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Researcher · KU Leuven · Belgium

Stef Aupers

Stef Aupers publishes mostly in Sociology and Political Science, Philosophy and Education, on topics such as Media, Religion, Digital Communication, Religion and Society Interactions and Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices.

OpenAlex
World rank
#271,716
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Belgium
#2,126
of 67,186
Works
108
Citations
2.4k
Citations per work
22.5
h-index
23
i10-index 37Top 4.6% in Sociology and Political Science
Stef Aupers

What does Stef Aupers research?

Stef Aupers's work is mostly in Social Sciences (52%), Arts and Humanities (21%).

Social Sciences: 79 works · 72.8% of their workSocial Sciences: 56 works · 52.0% of their workSociology and Political Science: 30 works · 27.7% of their workEducation: 8 works · 7.7% of their workCommunication: 7 works · 6.2% of their workHealth: 7 works · 6.2% of their workGeography, Planning and Development: 5 works · 4.2% of their workArts and Humanities: 22 works · 20.8% of their workPhilosophy: 22 works · 20.8% of their workEverything else: 29 works · 27.2% of their workTHEIR WORKStef Aupers108works
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 Sciences5652.0%
    2. Arts and Humanities2220.8%
  2. Everything else2927.2%
  1. 1Sociology and Political Science28% of their works
  2. 2Philosophy21% of their works
  3. 3Education8% of their works
  4. 4Health6% of their works
  5. 5Communication6% of their works
  6. 6Geography, Planning and Development4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Stef Aupers's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Social Media, Religion, Secularism, Digital Religion, Globalization, Internet, Public Sphere and Occultism.

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 19 words, with their numbers
  1. Social Media533 topics
  2. Religion412 topics
  3. Secularism352 topics
  4. Digital Religion261 topic
  5. Globalization261 topic
  6. Internet261 topic
  7. Public Sphere261 topic
  8. Occultism171 topic
  9. Spiritualism171 topic
  10. Fake News151 topic
  11. Health151 topic
  12. Misinformation151 topic
  13. Spirituality151 topic
  14. Digital Divide121 topic
  15. Political Participation121 topic
  16. Research Methods101 topic
  17. Social Work101 topic
  18. Pilgrimage91 topic
  19. Religious Tourism91 topic

Where does Stef Aupers work?

Stef Aupers's main affiliation in the publication record is KU Leuven, Belgium.

How many publications and citations does Stef Aupers have?

OpenAlex counts 108 works and 2,435 citations for Stef Aupers, an h-index of 23, ranking #271,716 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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