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Hans‐Jörg Rheinberger

Hans‐Jörg Rheinberger publishes mostly in History and Philosophy of Science, Molecular Biology and Sociology and Political Science, on topics such as Philosophy and History of Science, German Social Sciences and History and Medical History and Research.

World rank
#184,216
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in Germany
#11,302
of 86,443
Works
170
Citations
185
Citations per work
1.1

What does Hans‐Jörg Rheinberger research?

History and Philosophy of Science: 12.1%Molecular Biology: 11.3%Sociology and Political Science: 9.9%History: 6.4%other fields: 60.3%12%top field
History and Philosophy of Science12.1%Molecular Biology11.3%Sociology and Political Science9.9%History6.4%other fields60.3%

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 Science12% of their works
  2. 2Molecular Biology11% of their works
  3. 3Sociology and Political Science10% of their works
  4. 4History6% of their works
  5. 5Philosophy6% of their works
  6. 6Literature and Literary Theory4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Hans‐Jörg Rheinberger's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Genetic Code, Evolutionary Synthesis, Mechanistic Explanation, Epistemic Practices, Sociological History, Autorschaft, Bildung and Eugenics.

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. Genetic Code122 topics
  2. Evolutionary Synthesis81 topic
  3. Mechanistic Explanation81 topic
  4. Epistemic Practices61 topic
  5. Sociological History61 topic
  6. Autorschaft51 topic
  7. Bildung51 topic
  8. Eugenics51 topic
  9. Nazi Era51 topic
  10. Human Microbiome41 topic
  11. Microbial Metabolites41 topic
  12. Paul Ehrlich41 topic
  13. Ribosome41 topic
  14. Translation41 topic
  15. Translational Medicine41 topic
  16. Bioinformatics31 topic
  17. Education31 topic

Where does Hans‐Jörg Rheinberger work?

Hans‐Jörg Rheinberger's main affiliation in the publication record is Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Germany.

How many publications and citations does Hans‐Jörg Rheinberger have?

Science Explorer counts 170 works and 185 citations for Hans‐Jörg Rheinberger, ranking #184,216 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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