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Researcher · College of Social and Media Culture · Poland

Michel Foucault

Michel Foucault publishes mostly in Sociology and Political Science, Philosophy and Clinical Psychology, on topics such as Foucault, Power, and Ethics, Classical Philosophy and Thought and Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research.

OpenAlex
World rank
#5
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in Poland
#1
of 21,787
Works
194
Citations
4.6k
Citations per work
23.9

What does Michel Foucault research?

Sociology and Political Science: 19.0%Philosophy: 14.8%Clinical Psychology: 7.1%Literature and Literary Theory: 6.7%other fields: 52.4%19%top field
Sociology and Political Science19.0%Philosophy14.8%Clinical Psychology7.1%Literature and Literary Theory6.7%other fields52.4%

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 Science19% of their works
  2. 2Philosophy15% of their works
  3. 3Clinical Psychology7% of their works
  4. 4Literature and Literary Theory7% of their works
  5. 5Political Science and International Relations5% of their works
  6. 6General Health Professions4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Michel Foucault's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Biopolitics, Ethics, Foucault, Governmentality, Aristotle, Community Engagement, Plato and Territorial Governance.

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. Biopolitics152 topics
  2. Ethics152 topics
  3. Foucault101 topic
  4. Governmentality101 topic
  5. Aristotle81 topic
  6. Community Engagement82 topics
  7. Plato81 topic
  8. Territorial Governance82 topics
  9. Developmental Trauma61 topic
  10. Psychodynamic Psychotherapy61 topic
  11. Life51 topic
  12. Philosophy51 topic
  13. Aging41 topic
  14. Economic Development41 topic
  15. Elderly41 topic
  16. Environmental Participation41 topic
  17. Family Dynamics41 topic
  18. Social Innovation41 topic
  19. Societal Change41 topic
  20. Sustainable Development41 topic

Where does Michel Foucault work?

Michel Foucault's main affiliation in the publication record is College of Social and Media Culture, Poland.

How many publications and citations does Michel Foucault have?

Science Explorer counts 194 works and 4,632 citations for Michel Foucault, ranking #5 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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