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Researcher · University of Fribourg · Switzerland

Samantha Besson

Samantha Besson publishes mostly in Political Science and International Relations, Sociology and Political Science and Law, on topics such as International Law and Human Rights, European and International Law Studies and Human Rights and Development.

ORCID 0000-0002-8666-3280 OpenAlex
World rank
#326,902
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Switzerland
#6,192
of 80,918
Works
348
Citations
3.8k
Citations per work
10.9
h-index
30
i10-index 59Top 1.3% in Political Science and International Relations
Samantha Besson

What does Samantha Besson research?

Samantha Besson's work is mostly in Social Sciences (79%), Business, Management and Accounting (6%), Health Professions (3%).

Social Sciences: 304 works · 87.4% of their workSocial Sciences: 274 works · 78.6% of their workPolitical Science and International Relations: 172 works · 49.5% of their workSociology and Political Science: 58 works · 16.6% of their workLaw: 44 works · 12.5% of their workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 22 works · 6.2% of their workStrategy and Management: 22 works · 6.2% of their workArts and Humanities: 9 works · 2.6% of their workHistory: 9 works · 2.6% of their workEverything else: 33 works · 9.5% of their workHealth Sciences: 11 works · 3.1% of their workHealth Professions: 11 works · 3.1% of their workGeneral Health Professions: 11 works · 3.1% of their workTHEIR WORKSamantha Besson348works
Health Sciences3%Social Sciences87%

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 Sciences27478.6%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting226.2%
    3. Arts and Humanities92.6%
  2. Everything else339.5%
    1. Health Professions113.1%
  1. 1Political Science and International Relations50% of their works
  2. 2Sociology and Political Science17% of their works
  3. 3Law12% of their works
  4. 4Strategy and Management6% of their works
  5. 5General Health Professions3% of their works
  6. 6History3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Samantha Besson's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Human Rights, Global Governance, Security Council, Sovereignty, International Criminal Law, International Humanitarian Law, International Law and State Sovereignty.

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. Human Rights3106 topics
  2. Global Governance1672 topics
  3. Security Council1622 topics
  4. Sovereignty1532 topics
  5. International Criminal Law1241 topic
  6. International Humanitarian Law1241 topic
  7. International Law1013 topics
  8. State Sovereignty722 topics
  9. European Union652 topics
  10. Schengen Area652 topics
  11. European Legal Systems491 topic
  12. Judicial Review491 topic
  13. Development431 topic
  14. Millennium Development Goals431 topic
  15. Humanitarian Intervention381 topic
  16. Responsibility to Protect381 topic
  17. Criminal Law351 topic
  18. Mutual Recognition351 topic
  19. Bilateral Investment Treaties341 topic
  20. Foreign Direct Investment341 topic
  21. Constitutional Law301 topic
  22. Social Rights301 topic
  23. Diplomacy291 topic
  24. Treaties291 topic

Where does Samantha Besson work?

Samantha Besson's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Fribourg, Switzerland.

How many publications and citations does Samantha Besson have?

OpenAlex counts 348 works and 3,796 citations for Samantha Besson, an h-index of 30, ranking #326,902 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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