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Robert Launay

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

World rank
#177,164
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#72,881
of 358,040
Works
48
Citations
35
Citations per work
0.7

What does Robert Launay research?

Sociology and Political Science: 25.5%Anthropology: 23.4%Political Science and International Relations: 10.6%History: 6.4%other fields: 34.1%26%top field
Sociology and Political Science25.5%Anthropology23.4%Political Science and International Relations10.6%History6.4%other fields34.1%

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

  1. 1Sociology and Political Science26% of their works
  2. 2Anthropology23% of their works
  3. 3Political Science and International Relations11% of their works
  4. 4History6% of their works
  5. 5Religious studies6% of their works
  6. 6General Health Professions4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Robert Launay's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Cultural Exchange, Colonialism, Slavery, Africa, Climate Change, Governance, African History and Indian Ocean.

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. Cultural Exchange62 topics
  2. Colonialism52 topics
  3. Slavery52 topics
  4. Africa41 topic
  5. Climate Change42 topics
  6. Governance41 topic
  7. African History31 topic
  8. Indian Ocean31 topic
  9. Migrations31 topic
  10. Post-Colonial Africa31 topic
  11. Sahara31 topic
  12. prehistoric movement31 topic
  13. Arctic Indigenous Peoples21 topic
  14. Atlantic History21 topic
  15. Caribbean21 topic
  16. Haiti21 topic
  17. Livestock Farming21 topic
  18. Sustainability21 topic
  19. Traditional Knowledge21 topic
  20. Transatlantic Slave Trade21 topic

Where does Robert Launay work?

Robert Launay's main affiliation in the publication record is Museum of Indian Arts and Culture, United States.

How many publications and citations does Robert Launay have?

Science Explorer counts 48 works and 35 citations for Robert Launay, ranking #177,164 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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