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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 Cosmology and Gravitation Theories, Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories and Black Holes and Theoretical Physics.

ORCID 0000-0003-1432-1473 OpenAlex
World rank
#35,709
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in Canada
#1,039
of 38,960
Works
76
Citations
702
Citations per work
9.2

What does Lee Smolin research?

Astronomy and Astrophysics: 28.2%Statistical and Nonlinear Physics: 20.5%Nuclear and High Energy Physics: 16.7%Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 3.8%other fields: 30.8%28%top field
Astronomy and Astrophysics28.2%Statistical and Nonlinear Physics20.5%Nuclear and High Energy Physics16.7%Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics3.8%other fields30.8%

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

  1. 1Astronomy and Astrophysics28% 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 Optics4% of their works
  5. 5History and Philosophy of Science4% of their works
  6. 6Cultural Studies4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Lee Smolin's research?

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

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 17 words, with their numbers
  1. Quantum Gravity313 topics
  2. Cosmological Parameters161 topic
  3. Dark Energy161 topic
  4. Lorentz Violation141 topic
  5. Noncommutative Field Theory141 topic
  6. Field Theories131 topic
  7. Holographic131 topic
  8. Relativity41 topic
  9. Unified Field Theories41 topic
  10. Bell Inequality31 topic
  11. Decoherence31 topic
  12. Chicano21 topic
  13. Earth Systems Science21 topic
  14. Evolutionary Synthesis21 topic
  15. Gaia Hypothesis21 topic
  16. Latino21 topic
  17. Mechanistic Explanation21 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?

Science Explorer counts 76 works and 702 citations for Lee Smolin, ranking #35,709 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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