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Researcher · University of Coimbra · Portugal

Carlos Fiolhais

Carlos Fiolhais publishes mostly in Education, Sociology and Political Science and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, on topics such as Science and Science Education, Historical Education and Society and Education and Digital Technologies.

ORCID 0000-0002-1527-0738 OpenAlex
World rank
#6,551,866
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Portugal
#35,803
of 41,760
Works
465
Citations
42k
Citations per work
89.4
h-index
25
i10-index 42Top 2.2% in Education
Carlos Fiolhais

What does Carlos Fiolhais research?

Carlos Fiolhais's work is mostly in Social Sciences (29%), Physics and Astronomy (12%), Arts and Humanities (3%).

Everything else: 257 works · 55.3% of their workSocial Sciences: 150 works · 32.3% of their workSocial Sciences: 134 works · 28.9% of their workEducation: 67 works · 14.4% of their workSociology and Political Science: 39 works · 8.4% of their workPolitical Science and International Relations: 28 works · 6.1% of their workArts and Humanities: 16 works · 3.4% of their workHistory: 16 works · 3.4% of their workPhysical Sciences: 58 works · 12.4% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 58 works · 12.4% of their workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 39 works · 8.3% of their workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 19 works · 4.1% of their workTHEIR WORKCarlos Fiolhais465works
Physical Sciences12%Social Sciences32%

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. Everything else25755.3%
    1. Social Sciences13428.9%
    2. Arts and Humanities163.4%
    1. Physics and Astronomy5812.4%
  1. 1Education14% of their works
  2. 2Sociology and Political Science8% of their works
  3. 3Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics8% of their works
  4. 4Political Science and International Relations6% of their works
  5. 5Statistical and Nonlinear Physics4% of their works
  6. 6History3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Carlos Fiolhais's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Teacher Training, Education, Brazilian Scientists, Science Funding, Curriculum Development, History, Policies and Social Network Analysis.

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 19 words, with their numbers
  1. Teacher Training1304 topics
  2. Education932 topics
  3. Brazilian Scientists511 topic
  4. Science Funding511 topic
  5. Curriculum Development472 topics
  6. History421 topic
  7. Policies421 topic
  8. Social Network Analysis411 topic
  9. WebQuests411 topic
  10. Density Functional Theory341 topic
  11. Dispersion Correction341 topic
  12. Educational Policies241 topic
  13. Qualitative Research241 topic
  14. Science Education231 topic
  15. Teaching Methodologies231 topic
  16. Ice Nucleation221 topic
  17. Melting221 topic
  18. Environmental Education201 topic
  19. Sustainability201 topic

Where does Carlos Fiolhais work?

Carlos Fiolhais's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Coimbra, Portugal.

How many publications and citations does Carlos Fiolhais have?

OpenAlex counts 465 works and 41,554 citations for Carlos Fiolhais, an h-index of 25, ranking #6,551,866 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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