David Westerlund

112 total papers · 675 total citations
17 papers, 175 citations indexed

About

David Westerlund is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations and General Social Sciences. According to data from OpenAlex, David Westerlund has authored 17 papers receiving a total of 175 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 6 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 6 papers in General Social Sciences. Recurrent topics in David Westerlund’s work include Religion and Sociopolitical Dynamics in Nigeria (6 papers), African history and culture analysis (6 papers) and Religion, Society, and Development (6 papers). David Westerlund is often cited by papers focused on Religion and Sociopolitical Dynamics in Nigeria (6 papers), African history and culture analysis (6 papers) and Religion, Society, and Development (6 papers). David Westerlund collaborates with scholars based in Sweden. David Westerlund's co-authors include Una Maclean, Anita Jacobson‐Widding, T. O. Beidelman, Jan Platvoet, Rosalind I. J. Hackett, Abdellah Hammoudi and Julia Clancy‐Smith and has published in prestigious journals such as The International Journal of African Historical Studies, Review of Religious Research and Journal of Religion in Africa.

In The Last Decade

Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Westerlund

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of David Westerlund. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of David Westerlund based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with David Westerlund. David Westerlund is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

David Westerlund

12 papers receiving 94 citations

Fields of papers citing papers by David Westerlund

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Countries citing papers authored by David Westerlund

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