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Researcher · Institute for Advanced Study · United States

Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein publishes mostly in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, on topics such as Relativity and Gravitational Theory, History and Developments in Astronomy and Experimental and Theoretical Physics Studies.

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World rank
#4,359,152
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#1,168,148
of 1,627,098
Works
272
Citations
4.1k
Citations per work
15.2
h-index
24
i10-index 50Top 23% in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Albert Einstein

What does Albert Einstein research?

Albert Einstein's work is mostly in Physics and Astronomy (52%), Chemistry (4%), Mathematics (4%).

Physical Sciences: 162 works · 59.4% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 140 works · 51.6% of their workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 103 works · 38.0% of their workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 21 works · 7.8% of their workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 16 works · 5.8% of their workChemistry: 11 works · 4.1% of their workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 11 works · 4.1% of their workMathematics: 10 works · 3.7% of their workTheoretical Computer Science: 10 works · 3.7% of their workEverything else: 101 works · 37.1% of their workSocial Sciences: 10 works · 3.5% of their workSocial Sciences: 10 works · 3.5% of their workSociology and Political Science: 10 works · 3.5% of their workTHEIR WORKAlbert Einstein272works
Physical Sciences59%Social Sciences4%

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. Physics and Astronomy14051.6%
    2. Chemistry114.1%
    3. Mathematics103.7%
  2. Everything else10137.1%
    1. Social Sciences103.5%
  1. 1Astronomy and Astrophysics38% of their works
  2. 2Statistical and Nonlinear Physics8% of their works
  3. 3Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics6% of their works
  4. 4Physical and Theoretical Chemistry4% of their works
  5. 5Theoretical Computer Science4% of their works
  6. 6Sociology and Political Science4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Albert Einstein's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Relativity, Unified Field Theories, Radio Astronomy, Transits of Venus, Experimental Tools, Smartphones, Bell Inequality and Decoherence.

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. The words come from the keyword list OpenAlex gives each topic, not from the text of the papers, so a word can appear that none of the papers uses.

All 16 words, with their numbers
  1. Relativity1351 topic
  2. Unified Field Theories1351 topic
  3. Radio Astronomy351 topic
  4. Transits of Venus351 topic
  5. Experimental Tools311 topic
  6. Smartphones311 topic
  7. Bell Inequality221 topic
  8. Decoherence221 topic
  9. Historical Sources191 topic
  10. Mathematics Education191 topic
  11. Cosmological Parameters131 topic
  12. Dark Energy131 topic
  13. Partially Ordered Sets131 topic
  14. Periodic Table131 topic
  15. Air Force101 topic
  16. Modernization101 topic

Where does Albert Einstein work?

Albert Einstein's main affiliation in the publication record is Institute for Advanced Study, United States.

How many publications and citations does Albert Einstein have?

OpenAlex counts 272 works and 4,145 citations for Albert Einstein, an h-index of 24, ranking #4,359,152 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised citation 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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