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Researcher · California Academy of Sciences · United States

Michael T. Ghiselin

Michael T. Ghiselin publishes mostly in History and Philosophy of Science, Sociology and Political Science and Cultural Studies, on topics such as Philosophy and History of Science, Evolution and Science Education and Evolution and Genetic Dynamics.

ORCID 0000-0003-2634-8729 OpenAlex
World rank
#14,197
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#6,803
of 358,040
Works
56
Citations
518
Citations per work
9.3

What does Michael T. Ghiselin research?

History and Philosophy of Science: 47.1%Sociology and Political Science: 7.8%Cultural Studies: 5.9%Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 5.9%other fields: 33.3%47%top field
History and Philosophy of Science47.1%Sociology and Political Science7.8%Cultural Studies5.9%Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics5.9%other fields33.3%

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

  1. 1History and Philosophy of Science47% of their works
  2. 2Sociology and Political Science8% of their works
  3. 3Cultural Studies6% of their works
  4. 4Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics6% of their works
  5. 5Genetics6% of their works
  6. 6Economics and Econometrics4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Michael T. Ghiselin's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Natural Selection, Philosophy of Science, Acceptance, Evolutionary Synthesis, Evolutionary Theory, Mechanistic Explanation, Cultural Evolution and Evolutionary Dynamics.

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 20 words, with their numbers
  1. Natural Selection143 topics
  2. Philosophy of Science122 topics
  3. Acceptance91 topic
  4. Evolutionary Synthesis91 topic
  5. Evolutionary Theory91 topic
  6. Mechanistic Explanation91 topic
  7. Cultural Evolution62 topics
  8. Evolutionary Dynamics52 topics
  9. Adaptation31 topic
  10. Altruism31 topic
  11. Cooperation31 topic
  12. Evolution31 topic
  13. Language31 topic
  14. Logical Empiricism31 topic
  15. Social Learning31 topic
  16. Vienna Circle31 topic
  17. Behavioral Syndromes21 topic
  18. History21 topic
  19. Phenotypic Plasticity21 topic
  20. Science21 topic

Where does Michael T. Ghiselin work?

Michael T. Ghiselin's main affiliation in the publication record is California Academy of Sciences, United States.

How many publications and citations does Michael T. Ghiselin have?

Science Explorer counts 56 works and 518 citations for Michael T. Ghiselin, ranking #14,197 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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