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Researcher · Smithsonian Institution · United States

Paul Forman

Paul Forman publishes mostly in History and Philosophy of Science, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Political Science and International Relations, on topics such as Twentieth Century Scientific Developments, Philosophy, Science, and History and Philosophy and History of Science.

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World rank
#512,545
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#178,297
of 1,627,098
Works
107
Citations
2.2k
Citations per work
20.5
h-index
20
i10-index 31Top 7% in History and Philosophy of Science
Paul Forman

What does Paul Forman research?

Paul Forman's work is mostly in Arts and Humanities (33%), Physics and Astronomy (17%), Social Sciences (15%).

Social Sciences: 55 works · 51.7% of their workArts and Humanities: 35 works · 32.9% of their workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 35 works · 32.9% of their workSocial Sciences: 16 works · 15.4% of their workPolitical Science and International Relations: 10 works · 9.0% of their workSociology and Political Science: 7 works · 6.4% of their workDecision Sciences: 4 works · 3.4% of their workInformation Systems and Management: 4 works · 3.4% of their workEverything else: 34 works · 31.6% of their workPhysical Sciences: 18 works · 16.7% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 18 works · 16.7% of their workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 10 works · 9.4% of their workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 8 works · 7.3% of their workTHEIR WORKPaul Forman107works
Physical Sciences17%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 Humanities3532.9%
    2. Social Sciences1615.4%
    3. Decision Sciences43.4%
  2. Everything else3431.6%
    1. Physics and Astronomy1816.7%
  1. 1History and Philosophy of Science33% of their works
  2. 2Astronomy and Astrophysics9% of their works
  3. 3Political Science and International Relations9% of their works
  4. 4Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics7% of their works
  5. 5Sociology and Political Science6% of their works
  6. 6Information Systems and Management3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Paul Forman's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Philosophy of Science, Cold War, Science, Logical Empiricism, Vienna Circle, Evolutionary Synthesis, Mechanistic Explanation and S&T Policies.

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 17 words, with their numbers
  1. Philosophy of Science282 topics
  2. Cold War231 topic
  3. Science231 topic
  4. Logical Empiricism151 topic
  5. Vienna Circle151 topic
  6. Evolutionary Synthesis131 topic
  7. Mechanistic Explanation131 topic
  8. S&T Policies131 topic
  9. Science Diplomacy131 topic
  10. Relativity121 topic
  11. Unified Field Theories121 topic
  12. Global History111 topic
  13. Science Circulation111 topic
  14. Radio Astronomy91 topic
  15. Transits of Venus91 topic
  16. Bell Inequality81 topic
  17. Decoherence81 topic

Where does Paul Forman work?

Paul Forman's main affiliation in the publication record is Smithsonian Institution, United States.

How many publications and citations does Paul Forman have?

OpenAlex counts 107 works and 2,197 citations for Paul Forman, an h-index of 20, ranking #512,545 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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