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Researcher · Smithsonian Institution · United States

Peggy Aldrich Kidwell

Peggy Aldrich Kidwell publishes mostly in Computer Science Applications, History and Philosophy of Science and Astronomy and Astrophysics, on topics such as History of Computing Technologies, History and Theory of Mathematics and History and Developments in Astronomy.

ORCID 0000-0002-1115-4182 OpenAlex
World rank
#323,882
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#120,034
of 358,040
Works
39
Citations
40
Citations per work
1.0

What does Peggy Aldrich Kidwell research?

Computer Science Applications: 17.5%History and Philosophy of Science: 12.5%Astronomy and Astrophysics: 10.0%Theoretical Computer Science: 7.5%other fields: 52.5%18%top field
Computer Science Applications17.5%History and Philosophy of Science12.5%Astronomy and Astrophysics10.0%Theoretical Computer Science7.5%other fields52.5%

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

  1. 1Computer Science Applications18% of their works
  2. 2History and Philosophy of Science12% of their works
  3. 3Astronomy and Astrophysics10% of their works
  4. 4Theoretical Computer Science8% of their works
  5. 5Computational Theory and Mathematics8% of their works
  6. 6Sociology and Political Science5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Peggy Aldrich Kidwell's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Computing, History, Historical Sources, Mathematics Education, Radio Astronomy, Transits of Venus, Aboriginal Astronomy and Algorithmic Information Theory.

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 16 words, with their numbers
  1. Computing61 topic
  2. History61 topic
  3. Historical Sources31 topic
  4. Mathematics Education31 topic
  5. Radio Astronomy31 topic
  6. Transits of Venus31 topic
  7. Aboriginal Astronomy21 topic
  8. Algorithmic Information Theory21 topic
  9. Australian Indigenous Languages21 topic
  10. Cold War21 topic
  11. Computability21 topic
  12. Global History21 topic
  13. Innovation Management21 topic
  14. Science21 topic
  15. Science Circulation21 topic
  16. Science Policy21 topic

Where does Peggy Aldrich Kidwell work?

Peggy Aldrich Kidwell's main affiliation in the publication record is Smithsonian Institution, United States.

How many publications and citations does Peggy Aldrich Kidwell have?

Science Explorer counts 39 works and 40 citations for Peggy Aldrich Kidwell, ranking #323,882 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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