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Researcher · Columbia University · United States

Robert Legvold

Robert Legvold publishes mostly in Political Science and International Relations, Sociology and Political Science and History, on topics such as Eastern European Communism and Reforms, Russia and Soviet political economy and Soviet and Russian History.

OpenAlex
World rank
#308
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#155
of 1,627,098
Works
534
Citations
29k
Citations per work
53.4
h-index
92
i10-index 309Top 0.1% in Political Science and International Relations
Robert Legvold

What does Robert Legvold research?

Robert Legvold's work is mostly in Social Sciences (84%), Arts and Humanities (4%), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (2%).

Social Sciences: 481 works · 90.0% of their workSocial Sciences: 451 works · 84.5% of their workPolitical Science and International Relations: 282 works · 52.9% of their workSociology and Political Science: 142 works · 26.6% of their workCultural Studies: 21 works · 4.0% of their workAnthropology: 5 works · 1.0% of their workArts and Humanities: 21 works · 4.0% of their workHistory: 21 works · 4.0% of their workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 8 works · 1.5% of their workEconomics and Econometrics: 8 works · 1.5% of their workEverything else: 53 works · 10.0% of their workTHEIR WORKRobert Legvold534works
Social Sciences90%

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 Sciences45184.5%
    2. Arts and Humanities214.0%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance81.5%
  2. Everything else5310.0%
  1. 1Political Science and International Relations53% of their works
  2. 2Sociology and Political Science27% of their works
  3. 3History4% of their works
  4. 4Cultural Studies4% of their works
  5. 5Economics and Econometrics2% of their works
  6. 6Anthropology1% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Robert Legvold's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Transition, Identity, Russia, Soviet Union, Dissent, Post-Communist, Capitalism and Economy.

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 23 words, with their numbers
  1. Transition2562 topics
  2. Identity1712 topics
  3. Russia1482 topics
  4. Soviet Union1392 topics
  5. Dissent1371 topic
  6. Post-Communist1371 topic
  7. Capitalism1191 topic
  8. Economy1191 topic
  9. Empire931 topic
  10. Stalinism931 topic
  11. Eastern Europe802 topics
  12. International Relations752 topics
  13. Conflict632 topics
  14. Australia461 topic
  15. European Union461 topic
  16. De Facto States411 topic
  17. Unrecognized Quasi-States411 topic
  18. Balkans341 topic
  19. Nationalism341 topic
  20. Hybrid Warfare291 topic
  21. Ukraine291 topic
  22. Nazi Propaganda271 topic
  23. Sexuality271 topic

Where does Robert Legvold work?

Robert Legvold's main affiliation in the publication record is Columbia University, United States.

How many publications and citations does Robert Legvold have?

OpenAlex counts 534 works and 28,538 citations for Robert Legvold, an h-index of 92, ranking #308 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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