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Researcher · Kalamazoo College · United States

Richard L. Means

Richard L. Means publishes mostly in Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations and History, on topics such as Religion and Society Interactions, American Constitutional Law and Politics and Religion, Society, and Development.

OpenAlex
World rank
#527,495
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#182,985
of 1,627,098
Works
46
Citations
469
Citations per work
10.2
h-index
10
i10-index 12Top 23% in Sociology and Political Science
Richard L. Means

What does Richard L. Means research?

Richard L. Means's work is mostly in Social Sciences (73%), Arts and Humanities (6%), Environmental Science (3%).

Social Sciences: 36 works · 78.9% of their workSocial Sciences: 34 works · 73.3% of their workSociology and Political Science: 23 works · 50.0% of their workPolitical Science and International Relations: 8 works · 17.8% of their workEducation: 2 works · 3.3% of their workHealth: 1 works · 2.2% of their workArts and Humanities: 3 works · 5.6% of their workHistory: 3 works · 5.6% of their workEverything else: 8 works · 17.8% of their workPhysical Sciences: 2 works · 3.3% of their workEnvironmental Science: 2 works · 3.3% of their workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 works · 3.3% of their workTHEIR WORKRichard L. Means46works
Physical Sciences3%Social Sciences79%

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 Sciences3473.3%
    2. Arts and Humanities35.6%
  2. Everything else817.8%
    1. Environmental Science23.3%
  1. 1Sociology and Political Science50% of their works
  2. 2Political Science and International Relations18% of their works
  3. 3History6% of their works
  4. 4Education3% of their works
  5. 5Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law3% of their works
  6. 6Health2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Richard L. Means's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Nationalism, Religion, Globalization, Secularism, Atheism, Public Sphere, American founding and Constitutional government.

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. Nationalism262 topics
  2. Religion243 topics
  3. Globalization202 topics
  4. Secularism182 topics
  5. Atheism151 topic
  6. Public Sphere151 topic
  7. American founding111 topic
  8. Constitutional government111 topic
  9. Faith-Based Organizations51 topic
  10. Public Sociology51 topic
  11. Social Services51 topic
  12. Social Theory51 topic
  13. Max Weber41 topic
  14. Sociology41 topic
  15. Black Studies31 topic
  16. Civil Rights Movement31 topic
  17. Conservation31 topic
  18. Diversity31 topic
  19. Environmental Movement31 topic
  20. Religious Education31 topic

Where does Richard L. Means work?

Richard L. Means's main affiliation in the publication record is Kalamazoo College, United States.

How many publications and citations does Richard L. Means have?

OpenAlex counts 46 works and 469 citations for Richard L. Means, an h-index of 10, ranking #527,495 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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