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Researcher · University of Chile · Chile

Walter Alejandro Imilan

Walter Alejandro Imilan publishes mostly in Cultural Studies, Sociology and Political Science and Urban Studies, on topics such as Migration, Education, Indigenous Social Dynamics, Latin American Urban Studies and Cultural and Social Studies in Latin America.

ORCID 0000-0002-2478-8176 OpenAlex
World rank
#323,939
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Chile
#382
of 20,642
Works
48
Citations
411
Citations per work
8.6
h-index
12
i10-index 14Top 4% in Cultural Studies
Walter Alejandro Imilan

What does Walter Alejandro Imilan research?

Walter Alejandro Imilan's work is mostly in Social Sciences (54%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (7%), Arts and Humanities (7%).

Social Sciences: 29 works · 61.0% of their workSocial Sciences: 26 works · 53.7% of their workCultural Studies: 10 works · 20.0% of their workSociology and Political Science: 8 works · 16.4% of their workUrban Studies: 6 works · 11.8% of their workDemography: 3 works · 5.5% of their workArts and Humanities: 4 works · 7.3% of their workLiterature and Literary Theory: 4 works · 7.3% of their workEverything else: 15 works · 31.7% of their workLife Sciences: 4 works · 7.3% of their workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 works · 7.3% of their workFood Science: 4 works · 7.3% of their workTHEIR WORKWalter AlejandroImilan48works
Life Sciences7%Social Sciences61%

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 Sciences2653.7%
    2. Arts and Humanities47.3%
  2. Everything else1531.7%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences47.3%
  1. 1Cultural Studies20% of their works
  2. 2Sociology and Political Science16% of their works
  3. 3Urban Studies12% of their works
  4. 4Literature and Literary Theory7% of their works
  5. 5Food Science7% of their works
  6. 6Demography6% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Walter Alejandro Imilan's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Globalization, Social Inequality, Latin America, Migrant Integration, Indigenous Knowledge, Intercultural Education, Colonialism and Residential.

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 22 words, with their numbers
  1. Globalization294 topics
  2. Social Inequality252 topics
  3. Latin America243 topics
  4. Migrant Integration182 topics
  5. Indigenous Knowledge141 topic
  6. Intercultural Education141 topic
  7. Colonialism132 topics
  8. Residential111 topic
  9. Segregation111 topic
  10. Sustainability102 topics
  11. Interculturalism81 topic
  12. Poetry81 topic
  13. Chile51 topic
  14. Cultural Appropriation51 topic
  15. Food Tourism51 topic
  16. Gastronomy51 topic
  17. Lifestyle Migration51 topic
  18. Pinochet51 topic
  19. Retirement Migration51 topic
  20. Social Justice51 topic
  21. Social Work41 topic
  22. Welfare State41 topic

Where does Walter Alejandro Imilan work?

Walter Alejandro Imilan's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Chile, Chile.

How many publications and citations does Walter Alejandro Imilan have?

OpenAlex counts 48 works and 411 citations for Walter Alejandro Imilan, an h-index of 12, ranking #323,939 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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