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Researcher · Yale University · United States

William A. Christian

William A. Christian publishes mostly in Sociology and Political Science, History and Philosophy, on topics such as Religion and Society Interactions, American Constitutional Law and Politics and Religious Tourism and Spaces.

OpenAlex
World rank
#568,531
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#196,016
of 1,627,098
Works
186
Citations
2.4k
Citations per work
13.0
h-index
20
i10-index 34Top 6.4% in Sociology and Political Science
William A. Christian

What does William A. Christian research?

William A. Christian's work is mostly in Arts and Humanities (34%), Social Sciences (23%).

Social Sciences: 105 works · 56.4% of their workArts and Humanities: 63 works · 33.7% of their workHistory: 23 works · 12.1% of their workPhilosophy: 21 works · 11.1% of their workReligious studies: 10 works · 5.5% of their workArcheology: 9 works · 5.0% of their workSocial Sciences: 42 works · 22.7% of their workSociology and Political Science: 28 works · 14.8% of their workPolitical Science and International Relations: 15 works · 7.9% of their workEverything else: 81 works · 43.6% of their workTHEIR WORKWilliam A.Christian186works
Social Sciences56%

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 Humanities6333.7%
    2. Social Sciences4222.7%
  2. Everything else8143.6%
  1. 1Sociology and Political Science15% of their works
  2. 2History12% of their works
  3. 3Philosophy11% of their works
  4. 4Political Science and International Relations8% of their works
  5. 5Religious studies6% of their works
  6. 6Archeology5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe William A. Christian's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Nationalism, Secularism, Public Sphere, Religion, Theology, Political Power, American founding and Constitutional government.

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. Nationalism472 topics
  2. Secularism422 topics
  3. Public Sphere271 topic
  4. Religion271 topic
  5. Theology222 topics
  6. Political Power212 topics
  7. American founding201 topic
  8. Constitutional government201 topic
  9. Pilgrimage151 topic
  10. Religious Tourism151 topic
  11. Art History141 topic
  12. Conservation141 topic
  13. Biblical Monotheism121 topic
  14. Jewish Society121 topic
  15. Medieval Urban Society111 topic
  16. Religious Institutions111 topic
  17. Calvinism101 topic
  18. Diplomacy101 topic
  19. Imperial Court101 topic
  20. Reformation101 topic

Where does William A. Christian work?

William A. Christian's main affiliation in the publication record is Yale University, United States.

How many publications and citations does William A. Christian have?

OpenAlex counts 186 works and 2,422 citations for William A. Christian, an h-index of 20, ranking #568,531 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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