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Researcher · Boston University · United States

Robert W. Hefner

Robert W. Hefner publishes mostly in Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations and Education, on topics such as Asian Studies and History, Islamic Studies and Radicalism and Education and Islamic Studies.

ORCID 0000-0002-9438-699X OpenAlex
World rank
#18,324
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#8,706
of 358,040
Works
79
Citations
199
Citations per work
2.5

What does Robert W. Hefner research?

Sociology and Political Science: 57.3%Political Science and International Relations: 18.7%Education: 10.7%Cultural Studies: 4.0%other fields: 9.3%57%top field
Sociology and Political Science57.3%Political Science and International Relations18.7%Education10.7%Cultural Studies4.0%other fields9.3%

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 Science57% of their works
  2. 2Political Science and International Relations19% of their works
  3. 3Education11% of their works
  4. 4Cultural Studies4% of their works
  5. 5Anthropology3% of their works
  6. 6Gender Studies3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Robert W. Hefner's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Indonesia, Gender Equality, Economic Development, Decentralization, Democratization, Islamic Education, Secularism and Radicalism.

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 25 words, with their numbers
  1. Indonesia302 topics
  2. Gender Equality252 topics
  3. Economic Development242 topics
  4. Decentralization221 topic
  5. Democratization221 topic
  6. Islamic Education122 topics
  7. Secularism93 topics
  8. Radicalism81 topic
  9. Religious Moderation81 topic
  10. Globalization72 topics
  11. Religious Education72 topics
  12. Democracy52 topics
  13. Nationalism52 topics
  14. Muslim Students41 topic
  15. Pedagogy41 topic
  16. Diversity31 topic
  17. Islamic reform31 topic
  18. Middle East31 topic
  19. Public Sphere31 topic
  20. Religion31 topic
  21. Schools31 topic
  22. American founding21 topic
  23. Constitutional government21 topic
  24. Laos21 topic
  25. Thailand21 topic

Where does Robert W. Hefner work?

Robert W. Hefner's main affiliation in the publication record is Boston University, United States.

How many publications and citations does Robert W. Hefner have?

Science Explorer counts 79 works and 199 citations for Robert W. Hefner, ranking #18,324 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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