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Researcher · Drew University · United States

S. Wesley Ariarajah

S. Wesley Ariarajah publishes mostly in Religious studies, Sociology and Political Science and Political Science and International Relations, on topics such as Christian Theology and Mission, Religion, Society, and Development and Religion and Society Interactions.

OpenAlex
World rank
#2,445,162
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#723,339
of 1,627,098
Works
61
Citations
143
Citations per work
2.3
h-index
7
i10-index 6Top 23% in Religious studies
S. Wesley Ariarajah

What does S. Wesley Ariarajah research?

S. Wesley Ariarajah's work is mostly in Arts and Humanities (52%), Social Sciences (42%).

Social Sciences: 57 works · 93.9% of their workArts and Humanities: 32 works · 51.9% of their workReligious studies: 23 works · 38.2% of their workPhilosophy: 5 works · 7.6% of their workHistory: 3 works · 4.6% of their workArcheology: 1 works · 1.5% of their workSocial Sciences: 26 works · 42.0% of their workSociology and Political Science: 20 works · 32.8% of their workPolitical Science and International Relations: 6 works · 9.2% of their workEverything else: 4 works · 6.1% of their workTHEIR WORKS. WesleyAriarajah61works
Social Sciences94%

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. Arts and Humanities3251.9%
    2. Social Sciences2642.0%
  2. Everything else46.1%
  1. 1Religious studies38% of their works
  2. 2Sociology and Political Science33% of their works
  3. 3Political Science and International Relations9% of their works
  4. 4Philosophy8% of their works
  5. 5History5% of their works
  6. 6Archeology2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe S. Wesley Ariarajah's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: African Christianity, Religion, Global Christianity, Short-Term Missions, Faith-Based Organizations, Social Services, Globalization and Nationalism.

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. The words come from the keyword list OpenAlex gives each topic, not from the text of the papers, so a word can appear that none of the papers uses.

All 22 words, with their numbers
  1. African Christianity412 topics
  2. Religion392 topics
  3. Global Christianity321 topic
  4. Short-Term Missions321 topic
  5. Faith-Based Organizations261 topic
  6. Social Services261 topic
  7. Globalization222 topics
  8. Nationalism182 topics
  9. Social Justice142 topics
  10. Public Sphere131 topic
  11. Secularism131 topic
  12. Biblical Interpretation91 topic
  13. Pentecostalism91 topic
  14. Human Rights82 topics
  15. Biblical Monotheism61 topic
  16. Jewish Society61 topic
  17. American founding51 topic
  18. Constitutional government51 topic
  19. Gandhi51 topic
  20. Nonviolence51 topic
  21. Conflict31 topic
  22. Myanmar31 topic

Where does S. Wesley Ariarajah work?

S. Wesley Ariarajah's main affiliation in the publication record is Drew University, United States.

How many publications and citations does S. Wesley Ariarajah have?

OpenAlex counts 61 works and 143 citations for S. Wesley Ariarajah, an h-index of 7, ranking #2,445,162 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised citation 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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