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Ronald L. Numbers

Ronald L. Numbers publishes mostly in History and Philosophy of Science, History and Astronomy and Astrophysics, on topics such as Evolution and Science Education, Medical History and Innovations and Historical Psychiatry and Medical Practices.

World rank
#14,131
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#6,774
of 358,040
Works
72
Citations
203
Citations per work
2.8

What does Ronald L. Numbers research?

History and Philosophy of Science: 19.5%History: 12.2%Astronomy and Astrophysics: 9.8%Clinical Psychology: 7.3%other fields: 51.2%20%top field
History and Philosophy of Science19.5%History12.2%Astronomy and Astrophysics9.8%Clinical Psychology7.3%other fields51.2%

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 Science20% of their works
  2. 2History12% of their works
  3. 3Astronomy and Astrophysics10% of their works
  4. 4Clinical Psychology7% of their works
  5. 5Sociology and Political Science7% of their works
  6. 6Political Science and International Relations7% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Ronald L. Numbers's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Religion, History, Acceptance, Evolutionary Theory, Blood Transfusion, Climate Change, Environment and Mental Health.

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. Religion72 topics
  2. History52 topics
  3. Acceptance41 topic
  4. Evolutionary Theory41 topic
  5. Blood Transfusion31 topic
  6. Climate Change31 topic
  7. Environment31 topic
  8. Mental Health31 topic
  9. Obstetrics31 topic
  10. Psychiatry31 topic
  11. Biblical Monotheism21 topic
  12. Global History21 topic
  13. Jewish Society21 topic
  14. Medicine21 topic
  15. Occultism21 topic
  16. Science21 topic
  17. Science Circulation21 topic
  18. Spiritualism21 topic

Where does Ronald L. Numbers work?

Ronald L. Numbers's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Wisconsin–Madison, United States.

How many publications and citations does Ronald L. Numbers have?

Science Explorer counts 72 works and 203 citations for Ronald L. Numbers, ranking #14,131 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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