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Researcher · Stanford University · United States

Richard Rorty

Richard Rorty publishes mostly in Philosophy, Political Science and International Relations and Sociology and Political Science, on topics such as Pragmatism in Philosophy and Education, Political Philosophy and Ethics and Philosophy, Ethics, and Existentialism.

OpenAlex
World rank
#462
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#211
of 358,040
Works
258
Citations
1.2k
Citations per work
4.8

What does Richard Rorty research?

Philosophy: 28.4%Political Science and International Relations: 13.6%Sociology and Political Science: 13.6%Education: 5.1%other fields: 39.3%28%top field
Philosophy28.4%Political Science and International Relations13.6%Sociology and Political Science13.6%Education5.1%other fields39.3%

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

  1. 1Philosophy28% of their works
  2. 2Political Science and International Relations14% of their works
  3. 3Sociology and Political Science14% of their works
  4. 4Education5% of their works
  5. 5Literature and Literary Theory3% of their works
  6. 6General Social Sciences3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Richard Rorty's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Philosophy, Education, Pragmatism, Dewey, Peirce, Ethics, Religion and Global Justice.

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 22 words, with their numbers
  1. Philosophy434 topics
  2. Education282 topics
  3. Pragmatism272 topics
  4. Dewey221 topic
  5. Peirce221 topic
  6. Ethics213 topics
  7. Religion142 topics
  8. Global Justice111 topic
  9. Human Rights111 topic
  10. Metaphysics112 topics
  11. Derrida81 topic
  12. Habermas81 topic
  13. Levinas81 topic
  14. Social Pathologies81 topic
  15. Literature71 topic
  16. Nietzsche71 topic
  17. Aristotle61 topic
  18. Language-Games61 topic
  19. Plato61 topic
  20. Wittgenstein61 topic
  21. Logical Empiricism51 topic
  22. Vienna Circle51 topic

Where does Richard Rorty work?

Richard Rorty's main affiliation in the publication record is Stanford University, United States.

How many publications and citations does Richard Rorty have?

Science Explorer counts 258 works and 1,239 citations for Richard Rorty, ranking #462 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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