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Researcher · Princeton University · United States

Robert L. Tignor

Robert L. Tignor publishes mostly in Anthropology, Political Science and International Relations and Sociology and Political Science, on topics such as African history and culture studies, Global Maritime and Colonial Histories and Islamic Studies and History.

OpenAlex
World rank
#4,492
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#2,121
of 358,040
Works
64
Citations
725
Citations per work
11.3

What does Robert L. Tignor research?

Anthropology: 39.6%Political Science and International Relations: 25.0%Sociology and Political Science: 14.6%Economics and Econometrics: 6.3%other fields: 14.5%40%top field
Anthropology39.6%Political Science and International Relations25.0%Sociology and Political Science14.6%Economics and Econometrics6.3%other fields14.5%

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

  1. 1Anthropology40% of their works
  2. 2Political Science and International Relations25% of their works
  3. 3Sociology and Political Science15% of their works
  4. 4Economics and Econometrics6% of their works
  5. 5Cultural Studies4% of their works
  6. 6History and Philosophy of Science2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Robert L. Tignor's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Colonialism, Middle East, Post-Colonial Africa, Indian Ocean, Islamic reform, Ottoman Empire, prehistoric movement and Atlantic History.

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 17 words, with their numbers
  1. Colonialism91 topic
  2. Middle East92 topics
  3. Post-Colonial Africa91 topic
  4. Indian Ocean61 topic
  5. Islamic reform61 topic
  6. Ottoman Empire61 topic
  7. prehistoric movement61 topic
  8. Atlantic History41 topic
  9. Transatlantic Slave Trade41 topic
  10. Media31 topic
  11. Politics31 topic
  12. Economic Growth21 topic
  13. Height21 topic
  14. Finance11 topic
  15. Islamic Banking11 topic
  16. Scientific History11 topic
  17. Technological Development11 topic

Where does Robert L. Tignor work?

Robert L. Tignor's main affiliation in the publication record is Princeton University, United States.

How many publications and citations does Robert L. Tignor have?

Science Explorer counts 64 works and 725 citations for Robert L. Tignor, ranking #4,492 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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