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Researcher · Glasgow Caledonian University · United Kingdom

William McDougall

William McDougall publishes mostly in Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science and Astronomy and Astrophysics, on topics such as Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology, Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life and Classical Philosophy and Thought.

OpenAlex
World rank
#981,655
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United Kingdom
#68,127
of 90,785
Works
130
Citations
72
Citations per work
0.6

What does William McDougall research?

Social Psychology: 9.2%Sociology and Political Science: 7.7%Astronomy and Astrophysics: 7.0%Philosophy: 6.3%other fields: 69.8%9%top field
Social Psychology9.2%Sociology and Political Science7.7%Astronomy and Astrophysics7.0%Philosophy6.3%other fields69.8%

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

  1. 1Social Psychology9% of their works
  2. 2Sociology and Political Science8% of their works
  3. 3Astronomy and Astrophysics7% of their works
  4. 4Philosophy6% of their works
  5. 5Experimental and Cognitive Psychology6% of their works
  6. 6General Psychology6% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe William McDougall's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Astrobiology, History, Psychology, Extraterrestrial Life, SETI, Aristotle, Guilt and Plato.

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. Astrobiology92 topics
  2. History81 topic
  3. Psychology81 topic
  4. Extraterrestrial Life61 topic
  5. SETI61 topic
  6. Aristotle41 topic
  7. Guilt41 topic
  8. Plato41 topic
  9. Shame41 topic
  10. Intelligence31 topic
  11. Prebiotic Chemistry31 topic
  12. RNA World31 topic
  13. Working Memory31 topic
  14. neurological history31 topic
  15. neuroscience pioneers31 topic
  16. Earth Systems Science21 topic
  17. Gaia Hypothesis21 topic

Where does William McDougall work?

William McDougall's main affiliation in the publication record is Glasgow Caledonian University, United Kingdom.

How many publications and citations does William McDougall have?

Science Explorer counts 130 works and 72 citations for William McDougall, ranking #981,655 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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