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Peter Adamson

Peter Adamson publishes mostly in Philosophy, Archeology and Sociology and Political Science, on topics such as Medieval and Classical Philosophy, Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies and Islamic Thought and Society Studies.

World rank
#26,310
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in Germany
#2,082
of 86,443
Works
79
Citations
197
Citations per work
2.5

What does Peter Adamson research?

Philosophy: 34.0%Archeology: 16.0%Sociology and Political Science: 9.6%Religious studies: 8.5%other fields: 31.9%34%top field
Philosophy34.0%Archeology16.0%Sociology and Political Science9.6%Religious studies8.5%other fields31.9%

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

  1. 1Philosophy34% of their works
  2. 2Archeology16% of their works
  3. 3Sociology and Political Science10% of their works
  4. 4Religious studies8% of their works
  5. 5Social Psychology6% of their works
  6. 6Political Science and International Relations6% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Peter Adamson's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Avicenna, Maimonides, Cultural Transmission, Ancient Magic, Gnosticism, Islamic Studies, Theology and Aristotle.

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 17 words, with their numbers
  1. Avicenna221 topic
  2. Maimonides221 topic
  3. Cultural Transmission162 topics
  4. Ancient Magic101 topic
  5. Gnosticism101 topic
  6. Islamic Studies81 topic
  7. Theology81 topic
  8. Aristotle71 topic
  9. Plato71 topic
  10. Christian-Muslim Relations61 topic
  11. Gospel Translation61 topic
  12. Islamic reform61 topic
  13. Middle East61 topic
  14. Family Constellations41 topic
  15. Therapy41 topic
  16. Arabia31 topic
  17. Byzantine31 topic

Where does Peter Adamson work?

Peter Adamson's main affiliation in the publication record is Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany.

How many publications and citations does Peter Adamson have?

Science Explorer counts 79 works and 197 citations for Peter Adamson, ranking #26,310 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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