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René Thom

René Thom publishes mostly in Sociology and Political Science, Computational Theory and Mathematics and Geometry and Topology, on topics such as Cultural Insights and Digital Impacts, Chaos, Complexity, and Education and Mathematics and Applications.

World rank
#13,183
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in France
#747
of 96,116
Works
45
Citations
870
Citations per work
19.3

What does René Thom research?

Sociology and Political Science: 14.5%Computational Theory and Mathematics: 9.1%Geometry and Topology: 9.1%Literature and Literary Theory: 7.3%other fields: 60.0%14%top field
Sociology and Political Science14.5%Computational Theory and Mathematics9.1%Geometry and Topology9.1%Literature and Literary Theory7.3%other fields60.0%

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

  1. 1Sociology and Political Science14% of their works
  2. 2Computational Theory and Mathematics9% of their works
  3. 3Geometry and Topology9% of their works
  4. 4Literature and Literary Theory7% of their works
  5. 5History and Philosophy of Science6% of their works
  6. 6Computer Networks and Communications6% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe René Thom's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Community Engagement, Territorial Governance, Digital Communication, Information Studies, Complexity Theory, Economic Development, Emergence and Environmental Participation.

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. Community Engagement42 topics
  2. Territorial Governance42 topics
  3. Digital Communication31 topic
  4. Information Studies31 topic
  5. Complexity Theory21 topic
  6. Economic Development21 topic
  7. Emergence21 topic
  8. Environmental Participation21 topic
  9. Evolutionary Synthesis21 topic
  10. Geometry21 topic
  11. Gromov-Witten Theory21 topic
  12. Historical Sources21 topic
  13. Hyperbolic21 topic
  14. Mathematics Education21 topic
  15. Mechanistic Explanation21 topic
  16. Moduli Theory21 topic
  17. Social Innovation21 topic
  18. Sustainable Development21 topic

Where does René Thom work?

René Thom's main affiliation in the publication record is Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques, France.

How many publications and citations does René Thom have?

Science Explorer counts 45 works and 870 citations for René Thom, ranking #13,183 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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