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Researcher · Chapman University · United States

Michael Shermer

Michael Shermer publishes mostly in Sociology and Political Science, History and Philosophy of Science and Philosophy, on topics such as Evolution and Science Education, Science and Climate Studies and History of Science and Medicine.

OpenAlex
World rank
#636,234
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#196,583
of 358,040
Works
97
Citations
49
Citations per work
0.5

What does Michael Shermer research?

Sociology and Political Science: 13.4%History and Philosophy of Science: 8.5%Philosophy: 8.5%Literature and Literary Theory: 8.5%other fields: 61.1%13%top field
Sociology and Political Science13.4%History and Philosophy of Science8.5%Philosophy8.5%Literature and Literary Theory8.5%other fields61.1%

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

  1. 1Sociology and Political Science13% of their works
  2. 2History and Philosophy of Science8% of their works
  3. 3Philosophy8% of their works
  4. 4Literature and Literary Theory8% of their works
  5. 5Social Psychology6% of their works
  6. 6Surgery4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Michael Shermer's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Acceptance, Evolutionary Theory, Climate Change, Cultural Diversity, Educational Leadership, Environmental Science, Fairy Tales and Folklore.

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 16 words, with their numbers
  1. Acceptance31 topic
  2. Evolutionary Theory31 topic
  3. Climate Change21 topic
  4. Cultural Diversity21 topic
  5. Educational Leadership21 topic
  6. Environmental Science21 topic
  7. Fairy Tales21 topic
  8. Folklore21 topic
  9. History21 topic
  10. Occultism21 topic
  11. Science21 topic
  12. Spiritualism21 topic
  13. Agricultural Origins11 topic
  14. R language11 topic
  15. Radiocarbon Dating11 topic
  16. Statistical Analysis11 topic

Where does Michael Shermer work?

Michael Shermer's main affiliation in the publication record is Chapman University, United States.

How many publications and citations does Michael Shermer have?

Science Explorer counts 97 works and 49 citations for Michael Shermer, ranking #636,234 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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