Top 100 Scientists
History, Philosophy, Theology / History Top 100 Scientists in China 2025
Top 100 scientists can be ranked globally or specific to the following regions including Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, Latin America, Oceania, Arab League, ASEAN, EECA, and BRICS based on total H-index scores without any breakdown by subject areas. Top 100 rankings in the world, in a continent, or a region include standardized subjects areas of Agriculture & Forestry, Arts, Design and Architecture, Business & Management, Economics & Econometrics, Education, Engineering & Technology, History, Philosophy, Theology, Law/Law and Legal Studies, Medical and Health Sciences, Natural Sciences, Social Sciences, Art and Humanities Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Rankings BETA VERSION. Subject field ranking in world, region, country and university is beta version since subject field "others" (873,937 scientists profile whose branch cannot be determined, not yet edited or determined) is excluded, so the ranking will change as the others fields are edited. Please note that. Subjects indicated as “ * others ” will not be included in the ranking by regions and subjects.
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liberalism
Thailand
cultural policy
political ideologies
intellectual history
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1,712
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Historical ecology
Marine Geochemistry
Biogeochemical cycling
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21
584
* Rankings
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Design
Design Theory
Design History
Systems
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15
642
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Intercultural Communication
Values Studies
Chinese Values
Identity Research
Intercultural Studies History
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22
832
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Orthopedic
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12
346
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orthopedics
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11
280
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History
Politics of Memory
Ideologies
Foreign Policy
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415
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economic history
behavioral economics
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539
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land use and land cover change
deforestation
regional environment change
historical geography
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10
261
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
socialist internationalism
Soviet literature
Russian and East European history
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10
10
377
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Entomology Phylogeny Evolution
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10
226
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
History of food and wine
European Social and Cultural History
war and refugees
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11
763
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Ancient history
numismatics
Egypt
papyrology
law
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9
387
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Secularism
history of science
science and culture
transhumanism
"social justice"
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9
9
364
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Eastern Europe
Operational Code Analysis
Western Balkans
Serbia
history/politics/media
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9
222
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Historical land cover change
Global Change
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7
246
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
economic history
monetary history
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9
253
* Rankings
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economic statecraft
geopolitics
history of trade negotiations
global governance
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9
8
296
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Modern History
Global History
Transnational History
Internationalism
19th century
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9
7
278
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
比较教育、教育史、职业教育、民族教育Comparative Education
Education History
Vocational and Technical Educati
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8
442
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Public Choice
Constitutional Economics
History of Economic Thought
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8
6
312
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Greek and Roman History
epigraphy
administrative history
Roman law
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8
6
290
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
history of migration
history of emotions
narrative
correspondence
20th-21st century history
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8
6
245
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Online Education
Media History
Foundation of Educational Technology
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8
6
173
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
translation studies
critical discourse analysis
translation discourse
modern Chinese translation history
corpus-assisted translation studies
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8
6
209
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :26
History of art
20th-century European avant-gardes
intellectual and cultural history
Nietzsche and modernism
history of fascism and anti-fascism
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8
5
172
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :27
Al-Andalus History
Islamic Numismatic
Numismatics of Al-Andalus and Early Medieval North Africa
Sefarad
Spain-Morocco
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8
5
151
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :28
women's history
history of reproductive rights
birth control
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8
6
206
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :29
orthopedics
stem cell
mitochondria
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7
7
156
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :30
Contemporary China
political participation
urban politics
comparative politics methodologies
global history
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7
6
231
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :31
Cultural Politics and criticism
history of the present
race
fascism
alterity
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i10 Index
Citation
7
7
306
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :32
Islamicate dialectical disputation theory (jadal
munāẓara
ādāb al-baḥth)
Islamicate intellectual history
Islamic Law
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7
4
216
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :33
Urban History
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6
236
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :34
Visual arts
Art history
Furniture design
Cultural studies
Middle East and Asian Art
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6
5
238
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :35
practical and social philosophy
philosophy of religion
philosophy of sport
history of philosophy
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3
94
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :36
German Literature
German Film
German Culture
German History
Cognitive Studies
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6
5
327
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :37
Historic building conservation
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6
4
187
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :38
Socio-cultural anthropology
Latin America
History
Anthropology of the State
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H-Index
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Citation
5
4
190
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :39
Orthopedics
Spinal cord injury
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5
2
89
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :40
Orthopaedics
Andrology
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5
2
68
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :41
Islamic history
material culture
al-Andalus
Islamic art
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Citation
5
4
367
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :42
U.S. History
American Studies
Asian American Studies
Public History
Brooklyn
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5
2
483
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :43
Women and Gender History
Early America
Dutch empire
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5
2
161
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :44
Comparative Philosophy
Ethics
History of Analytic Philosophy
Philosophy of Religion
Wittgenstein
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5
2
115
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :45
History
China
Food
Environment
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5
3
270
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :46
History of Asian Architecture
Critical Heritage Studies
Industrial Heritage
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5
0
50
* Rankings
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考古学，艺术史
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5
0
92
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :48
Labor
Migration
History
Law
Food
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4
207
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :49
urban history， architecture
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3
437
* Rankings
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Economic History
Political Economy
Institutions
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3
116
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :51
Child and adolescent development；Social work program management and evaluation
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2
56
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :52
medieval history
early modern history
economic history
intellectual history
Christianity
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4
1
43
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :53
History
American History
Education
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4
1
49
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :54
us history
environmental history
NAIS
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Citation
3
3
293
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :55
African History
History of Africa-China Relations
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H-Index
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Citation
3
3
86
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :56
Museum exhibition design
immersive technology
human-centred design
digital creativity
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H-Index
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Citation
3
3
84
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :57
Byzantine Studies
Byzantine History
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Citation
3
0
19
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :58
History of cartography
History of science and technology in modern China
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3
1
29
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :59
History
Politics
Politics of Ethnicity
Left Movements.
