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Researcher · Institute for Advanced Study · United States

Kurt Gödel

Kurt Gödel publishes mostly in History and Philosophy of Science, Theoretical Computer Science and Astronomy and Astrophysics, on topics such as History and Theory of Mathematics, Philosophy, Science, and History and Philosophy and Theoretical Science.

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World rank
#1,191,214
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#382,365
of 1,627,098
Works
84
Citations
12k
Citations per work
139.4
h-index
27
i10-index 32Top 2.9% in History and Philosophy of Science
Kurt Gödel

What does Kurt Gödel research?

Kurt Gödel's work is mostly in Arts and Humanities (16%), Mathematics (10%), Physics and Astronomy (10%).

Everything else: 44 works · 52.4% of their workPhysical Sciences: 22 works · 26.1% of their workMathematics: 8 works · 9.5% of their workTheoretical Computer Science: 8 works · 9.5% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 8 works · 9.5% of their workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 8 works · 9.5% of their workComputer Science: 6 works · 7.1% of their workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 6 works · 7.1% of their workSocial Sciences: 18 works · 21.5% of their workArts and Humanities: 14 works · 16.1% of their workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 8 works · 10.1% of their workPhilosophy: 5 works · 6.0% of their workPsychology: 5 works · 5.4% of their workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 5 works · 5.4% of their workTHEIR WORKKurt Gödel84works
Physical Sciences26%Social Sciences22%

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. Everything else4452.4%
    1. Mathematics89.5%
    2. Physics and Astronomy89.5%
    3. Computer Science67.1%
    1. Arts and Humanities1416.1%
    2. Psychology55.4%
  1. 1History and Philosophy of Science10% of their works
  2. 2Theoretical Computer Science10% of their works
  3. 3Astronomy and Astrophysics10% of their works
  4. 4Computational Theory and Mathematics7% of their works
  5. 5Philosophy6% of their works
  6. 6Experimental and Cognitive Psychology5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Kurt Gödel's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Historical Sources, Mathematics Education, Logical Empiricism, Vienna Circle, Consciousness, Phenomenal Experience, Algorithmic Information Theory and Computability.

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 16 words, with their numbers
  1. Historical Sources161 topic
  2. Mathematics Education161 topic
  3. Logical Empiricism141 topic
  4. Vienna Circle141 topic
  5. Consciousness81 topic
  6. Phenomenal Experience81 topic
  7. Algorithmic Information Theory71 topic
  8. Computability71 topic
  9. Relativity71 topic
  10. Unified Field Theories71 topic
  11. Cosmological Parameters51 topic
  12. Dark Energy51 topic
  13. Financial Analysis51 topic
  14. Formal Verification51 topic
  15. Monetary Policy51 topic
  16. Static Analysis51 topic

Where does Kurt Gödel work?

Kurt Gödel's main affiliation in the publication record is Institute for Advanced Study, United States.

How many publications and citations does Kurt Gödel have?

OpenAlex counts 84 works and 11,708 citations for Kurt Gödel, an h-index of 27, ranking #1,191,214 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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