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Robert Darnton

Robert Darnton publishes mostly in History, Literature and Literary Theory and History and Philosophy of Science, on topics such as Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis, European Political History Analysis and Library Science and Administration.

World rank
#38,910
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#17,997
of 358,040
Works
53
Citations
87
Citations per work
1.6

What does Robert Darnton research?

History: 20.9%Literature and Literary Theory: 14.0%History and Philosophy of Science: 14.0%Sociology and Political Science: 9.3%other fields: 41.8%21%top field
History20.9%Literature and Literary Theory14.0%History and Philosophy of Science14.0%Sociology and Political Science9.3%other fields41.8%

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

  1. 1History21% of their works
  2. 2Literature and Literary Theory14% of their works
  3. 3History and Philosophy of Science14% of their works
  4. 4Sociology and Political Science9% of their works
  5. 5General Health Professions7% of their works
  6. 6Library and Information Sciences7% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Robert Darnton's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Scientific History, Technological Development, French Revolution, Library Services, Napoleonic Wars, Social Inclusion, Artistic Expression and Developmental Trauma.

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 16 words, with their numbers
  1. Scientific History51 topic
  2. Technological Development51 topic
  3. French Revolution31 topic
  4. Library Services31 topic
  5. Napoleonic Wars31 topic
  6. Social Inclusion31 topic
  7. Artistic Expression21 topic
  8. Developmental Trauma21 topic
  9. France21 topic
  10. History21 topic
  11. Literary History21 topic
  12. Professional Practices21 topic
  13. Psychodynamic Psychotherapy21 topic
  14. Public Action21 topic
  15. Digital Communication11 topic
  16. Information Studies11 topic

Where does Robert Darnton work?

Robert Darnton's main affiliation in the publication record is Princeton University, United States.

How many publications and citations does Robert Darnton have?

Science Explorer counts 53 works and 87 citations for Robert Darnton, ranking #38,910 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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