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Researcher · Valparaiso University · United States

Walter E. Rast

Walter E. Rast publishes mostly in Archeology, Religious studies and Political Science and International Relations, on topics such as Archaeology and Historical Studies, Ancient Egypt and Archaeology and Biblical Studies and Interpretation.

OpenAlex
World rank
#532,714
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#184,595
of 1,627,098
Works
69
Citations
603
Citations per work
8.7
h-index
12
i10-index 13Top 15% in Archeology (Arts and Humanities)
Walter E. Rast

What does Walter E. Rast research?

Walter E. Rast's work is mostly in Arts and Humanities (49%), Social Sciences (27%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (6%).

Social Sciences: 53 works · 76.5% of their workArts and Humanities: 34 works · 49.4% of their workArcheology: 26 works · 37.2% of their workReligious studies: 8 works · 12.2% of their workSocial Sciences: 19 works · 27.1% of their workPolitical Science and International Relations: 8 works · 11.5% of their workAnthropology: 6 works · 8.8% of their workSociology and Political Science: 5 works · 6.8% of their workEverything else: 12 works · 17.4% of their workPhysical Sciences: 4 works · 6.1% of their workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4 works · 6.1% of their workPaleontology: 4 works · 6.1% of their workTHEIR WORKWalter E. Rast69works
Physical Sciences6%Social Sciences76%

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. Arts and Humanities3449.4%
    2. Social Sciences1927.1%
  2. Everything else1217.4%
    1. Earth and Planetary Sciences46.1%
  1. 1Archeology37% of their works
  2. 2Religious studies12% of their works
  3. 3Political Science and International Relations12% of their works
  4. 4Anthropology9% of their works
  5. 5Sociology and Political Science7% of their works
  6. 6Paleontology6% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Walter E. Rast's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Arabia, Byzantine, Archaeology, Ancient Egypt, Linguistics, Biblical Monotheism, Jewish Society and Agricultural Origins.

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. Arabia271 topic
  2. Byzantine271 topic
  3. Archaeology242 topics
  4. Ancient Egypt171 topic
  5. Linguistics171 topic
  6. Biblical Monotheism161 topic
  7. Jewish Society161 topic
  8. Agricultural Origins91 topic
  9. Radiocarbon Dating91 topic
  10. Ancient Rome81 topic
  11. Greek Literature81 topic
  12. Islamic reform81 topic
  13. Middle East81 topic
  14. LiDAR71 topic
  15. Remote Sensing71 topic
  16. Babylonian51 topic
  17. Mesopotamia51 topic

Where does Walter E. Rast work?

Walter E. Rast's main affiliation in the publication record is Valparaiso University, United States.

How many publications and citations does Walter E. Rast have?

OpenAlex counts 69 works and 603 citations for Walter E. Rast, an h-index of 12, ranking #532,714 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality 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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