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Christopher Shields

Christopher Shields publishes mostly in Philosophy, History and Philosophy of Science and Anthropology, on topics such as Classical Philosophy and Thought, Medieval and Classical Philosophy and Historical Philosophy and Science.

World rank
#286,419
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United Kingdom
#25,776
of 90,785
Works
20
Citations
53
Citations per work
2.7

What does Christopher Shields research?

Philosophy: 57.9%History and Philosophy of Science: 10.5%Anthropology: 10.5%Classics: 5.3%other fields: 15.8%58%top field
Philosophy57.9%History and Philosophy of Science10.5%Anthropology10.5%Classics5.3%other fields15.8%

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

  1. 1Philosophy58% of their works
  2. 2History and Philosophy of Science10% of their works
  3. 3Anthropology10% of their works
  4. 4Classics5% of their works
  5. 5Experimental and Cognitive Psychology5% of their works
  6. 6Sociology and Political Science5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Christopher Shields's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Aristotle, Metaphysics, Plato, Stoicism, Avicenna, Maimonides, Ancient Rome and Greek Literature.

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 19 words, with their numbers
  1. Aristotle72 topics
  2. Metaphysics62 topics
  3. Plato51 topic
  4. Stoicism51 topic
  5. Avicenna31 topic
  6. Maimonides31 topic
  7. Ancient Rome21 topic
  8. Greek Literature21 topic
  9. Natural Philosophy21 topic
  10. Scientific Culture21 topic
  11. Virtue Ethics22 topics
  12. Aquinas11 topic
  13. Boethius11 topic
  14. Byzantium11 topic
  15. Children's Literature11 topic
  16. Eastern Mediterranean11 topic
  17. Ethics11 topic
  18. Moral Realism11 topic
  19. Young Adult11 topic

Where does Christopher Shields work?

Christopher Shields's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Oxford, United Kingdom.

How many publications and citations does Christopher Shields have?

Science Explorer counts 20 works and 53 citations for Christopher Shields, ranking #286,419 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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