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Researcher · University of Cambridge · United Kingdom

Michael A. Hoskin

Michael A. Hoskin publishes mostly in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Archeology and History and Philosophy of Science, on topics such as History and Developments in Astronomy, History of Science and Medicine and Historical Astronomy and Related Studies.

OpenAlex
World rank
#1,340,032
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United Kingdom
#104,554
of 367,258
Works
346
Citations
2k
Citations per work
5.7
h-index
22
i10-index 46Top 25% in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Michael A. Hoskin

What does Michael A. Hoskin research?

Michael A. Hoskin's work is mostly in Arts and Humanities (46%), Physics and Astronomy (33%), Social Sciences (6%).

Social Sciences: 180 works · 52.1% of their workArts and Humanities: 161 works · 46.4% of their workArcheology: 78 works · 22.5% of their workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 76 works · 22.1% of their workHistory: 6 works · 1.8% of their workSocial Sciences: 20 works · 5.7% of their workAnthropology: 13 works · 3.7% of their workPolitical Science and International Relations: 7 works · 2.0% of their workPhysical Sciences: 113 works · 32.8% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 113 works · 32.8% of their workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 113 works · 32.8% of their workEverything else: 52 works · 15.1% of their workTHEIR WORKMichael A. Hoskin346works
Physical Sciences33%Social Sciences52%

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. Arts and Humanities16146.4%
    2. Social Sciences205.7%
    1. Physics and Astronomy11332.8%
  3. Everything else5215.1%
  1. 1Astronomy and Astrophysics33% of their works
  2. 2Archeology22% of their works
  3. 3History and Philosophy of Science22% of their works
  4. 4Anthropology4% of their works
  5. 5Political Science and International Relations2% of their works
  6. 6History2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Michael A. Hoskin's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Historical Astronomy, Radio Astronomy, Transits of Venus, History, Science, Innovation, Technology and Antikythera Mechanism.

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 21 words, with their numbers
  1. Historical Astronomy1672 topics
  2. Radio Astronomy1541 topic
  3. Transits of Venus1541 topic
  4. History1352 topics
  5. Science1352 topics
  6. Innovation991 topic
  7. Technology991 topic
  8. Antikythera Mechanism921 topic
  9. Astronomical Calculator921 topic
  10. Archaeoastronomy751 topic
  11. Cultural Landscapes751 topic
  12. Archaeology512 topics
  13. Iberian Peninsula512 topics
  14. Colonialism361 topic
  15. Knowledge Production361 topic
  16. Iron Age281 topic
  17. Romanization281 topic
  18. Global History251 topic
  19. Science Circulation251 topic
  20. Bronze Age231 topic
  21. Neolithic231 topic

Where does Michael A. Hoskin work?

Michael A. Hoskin's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Cambridge, United Kingdom.

How many publications and citations does Michael A. Hoskin have?

OpenAlex counts 346 works and 1,986 citations for Michael A. Hoskin, an h-index of 22, ranking #1,340,032 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality 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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