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Researcher · University of Pretoria · South Africa

Rian de Villiers

Rian de Villiers publishes mostly in Education, Sociology and Political Science and Developmental and Educational Psychology, on topics such as Science Education and Pedagogy, Education Systems and Policy and Education and Critical Thinking Development.

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World rank
#2,170,202
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in South Africa
#9,208
of 29,826
Works
28
Citations
280
Citations per work
10.0
h-index
8
i10-index 7Top 28% in Education
Rian de Villiers

What does Rian de Villiers research?

Rian de Villiers's work is mostly in Social Sciences (53%), Psychology (15%), Veterinary (4%).

Social Sciences: 19 works · 67.7% of their workSocial Sciences: 15 works · 52.9% of their workEducation: 12 works · 44.1% of their workSociology and Political Science: 2 works · 8.8% of their workPsychology: 4 works · 14.8% of their workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 works · 7.4% of their workSocial Psychology: 2 works · 7.4% of their workEverything else: 7 works · 25.0% of their workHealth Sciences: 1 works · 4.4% of their workVeterinary: 1 works · 4.4% of their workSmall Animals: 1 works · 4.4% of their workLife Sciences: 1 works · 2.9% of their workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 works · 2.9% of their workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 works · 2.9% of their workTHEIR WORKRian de Villiers28works
Life Sciences3%Health Sciences4%Social Sciences68%

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. Social Sciences1552.9%
    2. Psychology414.8%
  2. Everything else725.0%
    1. Veterinary14.4%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences12.9%
  1. 1Education44% of their works
  2. 2Sociology and Political Science9% of their works
  3. 3Developmental and Educational Psychology7% of their works
  4. 4Social Psychology7% of their works
  5. 5Small Animals4% of their works
  6. 6General Agricultural and Biological Sciences3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Rian de Villiers's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Education, Teacher Preparation, Ethical Considerations, Inquiry-Based Teaching, Scientific Literacy, Critical Thinking Skills, Instructional Interventions and Training Pathways.

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 19 words, with their numbers
  1. Education112 topics
  2. Teacher Preparation92 topics
  3. Ethical Considerations82 topics
  4. Inquiry-Based Teaching71 topic
  5. Scientific Literacy71 topic
  6. Critical Thinking Skills61 topic
  7. Instructional Interventions61 topic
  8. Training Pathways61 topic
  9. Vocational Education61 topic
  10. Attitudes51 topic
  11. Conservation51 topic
  12. ARRIVE Guidelines31 topic
  13. Animal Research Reporting31 topic
  14. Children's Perceptions31 topic
  15. Immigration31 topic
  16. Remittances31 topic
  17. Scientists31 topic
  18. Agricultural Education21 topic
  19. School Gardens21 topic

Where does Rian de Villiers work?

Rian de Villiers's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Pretoria, South Africa.

How many publications and citations does Rian de Villiers have?

OpenAlex counts 28 works and 280 citations for Rian de Villiers, an h-index of 8, ranking #2,170,202 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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