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Researcher · WZB Berlin Social Science Center · Germany

Wolfgang Merkel

Wolfgang Merkel publishes mostly in Political Science and International Relations, Sociology and Political Science and Law, on topics such as Social Policy and Reform Studies, Public Administration and Political Analysis and Economic and Social Issues.

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World rank
#15,909
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in Germany
#1,422
of 86,443
Works
79
Citations
377
Citations per work
4.8

What does Wolfgang Merkel research?

Political Science and International Relations: 52.5%Sociology and Political Science: 28.8%Law: 4.2%Gender Studies: 1.7%other fields: 12.8%52%top field
Political Science and International Relations52.5%Sociology and Political Science28.8%Law4.2%Gender Studies1.7%other fields12.8%

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 Relations52% of their works
  2. 2Sociology and Political Science29% of their works
  3. 3Law4% of their works
  4. 4Gender Studies2% of their works
  5. 5General Social Sciences2% of their works
  6. 6History2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Wolfgang Merkel's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Globalization, Political Economy, Welfare State, Governance, Leadership, Human Rights, Global Capitalism and Imperialism.

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 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Globalization222 topics
  2. Political Economy161 topic
  3. Welfare State161 topic
  4. Governance141 topic
  5. Leadership141 topic
  6. Human Rights133 topics
  7. Global Capitalism81 topic
  8. Imperialism81 topic
  9. Populism61 topic
  10. Right-Wing61 topic
  11. Civil War51 topic
  12. Democracy51 topic
  13. Cosmopolitanism41 topic
  14. Global Justice41 topic
  15. Legal Methodology41 topic
  16. Party Competition41 topic
  17. Nazi Propaganda31 topic
  18. Sexuality31 topic

Where does Wolfgang Merkel work?

Wolfgang Merkel's main affiliation in the publication record is WZB Berlin Social Science Center, Germany.

How many publications and citations does Wolfgang Merkel have?

Science Explorer counts 79 works and 377 citations for Wolfgang Merkel, ranking #15,909 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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