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Researcher · The Neurological Institute · United States

William Ross Ashby

William Ross Ashby publishes mostly in Cognitive Neuroscience, Artificial Intelligence and Computational Theory and Mathematics, on topics such as Philosophy and History of Science, Complex Systems and Decision Making and Chaos, Complexity, and Education.

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World rank
#1,648,034
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#511,251
of 1,627,098
Works
136
Citations
15k
Citations per work
113.2
h-index
26
i10-index 39Top 18% in Cognitive Neuroscience
William Ross Ashby

What does William Ross Ashby research?

William Ross Ashby's work is mostly in Computer Science (14%), Neuroscience (8%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (5%).

Everything else: 87 works · 64.0% of their workPhysical Sciences: 19 works · 14.2% of their workComputer Science: 19 works · 14.2% of their workArtificial Intelligence: 10 works · 7.7% of their workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 9 works · 6.5% of their workLife Sciences: 19 works · 13.8% of their workNeuroscience: 11 works · 8.4% of their workCognitive Neuroscience: 11 works · 8.4% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 7 works · 5.4% of their workMolecular Biology: 7 works · 5.4% of their workSocial Sciences: 11 works · 8.0% of their workPsychology: 6 works · 4.2% of their workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 6 works · 4.2% of their workArts and Humanities: 5 works · 3.8% of their workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 5 works · 3.8% of their workTHEIR WORKWilliam RossAshby136works
Life Sciences14%Physical Sciences14%Social Sciences8%

Their six largest subfields, inside their fields and domains; the grey slice is everything else they publish. The interactive view splits every one of their works down to single topics.

The fields and subfields, with their numbers
  1. Everything else8764.0%
    1. Computer Science1914.2%
    1. Neuroscience118.4%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology75.4%
    1. Psychology64.2%
    2. Arts and Humanities53.8%
  1. 1Cognitive Neuroscience8% of their works
  2. 2Artificial Intelligence8% of their works
  3. 3Computational Theory and Mathematics6% of their works
  4. 4Molecular Biology5% of their works
  5. 5Experimental and Cognitive Psychology4% of their works
  6. 6History and Philosophy of Science4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe William Ross Ashby's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Modeling, Evolutionary Synthesis, Mechanistic Explanation, Soft Systems Methodology, System Dynamics, Complexity Theory, Emergence and Algorithmic Information Theory.

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. The words come from the keyword list OpenAlex gives each topic, not from the text of the papers, so a word can appear that none of the papers uses.

All 17 words, with their numbers
  1. Modeling122 topics
  2. Evolutionary Synthesis71 topic
  3. Mechanistic Explanation71 topic
  4. Soft Systems Methodology71 topic
  5. System Dynamics71 topic
  6. Complexity Theory61 topic
  7. Emergence61 topic
  8. Algorithmic Information Theory51 topic
  9. Computability51 topic
  10. Decision Support51 topic
  11. Design Thinking51 topic
  12. Engineering Design51 topic
  13. Fuzzy Cognitive Maps51 topic
  14. Ketogenic Diet51 topic
  15. Low-Carbohydrate Diet51 topic
  16. Neural Networks51 topic
  17. Self-Organizing Maps51 topic

Where does William Ross Ashby work?

William Ross Ashby's main affiliation in the publication record is The Neurological Institute, United States.

How many publications and citations does William Ross Ashby have?

OpenAlex counts 136 works and 15,401 citations for William Ross Ashby, an h-index of 26, ranking #1,648,034 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised citation 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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