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3
0
13
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :60
legal history
modern history
constitution
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3
0
23
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :61
security studies
international status politics
China's security environments
international history
process-tracing methods
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2
1
34
* Rankings
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history
economic history
late imperial China
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2
1
24
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :63
Orthopaedics
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2
1
16
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :64
History of colonial science in China and East Asia
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2
1
15
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :65
Chinese history
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2
0
16
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :66
History
refugees
children
empires
Cold War
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2
0
11
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :67
Environmental History
History of Science
U.S. History
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2
0
6
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :68
History of Thought
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2
1
61
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :69
History of Science
Traditional Craftsmanship
Climate and Culture
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2
0
5
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :70
Byzantine robust training
federated learning
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1
1
37
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :71
history of philosophy
Renaissance- and Early Modern philosophy
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1
0
6
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :72
Modern China
History of International Organizations
History of Education
History of Development
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1
0
2
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :73
history
globalization
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1
0
1
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :74
History of photography in China
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1
0
1
Michael K Connors
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28
1,712
liberalism
Thailand
cultural policy
political ideologies
intellectual history
Liqiang Xu
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13
21
584
Historical ecology
Marine Geochemistry
Biogeochemical cycling
Ahmed Ansari
New York University Shanghai
Pudong, China
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H-Index
i10 Index
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12
15
642
Design
Design Theory
Design History
Systems
Steve J Kulich
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12
22
832
Intercultural Communication
Values Studies
Chinese Values
Identity Research
Intercultural Studies History
Junqing Lin
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Shanghai, China
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11
12
346
Zhencheng Xiong
Peking University
Beijing, China
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11
11
280
Nikos Christofis
Shaanxi Normal University
Xi'an, China
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11
12
415
History
Politics of Memory
Ideologies
Foreign Policy
Jonathan Chapman
New York University Shanghai
Pudong, China
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10
10
539
economic history
behavioral economics
land use and land cover change
deforestation
regional environment change
historical geography
Rossen Djagalov
New York University Shanghai
Pudong, China
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10
10
377
socialist internationalism
Soviet literature
Russian and East European history
Xinyu Li
Beijing Forestry University
Beijing, China
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10
10
226
Entomology Phylogeny Evolution
Kolleen M Guy
Duke Kunshan University
Kunshan, China
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10
11
763
History of food and wine
European Social and Cultural History
war and refugees
David M Ratzan
New York University Shanghai
Pudong, China
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9
9
387
Ancient history
numismatics
Egypt
papyrology
law
Michael Rectenwald
New York University Shanghai
Pudong, China
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9
9
364
Secularism
history of science
science and culture
transhumanism
"social justice"
Srđan Mladenov Jovanović
Nankai University
Tianjin, China
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9
9
222
Eastern Europe
Operational Code Analysis
Western Balkans
Serbia
history/politics/media
Xueqiong Wei
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9
7
246
Historical land cover change
Global Change
Gilles Bransbourg
New York University Shanghai
Pudong, China
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9
9
253
economic history
monetary history
economic statecraft
geopolitics
history of trade negotiations
global governance
Christian Müller
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9
7
278
Modern History
Global History
Transnational History
Internationalism
19th century
Yi Zhou (周谊)
Southwest University
Chongqing, China
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9
8
442
比较教育、教育史、职业教育、民族教育Comparative Education
Education History
Vocational and Technical Educati
Daniel Nientiedt
New York University Shanghai
Pudong, China
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8
6
312
Public Choice
Constitutional Economics
History of Economic Thought
Peter Rothenhoefer
Sun Yat Sen University
Guangzhou, China
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8
6
290
Greek and Roman History
epigraphy
administrative history
Roman law
Sonia Cancian
Xinjiang Medical University
Xinyang, China
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8
6
245
history of migration
history of emotions
narrative
correspondence
20th-21st century history
Online Education
Media History
Foundation of Educational Technology
Qiang Geng
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8
6
209
translation studies
critical discourse analysis
translation discourse
modern Chinese translation history
corpus-assisted translation studies
Ara H Merjian
New York University Shanghai
Pudong, China
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8
