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Researcher · Columbia University · United States

Ernest Nagel

Ernest Nagel publishes mostly in History and Philosophy of Science, Philosophy and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, on topics such as Philosophy and History of Science, Philosophy, Science, and History and History and Theory of Mathematics.

OpenAlex
World rank
#57,043
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#22,028
of 1,627,098
Works
370
Citations
16k
Citations per work
42.4
h-index
42
i10-index 87Top 0.8% in History and Philosophy of Science
Ernest Nagel

What does Ernest Nagel research?

Ernest Nagel's work is mostly in Arts and Humanities (41%), Psychology (6%), Social Sciences (5%).

Social Sciences: 195 works · 52.6% of their workArts and Humanities: 153 works · 41.3% of their workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 95 works · 25.6% of their workPhilosophy: 58 works · 15.7% of their workPsychology: 23 works · 6.1% of their workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 23 works · 6.1% of their workSocial Sciences: 19 works · 5.2% of their workSociology and Political Science: 19 works · 5.2% of their workEverything else: 140 works · 37.8% of their workHealth Sciences: 19 works · 5.1% of their workHealth Professions: 19 works · 5.1% of their workGeneral Health Professions: 19 works · 5.1% of their workPhysical Sciences: 17 works · 4.5% of their workMathematics: 17 works · 4.5% of their workTheoretical Computer Science: 17 works · 4.5% of their workTHEIR WORKErnest Nagel370works
Physical Sciences4%Health Sciences5%Social Sciences53%

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. Arts and Humanities15341.3%
    2. Psychology236.1%
    3. Social Sciences195.2%
  2. Everything else14037.8%
    1. Health Professions195.1%
    1. Mathematics174.5%
  1. 1History and Philosophy of Science26% of their works
  2. 2Philosophy16% of their works
  3. 3Experimental and Cognitive Psychology6% of their works
  4. 4Sociology and Political Science5% of their works
  5. 5General Health Professions5% of their works
  6. 6Theoretical Computer Science4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Ernest Nagel's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Philosophy of Science, Evolutionary Synthesis, Mechanistic Explanation, Metaphysics, Logical Empiricism, Vienna Circle, History and Philosophy.

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 20 words, with their numbers
  1. Philosophy of Science1372 topics
  2. Evolutionary Synthesis831 topic
  3. Mechanistic Explanation831 topic
  4. Metaphysics792 topics
  5. Logical Empiricism541 topic
  6. Vienna Circle541 topic
  7. History372 topics
  8. Philosophy372 topics
  9. Historical Sources311 topic
  10. Mathematics Education311 topic
  11. Consciousness291 topic
  12. Phenomenal Experience291 topic
  13. Aristotle251 topic
  14. Plato251 topic
  15. Hermeneutics191 topic
  16. Narrative191 topic
  17. Healthcare Legislation181 topic
  18. Medicine181 topic
  19. Patient Rights181 topic
  20. Science181 topic

Where does Ernest Nagel work?

Ernest Nagel's main affiliation in the publication record is Columbia University, United States.

How many publications and citations does Ernest Nagel have?

OpenAlex counts 370 works and 15,676 citations for Ernest Nagel, an h-index of 42, ranking #57,043 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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