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Peter Van Aelst

Peter Van Aelst publishes mostly in Communication, Political Science and International Relations and Sociology and Political Science, on topics such as Social Media and Politics, Media Studies and Communication and Electoral Systems and Political Participation.

World rank
#18,428
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in Belgium
#144
of 18,604
Works
61
Citations
564
Citations per work
9.2

What does Peter Van Aelst research?

Communication: 47.7%Political Science and International Relations: 16.9%Sociology and Political Science: 16.9%Strategy and Management: 4.6%other fields: 13.9%48%top field
Communication47.7%Political Science and International Relations16.9%Sociology and Political Science16.9%Strategy and Management4.6%other fields13.9%

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

  1. 1Communication48% of their works
  2. 2Political Science and International Relations17% of their works
  3. 3Sociology and Political Science17% of their works
  4. 4Strategy and Management5% of their works
  5. 5Artificial Intelligence3% of their works
  6. 6Statistical and Nonlinear Physics2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Peter Van Aelst's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Social Media, Digital Divide, Political Participation, News Media, Agenda Setting, Media Framing, Empirical Analysis and Political Science.

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 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Social Media295 topics
  2. Digital Divide191 topic
  3. Political Participation191 topic
  4. News Media132 topics
  5. Agenda Setting101 topic
  6. Media Framing101 topic
  7. Empirical Analysis61 topic
  8. Political Science61 topic
  9. Corporate Lobbying31 topic
  10. Fake News31 topic
  11. Media Bias31 topic
  12. Misinformation31 topic
  13. Political Connections31 topic
  14. Political Economy31 topic
  15. Crisis Communication21 topic
  16. Detection21 topic
  17. Hate Speech21 topic
  18. Public Relations21 topic

Where does Peter Van Aelst work?

Peter Van Aelst's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Antwerp, Belgium.

How many publications and citations does Peter Van Aelst have?

Science Explorer counts 61 works and 564 citations for Peter Van Aelst, ranking #18,428 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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