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

Jürgen Renn

Jürgen Renn publishes mostly in Astronomy and Astrophysics, History and Philosophy of Science and Sociology and Political Science, on topics such as Relativity and Gravitational Theory, History and Developments in Astronomy and History and Theory of Mathematics.

ORCID 0000-0002-3681-2188 OpenAlex
World rank
#492,669
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in Germany
#29,273
of 86,443
Works
158
Citations
118
Citations per work
0.7

What does Jürgen Renn research?

Astronomy and Astrophysics: 19.9%History and Philosophy of Science: 10.3%Sociology and Political Science: 7.1%Political Science and International Relations: 6.4%other fields: 56.3%20%top field
Astronomy and Astrophysics19.9%History and Philosophy of Science10.3%Sociology and Political Science7.1%Political Science and International Relations6.4%other fields56.3%

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

  1. 1Astronomy and Astrophysics20% of their works
  2. 2History and Philosophy of Science10% of their works
  3. 3Sociology and Political Science7% of their works
  4. 4Political Science and International Relations6% of their works
  5. 5Theoretical Computer Science5% of their works
  6. 6Philosophy4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Jürgen Renn's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Relativity, Unified Field Theories, Radio Astronomy, Transits of Venus, Historical Sources, Mathematics Education, Science and Technology.

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 20 words, with their numbers
  1. Relativity181 topic
  2. Unified Field Theories181 topic
  3. Radio Astronomy111 topic
  4. Transits of Venus111 topic
  5. Historical Sources81 topic
  6. Mathematics Education81 topic
  7. Science72 topics
  8. Technology72 topics
  9. Education62 topics
  10. Logical Empiricism61 topic
  11. Research62 topics
  12. Vienna Circle61 topic
  13. Cold War41 topic
  14. Internationalism41 topic
  15. Development31 topic
  16. History31 topic
  17. Learning31 topic
  18. Pedagogy31 topic
  19. S&T Policies31 topic
  20. Science Diplomacy31 topic

Where does Jürgen Renn work?

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

How many publications and citations does Jürgen Renn have?

Science Explorer counts 158 works and 118 citations for Jürgen Renn, ranking #492,669 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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