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Researcher · Scripps College · United States

Philip Merlan

Philip Merlan publishes mostly in Philosophy, Archeology and Anthropology, on topics such as Classical Philosophy and Thought, Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies and Classical Antiquity Studies.

OpenAlex
World rank
#127,052
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#54,323
of 358,040
Works
41
Citations
49
Citations per work
1.2

What does Philip Merlan research?

Philosophy: 52.5%Archeology: 15.0%Anthropology: 12.5%Theoretical Computer Science: 2.5%other fields: 17.5%52%top field
Philosophy52.5%Archeology15.0%Anthropology12.5%Theoretical Computer Science2.5%other fields17.5%

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

  1. 1Philosophy52% of their works
  2. 2Archeology15% of their works
  3. 3Anthropology12% of their works
  4. 4Theoretical Computer Science2% of their works
  5. 5History and Philosophy of Science2% of their works
  6. 6Museology2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Philip Merlan's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Aristotle, Plato, Stoicism, Alchemy, Cultural Transmission, Ancient Magic, Gnosticism and Ancient Rome.

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 19 words, with their numbers
  1. Aristotle132 topics
  2. Plato121 topic
  3. Stoicism121 topic
  4. Alchemy72 topics
  5. Cultural Transmission72 topics
  6. Ancient Magic61 topic
  7. Gnosticism61 topic
  8. Ancient Rome51 topic
  9. Greek Literature51 topic
  10. Avicenna31 topic
  11. Maimonides31 topic
  12. Autorschaft11 topic
  13. Bildung11 topic
  14. Historical Sources11 topic
  15. Literature11 topic
  16. Mathematics Education11 topic
  17. Museum11 topic
  18. Natural Philosophy11 topic
  19. Scientific Culture11 topic

Where does Philip Merlan work?

Philip Merlan's main affiliation in the publication record is Scripps College, United States.

How many publications and citations does Philip Merlan have?

Science Explorer counts 41 works and 49 citations for Philip Merlan, ranking #127,052 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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