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E. P. Wigner

E. P. Wigner publishes mostly in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Political Science and International Relations and History and Philosophy of Science, on topics such as Quantum Mechanics and Applications, Nuclear Issues and Defense and Relativity and Gravitational Theory.

World rank
#214
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#117
of 358,040
Works
203
Citations
2.8k
Citations per work
14.0

What does E. P. Wigner research?

Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 12.0%Political Science and International Relations: 10.6%History and Philosophy of Science: 7.8%Statistical and Nonlinear Physics: 7.4%other fields: 62.2%12%top field
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics12.0%Political Science and International Relations10.6%History and Philosophy of Science7.8%Statistical and Nonlinear Physics7.4%other fields62.2%

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

  1. 1Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics12% of their works
  2. 2Political Science and International Relations11% of their works
  3. 3History and Philosophy of Science8% of their works
  4. 4Statistical and Nonlinear Physics7% of their works
  5. 5Astronomy and Astrophysics5% of their works
  6. 6Sociology and Political Science5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe E. P. Wigner's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Bell Inequality, Decoherence, Climate Consequences, Nuclear War, Relativity, Unified Field Theories, Cold War and Science.

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 16 words, with their numbers
  1. Bell Inequality151 topic
  2. Decoherence151 topic
  3. Climate Consequences101 topic
  4. Nuclear War101 topic
  5. Relativity91 topic
  6. Unified Field Theories91 topic
  7. Cold War81 topic
  8. Science81 topic
  9. Molten Salt61 topic
  10. Nuclear Reactor61 topic
  11. Nuclear Forces51 topic
  12. Nuclear Structure51 topic
  13. Computational Chemistry41 topic
  14. Molecular Simulation41 topic
  15. Nuclear Graphite41 topic
  16. Oxidation Behavior41 topic

Where does E. P. Wigner work?

E. P. Wigner's main affiliation in the publication record is Princeton University, United States.

How many publications and citations does E. P. Wigner have?

Science Explorer counts 203 works and 2,835 citations for E. P. Wigner, ranking #214 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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