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Researcher · London Metropolitan University · United Kingdom

Sam Whimster

Sam Whimster publishes mostly in Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations and Philosophy, on topics such as Weber, Simmel, Sociological Theory, Critical Theory and Philosophy and Religion and Society Interactions.

ORCID 0000-0003-4900-3782 OpenAlex
World rank
#400,079
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United Kingdom
#34,531
of 90,785
Works
33
Citations
38
Citations per work
1.2

What does Sam Whimster research?

Sociology and Political Science: 68.9%Political Science and International Relations: 6.7%Philosophy: 4.4%Economics and Econometrics: 4.4%other fields: 15.6%69%top field
Sociology and Political Science68.9%Political Science and International Relations6.7%Philosophy4.4%Economics and Econometrics4.4%other fields15.6%

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 Science69% of their works
  2. 2Political Science and International Relations7% of their works
  3. 3Philosophy4% of their works
  4. 4Economics and Econometrics4% of their works
  5. 5History and Philosophy of Science2% of their works
  6. 6Information Systems2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Sam Whimster's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Capitalism, Religion, Max Weber, Sociology, Habermas, Social Pathologies, Public Sphere and Secularism.

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 21 words, with their numbers
  1. Capitalism192 topics
  2. Religion162 topics
  3. Max Weber121 topic
  4. Sociology121 topic
  5. Habermas71 topic
  6. Social Pathologies71 topic
  7. Public Sphere41 topic
  8. Secularism41 topic
  9. Epistemic Practices31 topic
  10. Sociological History31 topic
  11. Ethics22 topics
  12. History22 topics
  13. Philosophy22 topics
  14. Digital Transformation11 topic
  15. Higher Education11 topic
  16. Literature11 topic
  17. Medicine11 topic
  18. Moral Realism11 topic
  19. Nietzsche11 topic
  20. Science11 topic
  21. Virtue Ethics11 topic

Where does Sam Whimster work?

Sam Whimster's main affiliation in the publication record is London Metropolitan University, United Kingdom.

How many publications and citations does Sam Whimster have?

Science Explorer counts 33 works and 38 citations for Sam Whimster, ranking #400,079 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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