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Shirin Akiner

Shirin Akiner publishes mostly in Political Science and International Relations, Sociology and Political Science and Anthropology, on topics such as Soviet and Russian History, Eurasian Exchange Networks and Russia and Soviet political economy.

World rank
#60,224
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United Kingdom
#5,683
of 90,785
Works
36
Citations
106
Citations per work
2.9

What does Shirin Akiner research?

Political Science and International Relations: 44.8%Sociology and Political Science: 27.6%Anthropology: 10.3%Archeology: 6.9%other fields: 10.4%45%top field
Political Science and International Relations44.8%Sociology and Political Science27.6%Anthropology10.3%Archeology6.9%other fields10.4%

Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.

  1. 1Political Science and International Relations45% of their works
  2. 2Sociology and Political Science28% of their works
  3. 3Anthropology10% of their works
  4. 4Archeology7% of their works
  5. 5Classics3% of their works
  6. 6General Health Professions3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Shirin Akiner's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Central Asia, Empire, Soviet Union, De Facto States, Economy, Eurasian Exchange, Russia and Silk Roads.

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 17 words, with their numbers
  1. Central Asia52 topics
  2. Empire31 topic
  3. Soviet Union31 topic
  4. De Facto States21 topic
  5. Economy21 topic
  6. Eurasian Exchange21 topic
  7. Russia21 topic
  8. Silk Roads21 topic
  9. Unrecognized Quasi-States21 topic
  10. Uyghur21 topic
  11. Xinjiang21 topic
  12. Arabia11 topic
  13. Byzantine11 topic
  14. Health Care Systems11 topic
  15. Human Rights11 topic
  16. Maritime Archaeology11 topic
  17. Mediterranean11 topic

Where does Shirin Akiner work?

Shirin Akiner's main affiliation in the publication record is SOAS University of London, United Kingdom.

How many publications and citations does Shirin Akiner have?

Science Explorer counts 36 works and 106 citations for Shirin Akiner, ranking #60,224 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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