785
Works
74
Citations
93
Citations per work
1.3

What does Paul Gifford research?

Sociology and Political Science: 21.2%Religious studies: 18.2%Literature and Literary Theory: 10.6%Political Science and International Relations: 7.6%other fields: 42.4%21%top field
Sociology and Political Science21.2%Religious studies18.2%Literature and Literary Theory10.6%Political Science and International Relations7.6%other fields42.4%

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 Science21% of their works
  2. 2Religious studies18% of their works
  3. 3Literature and Literary Theory11% of their works
  4. 4Political Science and International Relations8% of their works
  5. 5Philosophy8% of their works
  6. 6Anthropology6% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Paul Gifford's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Religion, African Christianity, Colonialism, Faith-Based Organizations, Social Services, Global Christianity, Short-Term Missions and Church History.

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 20 words, with their numbers
  1. Religion102 topics
  2. African Christianity92 topics
  3. Colonialism72 topics
  4. Faith-Based Organizations71 topic
  5. Social Services71 topic
  6. Global Christianity61 topic
  7. Short-Term Missions61 topic
  8. Church History52 topics
  9. African Philosophy41 topic
  10. Decolonization41 topic
  11. African History31 topic
  12. Baudelaire31 topic
  13. Biblical Interpretation31 topic
  14. Eritrea31 topic
  15. Ethiopia31 topic
  16. French Literature31 topic
  17. Pentecostalism31 topic
  18. Post-Colonial Africa31 topic
  19. Calvinism21 topic
  20. Reformation21 topic

Where does Paul Gifford work?

Paul Gifford's main affiliation in the publication record is SOAS University of London, United Kingdom.

How many publications and citations does Paul Gifford have?

Science Explorer counts 74 works and 93 citations for Paul Gifford, ranking #50,985 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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