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Robert Mattes

Robert Mattes publishes mostly in Political Science and International Relations, Sociology and Political Science and Development, on topics such as International Development and Aid, Electoral Systems and Political Participation and Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare.

World rank
#309,726
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in South Africa
#848
of 5,570
Works
51
Citations
102
Citations per work
2.0

What does Robert Mattes research?

Political Science and International Relations: 25.5%Sociology and Political Science: 21.6%Development: 9.8%Law: 7.8%other fields: 35.3%26%top field
Political Science and International Relations25.5%Sociology and Political Science21.6%Development9.8%Law7.8%other fields35.3%

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

  1. 1Political Science and International Relations26% of their works
  2. 2Sociology and Political Science22% of their works
  3. 3Development10% of their works
  4. 4Law8% of their works
  5. 5Safety Research8% of their works
  6. 6General Health Professions6% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Robert Mattes's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Democracy, Poverty Reduction, Economic Growth, Globalization, Public Opinion, Gender Inequality, Human Rights and Income Inequality.

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 24 words, with their numbers
  1. Democracy92 topics
  2. Poverty Reduction92 topics
  3. Economic Growth82 topics
  4. Globalization83 topics
  5. Public Opinion82 topics
  6. Gender Inequality72 topics
  7. Human Rights72 topics
  8. Income Inequality62 topics
  9. Development Policies51 topic
  10. Empirical Analysis51 topic
  11. Foreign Aid51 topic
  12. Political Science51 topic
  13. Civil War41 topic
  14. Conditional Cash Transfers41 topic
  15. Ethnic Conflict41 topic
  16. School Subsidies41 topic
  17. Capability Approach31 topic
  18. Constitutionalism31 topic
  19. Developmental Local Government31 topic
  20. Political Economy31 topic
  21. Poverty Measurement31 topic
  22. Welfare State31 topic
  23. Populism21 topic
  24. Right-Wing21 topic

Where does Robert Mattes work?

Robert Mattes's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Cape Town, South Africa.

How many publications and citations does Robert Mattes have?

Science Explorer counts 51 works and 102 citations for Robert Mattes, ranking #309,726 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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