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Researcher · Glasgow Life · United Kingdom

William George Black

William George Black publishes mostly in History, Literature and Literary Theory and Sociology and Political Science, on topics such as Scottish History and National Identity, Folklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies and History and Developments in Astronomy.

World rank
#1,054,605
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United Kingdom
#71,298
of 90,785
Works
107
Citations
21
Citations per work
0.2

What does William George Black research?

History: 17.6%Literature and Literary Theory: 15.3%Sociology and Political Science: 7.6%History and Philosophy of Science: 5.3%other fields: 54.2%18%top field
History17.6%Literature and Literary Theory15.3%Sociology and Political Science7.6%History and Philosophy of Science5.3%other fields54.2%

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

  1. 1History18% of their works
  2. 2Literature and Literary Theory15% of their works
  3. 3Sociology and Political Science8% of their works
  4. 4History and Philosophy of Science5% of their works
  5. 5Anthropology5% of their works
  6. 6Political Science and International Relations4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe William George Black's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: History, Literature, Cultural Transmission, Fairy Tales, Folklore, Historical Figures, National Identity and Scotland.

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 20 words, with their numbers
  1. History112 topics
  2. Literature112 topics
  3. Cultural Transmission102 topics
  4. Fairy Tales71 topic
  5. Folklore71 topic
  6. Historical Figures72 topics
  7. National Identity71 topic
  8. Scotland71 topic
  9. Postcolonialism41 topic
  10. Race41 topic
  11. Radio Astronomy41 topic
  12. Transits of Venus41 topic
  13. Blood Transfusion31 topic
  14. Global History31 topic
  15. Historical Sources31 topic
  16. Mathematics Education31 topic
  17. Musical Theory31 topic
  18. Musicology31 topic
  19. Obstetrics31 topic
  20. Science Circulation31 topic

Where does William George Black work?

William George Black's main affiliation in the publication record is Glasgow Life, United Kingdom.

How many publications and citations does William George Black have?

Science Explorer counts 107 works and 21 citations for William George Black, ranking #1,054,605 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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