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Peter Godfrey‐Smith

Peter Godfrey‐Smith publishes mostly in History and Philosophy of Science, Sociology and Political Science and Social Psychology, on topics such as Philosophy and History of Science, Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation and Science and Climate Studies.

World rank
#140,435
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in Australia
#3,993
of 35,497
Works
39
Citations
245
Citations per work
6.3

What does Peter Godfrey‐Smith research?

History and Philosophy of Science: 15.3%Sociology and Political Science: 13.6%Social Psychology: 8.5%Cognitive Neuroscience: 6.8%other fields: 55.8%15%top field
History and Philosophy of Science15.3%Sociology and Political Science13.6%Social Psychology8.5%Cognitive Neuroscience6.8%other fields55.8%

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 Science15% of their works
  2. 2Sociology and Political Science14% of their works
  3. 3Social Psychology8% of their works
  4. 4Cognitive Neuroscience7% of their works
  5. 5Global and Planetary Change7% of their works
  6. 6Cultural Studies5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Peter Godfrey‐Smith's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Cultural Evolution, Social Cognition, Evolutionary Synthesis, Mechanistic Explanation, Altruism, Cooperation, Climate Change and Environmental Science.

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. Cultural Evolution72 topics
  2. Social Cognition63 topics
  3. Evolutionary Synthesis51 topic
  4. Mechanistic Explanation51 topic
  5. Altruism41 topic
  6. Cooperation41 topic
  7. Climate Change31 topic
  8. Environmental Science31 topic
  9. Language31 topic
  10. Social Learning31 topic
  11. Child Development21 topic
  12. Consciousness21 topic
  13. Embodied Cognition21 topic
  14. Embodiment21 topic
  15. Mirror Neuron System21 topic
  16. Phenomenal Experience21 topic
  17. Predictive Brain Theory21 topic
  18. Theory of Mind21 topic

Where does Peter Godfrey‐Smith work?

Peter Godfrey‐Smith's main affiliation in the publication record is The University of Sydney, Australia.

How many publications and citations does Peter Godfrey‐Smith have?

Science Explorer counts 39 works and 245 citations for Peter Godfrey‐Smith, ranking #140,435 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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