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Researcher · Smithsonian Institution · United States

Walter F. Cannon

Walter F. Cannon publishes mostly in History and Philosophy of Science, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Global and Planetary Change, on topics such as History of Science and Natural History, Evolution and Science Education and History and Developments in Astronomy.

OpenAlex
World rank
#809,489
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#269,832
of 1,627,098
Works
38
Citations
763
Citations per work
20.1
h-index
12
i10-index 12Top 18% in History and Philosophy of Science
Walter F. Cannon

What does Walter F. Cannon research?

Walter F. Cannon's work is mostly in Arts and Humanities (29%), Physics and Astronomy (15%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (5%).

Everything else: 15 works · 40.5% of their workSocial Sciences: 13 works · 34.1% of their workArts and Humanities: 11 works · 29.1% of their workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 11 works · 29.1% of their workSocial Sciences: 2 works · 5.0% of their workAnthropology: 1 works · 2.5% of their workCultural Studies: 1 works · 2.5% of their workPhysical Sciences: 8 works · 20.3% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 6 works · 15.2% of their workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 6 works · 15.2% of their workEnvironmental Science: 2 works · 5.1% of their workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 works · 5.1% of their workLife Sciences: 2 works · 5.1% of their workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 works · 5.1% of their workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 works · 5.1% of their workTHEIR WORKWalter F. Cannon38works
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences20%Social Sciences34%

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 else1540.5%
    1. Arts and Humanities1129.1%
    2. Social Sciences25.0%
    1. Physics and Astronomy615.2%
    2. Environmental Science25.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences25.1%
  1. 1History and Philosophy of Science29% of their works
  2. 2Astronomy and Astrophysics15% of their works
  3. 3Global and Planetary Change5% of their works
  4. 4Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics5% of their works
  5. 5Cultural Studies2% of their works
  6. 6Anthropology2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Walter F. Cannon's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Acceptance, Evolutionary Theory, Global History, Science Circulation, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Astrobiology and Extraterrestrial Life.

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 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Acceptance71 topic
  2. Evolutionary Theory71 topic
  3. Global History71 topic
  4. Science Circulation71 topic
  5. Biodiversity52 topics
  6. Climate Change52 topics
  7. Astrobiology41 topic
  8. Extraterrestrial Life41 topic
  9. History41 topic
  10. Radio Astronomy41 topic
  11. Science41 topic
  12. Transits of Venus41 topic
  13. Environmental Science31 topic
  14. GIS31 topic
  15. Ecosystem Services21 topic
  16. Grasses21 topic
  17. Phylogeny21 topic
  18. Pollinator Decline21 topic

Where does Walter F. Cannon work?

Walter F. Cannon's main affiliation in the publication record is Smithsonian Institution, United States.

How many publications and citations does Walter F. Cannon have?

OpenAlex counts 38 works and 763 citations for Walter F. Cannon, an h-index of 12, ranking #809,489 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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