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Researcher · Smithsonian Institution · United States

Otto Mayr

Otto Mayr publishes mostly in History and Philosophy of Science, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Museology, on topics such as History of Science and Medicine, History of Computing Technologies and Philosophy and History of Science.

OpenAlex
World rank
#664,859
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#225,969
of 1,627,098
Works
74
Citations
1.6k
Citations per work
21.3
h-index
18
i10-index 22Top 8.8% in History and Philosophy of Science
Otto Mayr

What does Otto Mayr research?

Otto Mayr's work is mostly in Arts and Humanities (24%), Physics and Astronomy (10%), Computer Science (4%).

Everything else: 43 works · 57.7% of their workSocial Sciences: 21 works · 28.4% of their workArts and Humanities: 18 works · 24.0% of their workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 11 works · 15.3% of their workMuseology: 4 works · 5.1% of their workArcheology: 3 works · 3.6% of their workSocial Sciences: 3 works · 4.4% of their workPolitical Science and International Relations: 3 works · 4.4% of their workPhysical Sciences: 10 works · 13.9% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 7 works · 9.5% of their workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 7 works · 9.5% of their workComputer Science: 3 works · 4.4% of their workComputer Science Applications: 3 works · 4.4% of their workTHEIR WORKOtto Mayr74works
Physical Sciences14%Social Sciences28%

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. Everything else4357.7%
    1. Arts and Humanities1824.0%
    2. Social Sciences34.4%
    1. Physics and Astronomy79.5%
    2. Computer Science34.4%
  1. 1History and Philosophy of Science15% of their works
  2. 2Astronomy and Astrophysics10% of their works
  3. 3Museology5% of their works
  4. 4Computer Science Applications4% of their works
  5. 5Political Science and International Relations4% of their works
  6. 6Archeology4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Otto Mayr's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: History, Innovation, Medicine, Science, Computing, Evolutionary Synthesis, Information Technology and Mechanistic Explanation.

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. The words come from the keyword list OpenAlex gives each topic, not from the text of the papers, so a word can appear that none of the papers uses.

All 18 words, with their numbers
  1. History173 topics
  2. Innovation132 topics
  3. Medicine71 topic
  4. Science71 topic
  5. Computing61 topic
  6. Evolutionary Synthesis61 topic
  7. Information Technology61 topic
  8. Mechanistic Explanation61 topic
  9. Astrobiology51 topic
  10. Extraterrestrial Life51 topic
  11. Branding41 topic
  12. Fluid Dynamics41 topic
  13. Informal Education41 topic
  14. Marketing41 topic
  15. Museum Learning41 topic
  16. Radio Astronomy41 topic
  17. Renewable Energy41 topic
  18. Transits of Venus41 topic

Where does Otto Mayr work?

Otto Mayr's main affiliation in the publication record is Smithsonian Institution, United States.

How many publications and citations does Otto Mayr have?

OpenAlex counts 74 works and 1,575 citations for Otto Mayr, an h-index of 18, ranking #664,859 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised citation 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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