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René Taton

René Taton publishes mostly in History and Philosophy of Science, Anthropology and Astronomy and Astrophysics, on topics such as Historical and Literary Studies, History and Theory of Mathematics and History and Developments in Astronomy.

World rank
#135,306
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in France
#7,024
of 96,116
Works
69
Citations
44
Citations per work
0.6

What does René Taton research?

History and Philosophy of Science: 31.5%Anthropology: 13.7%Astronomy and Astrophysics: 11.0%Theoretical Computer Science: 6.8%other fields: 37.0%32%top field
History and Philosophy of Science31.5%Anthropology13.7%Astronomy and Astrophysics11.0%Theoretical Computer Science6.8%other fields37.0%

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 Science32% of their works
  2. 2Anthropology14% of their works
  3. 3Astronomy and Astrophysics11% of their works
  4. 4Theoretical Computer Science7% of their works
  5. 5Literature and Literary Theory6% of their works
  6. 6Sociology and Political Science3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe René Taton's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Innovation, Roman Economy, Urban Workshops, Cultural Impact, History, Science, Global History and Historical Sources.

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 20 words, with their numbers
  1. Innovation113 topics
  2. Roman Economy91 topic
  3. Urban Workshops91 topic
  4. Cultural Impact82 topics
  5. History82 topics
  6. Science82 topics
  7. Global History51 topic
  8. Historical Sources51 topic
  9. Mathematics Education51 topic
  10. Radio Astronomy51 topic
  11. Science Circulation51 topic
  12. Transits of Venus51 topic
  13. Development41 topic
  14. Philosophy41 topic
  15. Society41 topic
  16. Spain41 topic
  17. Antikythera Mechanism31 topic
  18. Astronomical Calculator31 topic
  19. Scientific History31 topic
  20. Technological Development31 topic

Where does René Taton work?

René Taton's main affiliation in the publication record is École Pratique des Hautes Études, France.

How many publications and citations does René Taton have?

Science Explorer counts 69 works and 44 citations for René Taton, ranking #135,306 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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