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Volker Türk

Volker Türk publishes mostly in Political Science and International Relations, Sociology and Political Science and Economics and Econometrics, on topics such as International Law and Human Rights, Global Peace and Security Dynamics and European Criminal Justice and Data Protection.

World rank
#326,336
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in Switzerland
#6,364
of 19,404
Works
33
Citations
29
Citations per work
0.9

What does Volker Türk research?

Political Science and International Relations: 41.4%Sociology and Political Science: 24.1%Economics and Econometrics: 3.4%Communication: 3.4%other fields: 27.7%41%top field
Political Science and International Relations41.4%Sociology and Political Science24.1%Economics and Econometrics3.4%Communication3.4%other fields27.7%

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 Relations41% of their works
  2. 2Sociology and Political Science24% of their works
  3. 3Economics and Econometrics3% of their works
  4. 4Communication3% of their works
  5. 5Cultural Studies3% of their works
  6. 6Development3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Volker Türk's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Human Rights, Security Council, Ethnicity, Refugees, Global Governance, International Criminal Law, Conflict and Criminal Law.

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. Human Rights73 topics
  2. Security Council52 topics
  3. Ethnicity42 topics
  4. Refugees42 topics
  5. Global Governance31 topic
  6. International Criminal Law31 topic
  7. Conflict21 topic
  8. Criminal Law21 topic
  9. European Union21 topic
  10. Humanitarian Intervention21 topic
  11. Immigration21 topic
  12. Myanmar21 topic
  13. Politics21 topic
  14. Responsibility to Protect21 topic
  15. Cognitive Enhancement11 topic
  16. Digital Communication11 topic
  17. E-Learning11 topic
  18. Innovation11 topic
  19. Media Studies11 topic
  20. Neuroenhancement11 topic

Where does Volker Türk work?

Volker Türk's main affiliation in the publication record is Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Switzerland.

How many publications and citations does Volker Türk have?

Science Explorer counts 33 works and 29 citations for Volker Türk, ranking #326,336 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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