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Researcher · Canisius College · United States

Joseph Needham

Joseph Needham publishes mostly in History and Philosophy of Science, Sociology and Political Science and Anthropology, on topics such as Chinese history and philosophy, History of Science and Medicine and Historical Astronomy and Related Studies.

OpenAlex
World rank
#5,147
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#2,448
of 358,040
Works
80
Citations
380
Citations per work
4.8

What does Joseph Needham research?

History and Philosophy of Science: 25.0%Sociology and Political Science: 16.2%Anthropology: 7.4%Astronomy and Astrophysics: 7.4%other fields: 44.0%25%top field
History and Philosophy of Science25.0%Sociology and Political Science16.2%Anthropology7.4%Astronomy and Astrophysics7.4%other fields44.0%

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 Science25% of their works
  2. 2Sociology and Political Science16% of their works
  3. 3Anthropology7% of their works
  4. 4Astronomy and Astrophysics7% of their works
  5. 5Geography, Planning and Development4% of their works
  6. 6Information Systems and Management3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Joseph Needham's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: History, Philosophy, Religion, China, Regulation, Medicine, Science and Innovation.

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 23 words, with their numbers
  1. History213 topics
  2. Philosophy182 topics
  3. Religion132 topics
  4. China111 topic
  5. Regulation111 topic
  6. Medicine102 topics
  7. Science102 topics
  8. Innovation92 topics
  9. Society71 topic
  10. Technology71 topic
  11. Philosophy of Science52 topics
  12. Aboriginal Astronomy31 topic
  13. Antikythera Mechanism31 topic
  14. Astronomical Calculator31 topic
  15. Australian Indigenous Languages31 topic
  16. Colonialism31 topic
  17. Knowledge Production31 topic
  18. Acceptance21 topic
  19. Evolutionary Synthesis21 topic
  20. Evolutionary Theory21 topic
  21. Global Collaboration21 topic
  22. Health Biotechnology21 topic
  23. Mechanistic Explanation21 topic

Where does Joseph Needham work?

Joseph Needham's main affiliation in the publication record is Canisius College, United States.

How many publications and citations does Joseph Needham have?

Science Explorer counts 80 works and 380 citations for Joseph Needham, ranking #5,147 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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