Science Explorer Interactive view Map
Researcher · Max Planck Institute for the History of Science · Germany

Dieter Hoffmann

Dieter Hoffmann publishes mostly in History and Philosophy of Science, Sociology and Political Science and Literature and Literary Theory, on topics such as Philosophy, Science, and History, German Literature and Culture Studies and German Social Sciences and History.

ORCID 0009-0001-1261-6596 OpenAlex
World rank
#1,123,945
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in Germany
#64,476
of 86,443
Works
98
Citations
19
Citations per work
0.2

What does Dieter Hoffmann research?

History and Philosophy of Science: 26.7%Sociology and Political Science: 11.1%Literature and Literary Theory: 7.8%Political Science and International Relations: 5.6%other fields: 48.8%27%top field
History and Philosophy of Science26.7%Sociology and Political Science11.1%Literature and Literary Theory7.8%Political Science and International Relations5.6%other fields48.8%

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 Science27% of their works
  2. 2Sociology and Political Science11% of their works
  3. 3Literature and Literary Theory8% of their works
  4. 4Political Science and International Relations6% of their works
  5. 5Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics3% of their works
  6. 6Computational Theory and Mathematics3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Dieter Hoffmann's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Philosophy of Science, Logical Empiricism, Vienna Circle, Autorschaft, Bildung, Epistemic Practices, Sociological History and Evolutionary Synthesis.

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. Philosophy of Science162 topics
  2. Logical Empiricism111 topic
  3. Vienna Circle111 topic
  4. Autorschaft61 topic
  5. Bildung61 topic
  6. Epistemic Practices61 topic
  7. Sociological History61 topic
  8. Evolutionary Synthesis51 topic
  9. Mechanistic Explanation51 topic
  10. Cold War41 topic
  11. Science41 topic
  12. S&T Policies31 topic
  13. Science Diplomacy31 topic
  14. Computing21 topic
  15. History21 topic
  16. neurological history21 topic
  17. neuroscience pioneers21 topic

Where does Dieter Hoffmann work?

Dieter Hoffmann's main affiliation in the publication record is Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Germany.

How many publications and citations does Dieter Hoffmann have?

Science Explorer counts 98 works and 19 citations for Dieter Hoffmann, ranking #1,123,945 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.

Other researchers named Dieter Hoffmann

Papers, co-authors, who cited this work and researchers on the nearest topics are in the interactive view on the map. Is this your page? Request a correction or removal.