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Researcher · Perimeter Institute · Canada

Lee Smolin

Lee Smolin publishes mostly in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics and Nuclear and High Energy Physics, on topics such as Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories, Cosmology and Gravitation Theories and Black Holes and Theoretical Physics.

ORCID 0000-0003-1432-1473 OpenAlex
World rank
#166,146
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Canada
#5,542
of 183,316
Works
325
Citations
16k
Citations per work
48.4
h-index
56
i10-index 164Top 4.5% in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Lee Smolin

What does Lee Smolin research?

Lee Smolin's work is mostly in Physics and Astronomy (72%), Computer Science (2%), Social Sciences (2%).

Physical Sciences: 242 works · 74.6% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 235 works · 72.2% of their workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 82 works · 25.1% of their workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 65 works · 20.1% of their workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 56 works · 17.1% of their workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 32 works · 9.9% of their workComputer Science: 8 works · 2.4% of their workArtificial Intelligence: 8 works · 2.4% of their workEverything else: 75 works · 23.1% of their workSocial Sciences: 7 works · 2.3% of their workSocial Sciences: 7 works · 2.3% of their workSociology and Political Science: 7 works · 2.3% of their workTHEIR WORKLee Smolin325works
Physical Sciences75%Social Sciences2%

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. Physics and Astronomy23572.2%
    2. Computer Science82.4%
  2. Everything else7523.1%
    1. Social Sciences72.3%
  1. 1Astronomy and Astrophysics25% of their works
  2. 2Statistical and Nonlinear Physics20% of their works
  3. 3Nuclear and High Energy Physics17% of their works
  4. 4Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics10% of their works
  5. 5Artificial Intelligence2% of their works
  6. 6Sociology and Political Science2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Lee Smolin's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Quantum Gravity, Lorentz Violation, Noncommutative Field Theory, Cosmological Parameters, Dark Energy, Field Theories, Holographic and Bell Inequality.

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 17 words, with their numbers
  1. Quantum Gravity3063 topics
  2. Lorentz Violation1411 topic
  3. Noncommutative Field Theory1411 topic
  4. Cosmological Parameters1361 topic
  5. Dark Energy1361 topic
  6. Field Theories1331 topic
  7. Holographic1331 topic
  8. Bell Inequality631 topic
  9. Decoherence631 topic
  10. Relativity321 topic
  11. Unified Field Theories321 topic
  12. Fluctuation Theorems211 topic
  13. Stochastic Thermodynamics211 topic
  14. Astrobiology161 topic
  15. Extraterrestrial Life161 topic
  16. Casimir Effect151 topic
  17. Quantum Vacuum151 topic

Where does Lee Smolin work?

Lee Smolin's main affiliation in the publication record is Perimeter Institute, Canada.

How many publications and citations does Lee Smolin have?

OpenAlex counts 325 works and 15,715 citations for Lee Smolin, an h-index of 56, ranking #166,146 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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