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Researcher · École des hautes études en sciences sociales · France

Robert Castel

Robert Castel publishes mostly in Sociology and Political Science, Urban Studies and General Health Professions, on topics such as Social Sciences and Governance, French Urban and Social Studies and Aging, Elder Care, and Social Issues.

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World rank
#140,008
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in France
#10,127
of 324,115
Works
191
Citations
6.3k
Citations per work
33.0
h-index
32
i10-index 64Top 1.8% in Sociology and Political Science
Robert Castel

What does Robert Castel research?

Robert Castel's work is mostly in Social Sciences (58%), Health Professions (12%), Psychology (7%).

Social Sciences: 124 works · 64.9% of their workSocial Sciences: 110 works · 57.6% of their workSociology and Political Science: 58 works · 30.5% of their workUrban Studies: 27 works · 14.1% of their workPolitical Science and International Relations: 15 works · 8.1% of their workGeneral Social Sciences: 9 works · 4.9% of their workPsychology: 14 works · 7.3% of their workClinical Psychology: 14 works · 7.3% of their workEverything else: 43 works · 22.7% of their workHealth Sciences: 24 works · 12.4% of their workHealth Professions: 24 works · 12.4% of their workGeneral Health Professions: 24 works · 12.4% of their workTHEIR WORKRobert Castel191works
Health Sciences12%Social Sciences65%

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 Sciences11057.6%
    2. Psychology147.3%
  2. Everything else4322.7%
    1. Health Professions2412.4%
  1. 1Sociology and Political Science30% of their works
  2. 2Urban Studies14% of their works
  3. 3General Health Professions12% of their works
  4. 4Political Science and International Relations8% of their works
  5. 5Clinical Psychology7% of their works
  6. 6General Social Sciences5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Robert Castel's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Community Engagement, Territorial Governance, Public Policy, Economic Development, Social Innovation, Environmental Participation, Sustainable Development and Mental Health.

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. The words come from the keyword list OpenAlex gives each topic, not from the text of the papers, so a word can appear that none of the papers uses.

All 20 words, with their numbers
  1. Community Engagement902 topics
  2. Territorial Governance902 topics
  3. Public Policy532 topics
  4. Economic Development511 topic
  5. Social Innovation511 topic
  6. Environmental Participation391 topic
  7. Sustainable Development391 topic
  8. Mental Health292 topics
  9. Aging201 topic
  10. Elderly201 topic
  11. Social Work181 topic
  12. Welfare State181 topic
  13. Developmental Trauma171 topic
  14. Psychodynamic Psychotherapy171 topic
  15. Professional Practices161 topic
  16. Public Action161 topic
  17. Inequality141 topic
  18. Social Determinants of Health141 topic
  19. Healthcare Legislation121 topic
  20. Patient Rights121 topic

Where does Robert Castel work?

Robert Castel's main affiliation in the publication record is École des hautes études en sciences sociales, France.

How many publications and citations does Robert Castel have?

OpenAlex counts 191 works and 6,303 citations for Robert Castel, an h-index of 32, ranking #140,008 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised citation 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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