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Researcher · California Institute of Technology · United States

Sean M. Carroll

Sean M. Carroll publishes mostly in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, on topics such as Cosmology and Gravitation Theories, Black Holes and Theoretical Physics and Quantum Mechanics and Applications.

ORCID 0000-0002-4226-5758 OpenAlex
World rank
#13,708
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#6,594
of 358,040
Works
62
Citations
909
Citations per work
14.7

What does Sean M. Carroll research?

Astronomy and Astrophysics: 34.7%Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 12.5%Statistical and Nonlinear Physics: 12.5%Nuclear and High Energy Physics: 12.5%other fields: 27.8%35%top field
Astronomy and Astrophysics34.7%Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics12.5%Statistical and Nonlinear Physics12.5%Nuclear and High Energy Physics12.5%other fields27.8%

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

  1. 1Astronomy and Astrophysics35% of their works
  2. 2Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics12% of their works
  3. 3Statistical and Nonlinear Physics12% of their works
  4. 4Nuclear and High Energy Physics12% of their works
  5. 5Surgery4% of their works
  6. 6Social Psychology3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Sean M. Carroll's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Quantum Gravity, Cosmological Parameters, Dark Energy, Black Holes, Field Theories, Holographic, Bell Inequality and Decoherence.

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. Quantum Gravity183 topics
  2. Cosmological Parameters111 topic
  3. Dark Energy111 topic
  4. Black Holes102 topics
  5. Field Theories81 topic
  6. Holographic81 topic
  7. Bell Inequality61 topic
  8. Decoherence61 topic
  9. Astrobiology51 topic
  10. Extraterrestrial Life51 topic
  11. Lorentz Violation51 topic
  12. Noncommutative Field Theory51 topic
  13. Relativity51 topic
  14. Unified Field Theories51 topic
  15. Casimir Effect21 topic
  16. Cosmology21 topic
  17. Galaxies21 topic
  18. Quantum Vacuum21 topic

Where does Sean M. Carroll work?

Sean M. Carroll's main affiliation in the publication record is California Institute of Technology, United States.

How many publications and citations does Sean M. Carroll have?

Science Explorer counts 62 works and 909 citations for Sean M. Carroll, ranking #13,708 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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