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Researcher · Institute of Archeology · Ukraine

R.J. van der Spek

R.J. van der Spek publishes mostly in Archeology, Anthropology and Sociology and Political Science, on topics such as Ancient Near East History, Classical Antiquity Studies and Eurasian Exchange Networks.

OpenAlex
World rank
#174,002
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in Ukraine
#41
of 4,000
Works
39
Citations
30
Citations per work
0.8

What does R.J. van der Spek research?

Archeology: 30.3%Anthropology: 24.2%Sociology and Political Science: 12.1%Classics: 6.1%other fields: 27.3%30%top field
Archeology30.3%Anthropology24.2%Sociology and Political Science12.1%Classics6.1%other fields27.3%

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

  1. 1Archeology30% of their works
  2. 2Anthropology24% of their works
  3. 3Sociology and Political Science12% of their works
  4. 4Classics6% of their works
  5. 5Language and Linguistics6% of their works
  6. 6Political Science and International Relations6% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe R.J. van der Spek's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Babylonian, Mesopotamia, Ancient Rome, Eurasian Exchange, Greek Literature, Silk Roads, Indo-European and Linguistics.

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 16 words, with their numbers
  1. Babylonian81 topic
  2. Mesopotamia81 topic
  3. Ancient Rome41 topic
  4. Eurasian Exchange41 topic
  5. Greek Literature41 topic
  6. Silk Roads41 topic
  7. Indo-European21 topic
  8. Linguistics21 topic
  9. Religion21 topic
  10. Secularism21 topic
  11. Arabia11 topic
  12. Archaeoastronomy11 topic
  13. Banknote Recognition11 topic
  14. Byzantine11 topic
  15. Cultural Landscapes11 topic
  16. Currency Recognition11 topic

Where does R.J. van der Spek work?

R.J. van der Spek's main affiliation in the publication record is Institute of Archeology, Ukraine.

How many publications and citations does R.J. van der Spek have?

Science Explorer counts 39 works and 30 citations for R.J. van der Spek, ranking #174,002 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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