Peter Van Aelst

244 total papers · 8.7k total citations
108 papers, 4.6k citations indexed

About

Peter Van Aelst is a scholar working on Communication, Sociology and Political Science and Political Science and International Relations. According to data from OpenAlex, Peter Van Aelst has authored 108 papers receiving a total of 4.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 74 papers in Communication, 48 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 43 papers in Political Science and International Relations. Recurrent topics in Peter Van Aelst’s work include Social Media and Politics (66 papers), Media Studies and Communication (43 papers) and Electoral Systems and Political Participation (38 papers). Peter Van Aelst is often cited by papers focused on Social Media and Politics (66 papers), Media Studies and Communication (43 papers) and Electoral Systems and Political Participation (38 papers). Peter Van Aelst collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, Netherlands and Switzerland. Peter Van Aelst's co-authors include Stefaan Walgrave, James Stanyer, Tamir Sheafer, Frank Esser, Jeroen Van Laer, Jesper Strömbäck, Toril Aalberg, Edda Humprecht, David Nicolas Hopmann and Guido Legnante and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of Communication and New Media & Society.

In The Last Decade

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Peter Van Aelst

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Peter Van Aelst. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Peter Van Aelst 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 Peter Van Aelst. Peter Van Aelst is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

Peter Van Aelst

103 papers receiving 4.2k citations

Fields of papers citing papers by Peter Van Aelst

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Countries citing papers authored by Peter Van Aelst

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