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Researcher · The University of Osaka · Japan

Shigeru Akita

Shigeru Akita publishes mostly in Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations and Cultural Studies, on topics such as Japanese History and Culture, Australian History and Society and Political Systems and Governance.

OpenAlex
World rank
#3,785,033
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Japan
#97,615
of 383,136
Works
54
Citations
109
Citations per work
2.0
h-index
5
i10-index 1Top 53% in Sociology and Political Science
Shigeru Akita

What does Shigeru Akita research?

Shigeru Akita's work is mostly in Social Sciences (56%), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (10%), Arts and Humanities (7%).

Social Sciences: 39 works · 72.8% of their workSocial Sciences: 30 works · 55.6% of their workSociology and Political Science: 10 works · 19.2% of their workPolitical Science and International Relations: 9 works · 17.2% of their workCultural Studies: 7 works · 12.1% of their workAnthropology: 4 works · 7.1% of their workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 5 works · 10.1% of their workEconomics and Econometrics: 5 works · 10.1% of their workArts and Humanities: 4 works · 7.1% of their workHistory: 4 works · 7.1% of their workEverything else: 15 works · 27.2% of their workTHEIR WORKShigeru Akita54works
Social Sciences73%

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 Sciences3055.6%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance510.1%
    3. Arts and Humanities47.1%
  2. Everything else1527.2%
  1. 1Sociology and Political Science19% of their works
  2. 2Political Science and International Relations17% of their works
  3. 3Cultural Studies12% of their works
  4. 4Economics and Econometrics10% of their works
  5. 5Anthropology7% of their works
  6. 6History7% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Shigeru Akita's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Colonialism, Culture, Japan, National Identity, Globalization, Political Economy, Australian history and British imperialism.

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 20 words, with their numbers
  1. Colonialism223 topics
  2. Culture121 topic
  3. Japan121 topic
  4. National Identity112 topics
  5. Globalization103 topics
  6. Political Economy72 topics
  7. Australian history61 topic
  8. British imperialism61 topic
  9. Intergovernmental Relations51 topic
  10. Multinational Federations51 topic
  11. Atlantic History41 topic
  12. Economic Reforms41 topic
  13. Human Rights41 topic
  14. Humanitarianism41 topic
  15. India41 topic
  16. Transatlantic Slave Trade41 topic
  17. Developmental State31 topic
  18. East Asia31 topic
  19. Economic Growth31 topic
  20. Height31 topic

Where does Shigeru Akita work?

Shigeru Akita's main affiliation in the publication record is The University of Osaka, Japan.

How many publications and citations does Shigeru Akita have?

OpenAlex counts 54 works and 109 citations for Shigeru Akita, an h-index of 5, ranking #3,785,033 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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