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Researcher · Max Planck Institute for the History of Science · Germany

Horst Kant

Horst Kant publishes mostly in History and Philosophy of Science, Sociology and Political Science and Political Science and International Relations, on topics such as Twentieth Century Scientific Developments, Philosophy, Science, and History and German Social Sciences and History.

OpenAlex
World rank
#627,049
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in Germany
#37,188
of 86,443
Works
56
Citations
6
Citations per work
0.1

What does Horst Kant research?

History and Philosophy of Science: 27.6%Sociology and Political Science: 10.3%Political Science and International Relations: 8.6%General Health Professions: 6.9%other fields: 46.6%28%top field
History and Philosophy of Science27.6%Sociology and Political Science10.3%Political Science and International Relations8.6%General Health Professions6.9%other fields46.6%

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 Science28% of their works
  2. 2Sociology and Political Science10% of their works
  3. 3Political Science and International Relations9% of their works
  4. 4General Health Professions7% of their works
  5. 5History7% of their works
  6. 6Physical and Theoretical Chemistry5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Horst Kant's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Cold War, Science, Epistemic Practices, Logical Empiricism, Sociological History, Vienna Circle, Eugenics and Nazi Era.

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. Cold War71 topic
  2. Science71 topic
  3. Epistemic Practices51 topic
  4. Logical Empiricism51 topic
  5. Sociological History51 topic
  6. Vienna Circle51 topic
  7. Eugenics41 topic
  8. Nazi Era41 topic
  9. Nazi Propaganda31 topic
  10. Sexuality31 topic
  11. Biosphere Reserves21 topic
  12. Health Surveys21 topic
  13. Landscape Management21 topic
  14. Partially Ordered Sets21 topic
  15. Periodic Table21 topic
  16. Public Health21 topic

Where does Horst Kant work?

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

How many publications and citations does Horst Kant have?

Science Explorer counts 56 works and 6 citations for Horst Kant, ranking #627,049 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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