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Researcher · Indiana University · United States

William B. Cohen

William B. Cohen publishes mostly in Anthropology, History and History and Philosophy of Science, on topics such as African history and culture studies, Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis and Global Maritime and Colonial Histories.

OpenAlex
World rank
#104,923
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#45,705
of 358,040
Works
29
Citations
84
Citations per work
2.9

What does William B. Cohen research?

Anthropology: 48.5%History: 12.1%History and Philosophy of Science: 12.1%Political Science and International Relations: 9.1%other fields: 18.2%48%top field
Anthropology48.5%History12.1%History and Philosophy of Science12.1%Political Science and International Relations9.1%other fields18.2%

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

  1. 1Anthropology48% of their works
  2. 2History12% of their works
  3. 3History and Philosophy of Science12% of their works
  4. 4Political Science and International Relations9% of their works
  5. 5Literature and Literary Theory6% of their works
  6. 6Sociology and Political Science6% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe William B. Cohen's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Colonialism, Post-Colonial Africa, Scientific History, Technological Development, Indian Ocean, prehistoric movement, Algerian War and Colonial Identity.

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 17 words, with their numbers
  1. Colonialism91 topic
  2. Post-Colonial Africa91 topic
  3. Scientific History41 topic
  4. Technological Development41 topic
  5. Indian Ocean31 topic
  6. prehistoric movement31 topic
  7. Algerian War21 topic
  8. Colonial Identity21 topic
  9. Eurasian Exchange21 topic
  10. Gender22 topics
  11. Silk Roads21 topic
  12. Flâneur11 topic
  13. France11 topic
  14. French Revolution11 topic
  15. History11 topic
  16. Napoleonic Wars11 topic
  17. Urban Culture11 topic

Where does William B. Cohen work?

William B. Cohen's main affiliation in the publication record is Indiana University, United States.

How many publications and citations does William B. Cohen have?

Science Explorer counts 29 works and 84 citations for William B. Cohen, ranking #104,923 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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