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Researcher · Heidelberg University · United States

Max Wolf

Max Wolf publishes mostly in Astronomy and Astrophysics, History and Philosophy of Science and Archeology, on topics such as History and Developments in Astronomy, History of Science and Natural History and Historical and Architectural Studies.

OpenAlex
World rank
#1,890,759
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#577,957
of 1,627,098
Works
241
Citations
697
Citations per work
2.9
h-index
11
i10-index 14Top 52% in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Max Wolf

What does Max Wolf research?

Max Wolf's work is mostly in Physics and Astronomy (30%), Arts and Humanities (13%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (3%).

Everything else: 113 works · 47.0% of their workPhysical Sciences: 87 works · 36.3% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 73 works · 30.1% of their workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 73 works · 30.1% of their workEngineering: 8 works · 3.4% of their workComputational Mechanics: 8 works · 3.4% of their workEnvironmental Science: 7 works · 2.8% of their workEcology: 7 works · 2.8% of their workSocial Sciences: 32 works · 13.3% of their workArts and Humanities: 32 works · 13.3% of their workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 17 works · 7.1% of their workArcheology: 15 works · 6.2% of their workLife Sciences: 8 works · 3.4% of their workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 8 works · 3.4% of their workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 8 works · 3.4% of their workTHEIR WORKMax Wolf241works
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences36%Social Sciences13%

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 else11347.0%
    1. Physics and Astronomy7330.1%
    2. Engineering83.4%
    3. Environmental Science72.8%
    1. Arts and Humanities3213.3%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences83.4%
  1. 1Astronomy and Astrophysics30% of their works
  2. 2History and Philosophy of Science7% of their works
  3. 3Archeology6% of their works
  4. 4Computational Mechanics3% of their works
  5. 5Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics3% of their works
  6. 6Ecology3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Max Wolf's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Radio Astronomy, Transits of Venus, Historical Astronomy, Global History, Science Circulation, Archaeoastronomy, Cultural Landscapes and Solar System Abundances.

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. Radio Astronomy811 topic
  2. Transits of Venus811 topic
  3. Historical Astronomy372 topics
  4. Global History241 topic
  5. Science Circulation241 topic
  6. Archaeoastronomy201 topic
  7. Cultural Landscapes201 topic
  8. Solar System Abundances191 topic
  9. Terrestrial Planets191 topic
  10. Antikythera Mechanism171 topic
  11. Astronomical Calculator171 topic
  12. Molecular Clouds171 topic
  13. Star Formation171 topic
  14. Fluid Dynamics151 topic
  15. Renewable Energy151 topic
  16. Antarctic131 topic
  17. Microorganisms131 topic

Where does Max Wolf work?

Max Wolf's main affiliation in the publication record is Heidelberg University, United States.

How many publications and citations does Max Wolf have?

OpenAlex counts 241 works and 697 citations for Max Wolf, an h-index of 11, ranking #1,890,759 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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