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Researcher · University of Notre Dame · United States

Alvin Plantinga

Alvin Plantinga publishes mostly in Philosophy, Religious studies and History and Philosophy of Science, on topics such as Theology and Philosophy of Evil, Classical Philosophy and Thought and Medieval Philosophy and Theology.

OpenAlex
World rank
#38,938
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#18,016
of 358,040
Works
65
Citations
132
Citations per work
2.0

What does Alvin Plantinga research?

Philosophy: 42.2%Religious studies: 11.1%History and Philosophy of Science: 8.9%Visual Arts and Performing Arts: 6.7%other fields: 31.1%42%top field
Philosophy42.2%Religious studies11.1%History and Philosophy of Science8.9%Visual Arts and Performing Arts6.7%other fields31.1%

Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.

  1. 1Philosophy42% of their works
  2. 2Religious studies11% of their works
  3. 3History and Philosophy of Science9% of their works
  4. 4Visual Arts and Performing Arts7% of their works
  5. 5Political Science and International Relations4% of their works
  6. 6Experimental and Cognitive Psychology4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Alvin Plantinga's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Divine Providence, Metaphysics, Problem of Evil, Theodicy, Aristotle, Plato, Aquinas and Belief.

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. Divine Providence102 topics
  2. Metaphysics72 topics
  3. Problem of Evil71 topic
  4. Theodicy71 topic
  5. Aristotle41 topic
  6. Plato41 topic
  7. Aquinas31 topic
  8. Belief31 topic
  9. Boethius31 topic
  10. Knowledge31 topic
  11. Acceptance21 topic
  12. American founding21 topic
  13. Biblical Monotheism21 topic
  14. Constitutional government21 topic
  15. Evolutionary Theory21 topic
  16. Jewish Society21 topic
  17. Sense of Agency11 topic
  18. Voluntary Action11 topic

Where does Alvin Plantinga work?

Alvin Plantinga's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Notre Dame, United States.

How many publications and citations does Alvin Plantinga have?

Science Explorer counts 65 works and 132 citations for Alvin Plantinga, ranking #38,938 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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