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Paul Forman

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

World rank
#95,029
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#41,723
of 358,040
Works
30
Citations
128
Citations per work
4.3

What does Paul Forman research?

History and Philosophy of Science: 35.5%Sociology and Political Science: 12.9%Astronomy and Astrophysics: 9.7%Biomedical Engineering: 6.5%other fields: 35.4%36%top field
History and Philosophy of Science35.5%Sociology and Political Science12.9%Astronomy and Astrophysics9.7%Biomedical Engineering6.5%other fields35.4%

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 Science36% of their works
  2. 2Sociology and Political Science13% of their works
  3. 3Astronomy and Astrophysics10% of their works
  4. 4Biomedical Engineering6% of their works
  5. 5Information Systems and Management6% of their works
  6. 6Physical and Theoretical Chemistry6% 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, Evolutionary Synthesis, Mechanistic Explanation, Channel Modeling, Logical Empiricism and Partially Ordered Sets.

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 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Philosophy of Science52 topics
  2. Cold War41 topic
  3. Science41 topic
  4. Evolutionary Synthesis31 topic
  5. Mechanistic Explanation31 topic
  6. Channel Modeling22 topics
  7. Logical Empiricism21 topic
  8. Partially Ordered Sets21 topic
  9. Periodic Table21 topic
  10. Radio Astronomy21 topic
  11. Transits of Venus21 topic
  12. Vienna Circle21 topic
  13. Electromagnetic Fields11 topic
  14. Implantable Antennas11 topic
  15. Magnetoreception11 topic
  16. Molecular Communication11 topic
  17. Nanonetworks11 topic
  18. Wireless Body Area Networks11 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?

Science Explorer counts 30 works and 128 citations for Paul Forman, ranking #95,029 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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