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Researcher · York University · Canada

Bernard Lightman

Bernard Lightman publishes mostly in History and Philosophy of Science, Sociology and Political Science and Literature and Literary Theory, on topics such as History of Science and Medicine, History of Science and Natural History and Diverse Historical and Scientific Studies.

World rank
#121,447
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in Canada
#4,151
of 38,960
Works
73
Citations
46
Citations per work
0.6

What does Bernard Lightman research?

History and Philosophy of Science: 26.1%Sociology and Political Science: 10.9%Literature and Literary Theory: 8.7%Anthropology: 6.5%other fields: 47.8%26%top field
History and Philosophy of Science26.1%Sociology and Political Science10.9%Literature and Literary Theory8.7%Anthropology6.5%other fields47.8%

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

  1. 1History and Philosophy of Science26% of their works
  2. 2Sociology and Political Science11% of their works
  3. 3Literature and Literary Theory9% of their works
  4. 4Anthropology6% of their works
  5. 5Philosophy6% of their works
  6. 6Cultural Studies4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Bernard Lightman's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: History, Medicine, Science, Society, Colonialism, Innovation, Technology and Environmental History.

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 21 words, with their numbers
  1. History103 topics
  2. Medicine82 topics
  3. Science82 topics
  4. Society72 topics
  5. Colonialism52 topics
  6. Innovation51 topic
  7. Technology51 topic
  8. Environmental History31 topic
  9. Global History31 topic
  10. Knowledge Production31 topic
  11. Science Circulation31 topic
  12. French Revolution21 topic
  13. Napoleonic Wars21 topic
  14. Occultism21 topic
  15. Postcolonialism21 topic
  16. Race21 topic
  17. Radio Astronomy21 topic
  18. Spiritualism21 topic
  19. Transits of Venus21 topic
  20. Yersinia pestis21 topic
  21. plague21 topic

Where does Bernard Lightman work?

Bernard Lightman's main affiliation in the publication record is York University, Canada.

How many publications and citations does Bernard Lightman have?

Science Explorer counts 73 works and 46 citations for Bernard Lightman, ranking #121,447 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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