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Researcher · Stanford University · United States

Walter Scheidel

Walter Scheidel publishes mostly in Archeology, Anthropology and Sociology and Political Science, on topics such as Classical Antiquity Studies, Archaeology and Historical Studies and Ancient Egypt and Archaeology.

ORCID 0000-0003-2776-0328 OpenAlex
World rank
#11,226
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#5,401
of 358,040
Works
53
Citations
399
Citations per work
7.5

What does Walter Scheidel research?

Archeology: 20.7%Anthropology: 17.2%Sociology and Political Science: 8.6%Political Science and International Relations: 8.6%other fields: 44.9%21%top field
Archeology20.7%Anthropology17.2%Sociology and Political Science8.6%Political Science and International Relations8.6%other fields44.9%

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

  1. 1Archeology21% of their works
  2. 2Anthropology17% of their works
  3. 3Sociology and Political Science9% of their works
  4. 4Political Science and International Relations9% of their works
  5. 5Economics and Econometrics9% of their works
  6. 6History and Philosophy of Science9% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Walter Scheidel's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Ancient Rome, Greek Literature, Ancient Egypt, Arabia, Byzantine, Economic Growth, Height and Linguistics.

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 16 words, with their numbers
  1. Ancient Rome81 topic
  2. Greek Literature81 topic
  3. Ancient Egypt31 topic
  4. Arabia31 topic
  5. Byzantine31 topic
  6. Economic Growth31 topic
  7. Height31 topic
  8. Linguistics31 topic
  9. Ancient Health21 topic
  10. Economic Ethics21 topic
  11. Financial Analysis21 topic
  12. Hypersonic Effect21 topic
  13. Legal History21 topic
  14. Monetary Policy21 topic
  15. Paleoparasitology21 topic
  16. Ultrasonic Perception21 topic

Where does Walter Scheidel work?

Walter Scheidel's main affiliation in the publication record is Stanford University, United States.

How many publications and citations does Walter Scheidel have?

Science Explorer counts 53 works and 399 citations for Walter Scheidel, ranking #11,226 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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