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Researcher · Starnberg Hospital · Germany

Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker

Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker publishes mostly in History and Philosophy of Science, Sociology and Political Science and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, on topics such as Quantum Mechanics and Applications, Twentieth Century Scientific Developments and Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics.

World rank
#151,501
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in Germany
#9,366
of 86,443
Works
58
Citations
156
Citations per work
2.7

What does Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker research?

History and Philosophy of Science: 12.7%Sociology and Political Science: 9.5%Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 7.9%Philosophy: 6.3%other fields: 63.6%13%top field
History and Philosophy of Science12.7%Sociology and Political Science9.5%Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics7.9%Philosophy6.3%other fields63.6%

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 Science13% of their works
  2. 2Sociology and Political Science10% of their works
  3. 3Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics8% of their works
  4. 4Philosophy6% of their works
  5. 5Astronomy and Astrophysics6% of their works
  6. 6Statistical and Nonlinear Physics6% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Bell Inequality, Decoherence, Philosophy of Science, Cold War, Science, Evolutionary Synthesis, Fluctuation Theorems and Logical Empiricism.

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 17 words, with their numbers
  1. Bell Inequality41 topic
  2. Decoherence41 topic
  3. Philosophy of Science42 topics
  4. Cold War31 topic
  5. Science31 topic
  6. Evolutionary Synthesis21 topic
  7. Fluctuation Theorems21 topic
  8. Logical Empiricism21 topic
  9. Mechanistic Explanation21 topic
  10. S&T Policies21 topic
  11. Science Diplomacy21 topic
  12. Stochastic Thermodynamics21 topic
  13. Vienna Circle21 topic
  14. Cognitive Enhancement11 topic
  15. Human Microbiome11 topic
  16. Microbial Metabolites11 topic
  17. Neuroenhancement11 topic

Where does Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker work?

Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker's main affiliation in the publication record is Starnberg Hospital, Germany.

How many publications and citations does Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker have?

Science Explorer counts 58 works and 156 citations for Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker, ranking #151,501 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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