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Michael Atiyah

Michael Atiyah publishes mostly in Mathematical Physics, Geometry and Topology and Astronomy and Astrophysics, on topics such as Geometric and Algebraic Topology, Homotopy and Cohomology in Algebraic Topology and Advanced Algebra and Geometry.

World rank
#2,229
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United Kingdom
#173
of 90,785
Works
87
Citations
1.4k
Citations per work
16.1

What does Michael Atiyah research?

Mathematical Physics: 17.6%Geometry and Topology: 12.7%Astronomy and Astrophysics: 5.9%Statistical and Nonlinear Physics: 4.9%other fields: 58.9%18%top field
Mathematical Physics17.6%Geometry and Topology12.7%Astronomy and Astrophysics5.9%Statistical and Nonlinear Physics4.9%other fields58.9%

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

  1. 1Mathematical Physics18% of their works
  2. 2Geometry and Topology13% of their works
  3. 3Astronomy and Astrophysics6% of their works
  4. 4Statistical and Nonlinear Physics5% of their works
  5. 5Algebra and Number Theory5% of their works
  6. 6Applied Mathematics5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Michael Atiyah's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: K-Theory, Cohomology, Automorphic Forms, C*-Algebras, Deformation Quantization, Knot Invariants, Langlands Conjectures and Poisson Manifolds.

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 18 words, with their numbers
  1. K-Theory102 topics
  2. Cohomology92 topics
  3. Automorphic Forms51 topic
  4. C*-Algebras51 topic
  5. Deformation Quantization51 topic
  6. Knot Invariants51 topic
  7. Langlands Conjectures51 topic
  8. Poisson Manifolds51 topic
  9. Quantum Groups51 topic
  10. Symplectic Topology51 topic
  11. Deformations41 topic
  12. Historical Sources41 topic
  13. Hom-Lie Algebras41 topic
  14. Mathematics Education41 topic
  15. Cosmological Parameters31 topic
  16. Dark Energy31 topic
  17. Field Theories31 topic
  18. Holographic31 topic

Where does Michael Atiyah work?

Michael Atiyah's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom.

How many publications and citations does Michael Atiyah have?

Science Explorer counts 87 works and 1,404 citations for Michael Atiyah, ranking #2,229 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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