5
172
History of art
20th-century European avant-gardes
intellectual and cultural history
Nietzsche and modernism
history of fascism and anti-fascism
Almudena Ariza Armada
New York University Shanghai
Pudong, China
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8
5
151
Al-Andalus History
Islamic Numismatic
Numismatics of Al-Andalus and Early Medieval North Africa
Sefarad
Spain-Morocco
Esther Katz
New York University Shanghai
Pudong, China
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8
6
206
women's history
history of reproductive rights
birth control
Yidan Pang
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Shanghai, China
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7
7
156
orthopedics
stem cell
mitochondria
Ceren Ergenc
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7
6
231
Contemporary China
political participation
urban politics
comparative politics methodologies
global history
Asli Igsiz
New York University Shanghai
Pudong, China
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7
7
306
Cultural Politics and criticism
history of the present
race
fascism
alterity
Walter Edward Young
Xinjiang Medical University
Xinyang, China
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7
4
216
Islamicate dialectical disputation theory (jadal
munāẓara
ādāb al-baḥth)
Islamicate intellectual history
Islamic Law
Jonathan Soffer
New York University Shanghai
Pudong, China
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7
6
236
Ladan Abouali
Shanghai Institute of Visual Art
Shanghai, China
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6
5
238
Visual arts
Art history
Furniture design
Cultural studies
Middle East and Asian Art
Amber L Griffioen
Duke Kunshan University
Kunshan, China
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6
3
94
practical and social philosophy
philosophy of religion
philosophy of sport
history of philosophy
Jennifer Marston William
Xi'an Shiyou University
Xi'an, China
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6
5
327
German Literature
German Film
German Culture
German History
Cognitive Studies
Yeo, Sok Yee
Xi'An Jiaotong University
Xi'an, China
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6
4
187
Historic building conservation
Ximena Málaga Sabogal
New York University Shanghai
Pudong, China
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5
4
190
Socio-cultural anthropology
Latin America
History
Anthropology of the State
Jamal Alshorman|Jamal Ahmad Saleem Alshorman, Jamal A.S. Alshorman, J.A.S. Alshorman
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5
2
89
Orthopedics
Spinal cord injury
Abigail Krasner Balbale
New York University Shanghai
Pudong, China
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5
4
367
Islamic history
material culture
al-Andalus
Islamic art
Dylan Yeats
New York University Shanghai
Pudong, China
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5
2
483
U.S. History
American Studies
Asian American Studies
Public History
Brooklyn
Susanah Romney
New York University Shanghai
Pudong, China
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5
2
161
Women and Gender History
Early America
Dutch empire
Thomas D Carroll
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5
2
115
Comparative Philosophy
Ethics
History of Analytic Philosophy
Philosophy of Religion
Wittgenstein
Mark Swislocki
New York University Shanghai
Pudong, China
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5
3
270
History
China
Food
Environment
Yiping Dong
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5
0
50
History of Asian Architecture
Critical Heritage Studies
Industrial Heritage
李梅田(Meitian Li)
Renmin University of China
Beijing, China
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5
0
92
Heather Lee
New York University Shanghai
Pudong, China
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4
4
207
Labor
Migration
History
Law
Food
Joy Chen
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4
3
116
Economic History
Political Economy
Institutions
Child and adolescent development；Social work program management and evaluation
Matteo Salonia
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4
1
43
medieval history
early modern history
economic history
intellectual history
Christianity
Victor Jose Rodriguez
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4
1
49
History
American History
Education
Andrew Needham
New York University Shanghai
Pudong, China
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3
3
293
us history
environmental history
NAIS
Shaonan Liu
Beijing Normal University
Beijing, China
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3
3
86
African History
History of Africa-China Relations
Rui Zhang
Hubei University of Arts and Science
Xiangyang, China
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3
3
84
Museum exhibition design
immersive technology
human-centred design
digital creativity
Byzantine Studies
Byzantine History
张佳静|Jiajing Zhang
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3
1
29
History of cartography
History of science and technology in modern China
Muhammad Qasim Sodhar
Shanghai University
Shanghai, China
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3
0
13
History
Politics
Politics of Ethnicity
Left Movements.
legal history
modern history
constitution
(William) Ziyuan Wang|William Z.Y. Wang, Ziyuan Wang
China Foreign Affairs University
Beijing, China
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2
1
34
security studies
international status politics
China's security environments
international history
process-tracing methods
history
economic history
late imperial China
History of colonial science in China and East Asia
Rosaria Franco
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2
0
11
History
refugees
children
empires
Cold War
Joseph Giacomelli
Duke Kunshan University
Kunshan, China
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2
0
6
Environmental History
History of Science
U.S. History
Thorsten J. Pattberg
Peking University
Beijing, China
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2
1
61
Xiaocen Li
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2
0
5
History of Science
Traditional Craftsmanship
Climate and Culture
Byzantine robust training
federated learning
Susanne Kathrin Beiweis
Sun Yat Sen University
Guangzhou, China
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1
0
6
history of philosophy
Renaissance- and Early Modern philosophy
Yarong Chen
Beijing Foreign Studies University
Beijing, China
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Modern China
History of International Organizations
History of Education
History of Development
History of photography in China