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Researcher · Fuller Theological Seminary · United States

Veli‐Matti Kärkkäinen

Veli‐Matti Kärkkäinen publishes mostly in Religious studies, Sociology and Political Science and Philosophy, on topics such as Christian Theology and Mission, Pentecostalism and Christianity Studies and Religion, Society, and Development.

ORCID 0000-0002-5028-1141 OpenAlex
World rank
#173,406
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#71,555
of 358,040
Works
35
Citations
22
Citations per work
0.6

What does Veli‐Matti Kärkkäinen research?

Religious studies: 69.2%Sociology and Political Science: 19.2%Philosophy: 3.8%Anthropology: 3.8%other fields: 4.0%69%top field
Religious studies69.2%Sociology and Political Science19.2%Philosophy3.8%Anthropology3.8%other fields4.0%

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

  1. 1Religious studies69% of their works
  2. 2Sociology and Political Science19% of their works
  3. 3Philosophy4% of their works
  4. 4Anthropology4% of their works
  5. 5Political Science and International Relations4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Veli‐Matti Kärkkäinen's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: African Christianity, Global Christianity, Short-Term Missions, Biblical Interpretation, Pentecostalism, Religion, Faith-Based Organizations and Social Services.

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 18 words, with their numbers
  1. African Christianity142 topics
  2. Global Christianity91 topic
  3. Short-Term Missions91 topic
  4. Biblical Interpretation51 topic
  5. Pentecostalism51 topic
  6. Religion52 topics
  7. Faith-Based Organizations41 topic
  8. Social Services41 topic
  9. Canon Law21 topic
  10. Religious Policy21 topic
  11. Biblical Monotheism11 topic
  12. Buddhism11 topic
  13. Indian Ocean11 topic
  14. Jewish Society11 topic
  15. Problem of Evil11 topic
  16. South Asia11 topic
  17. Theodicy11 topic
  18. prehistoric movement11 topic

Where does Veli‐Matti Kärkkäinen work?

Veli‐Matti Kärkkäinen's main affiliation in the publication record is Fuller Theological Seminary, United States.

How many publications and citations does Veli‐Matti Kärkkäinen have?

Science Explorer counts 35 works and 22 citations for Veli‐Matti Kärkkäinen, ranking #173,406 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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