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William Sheehan

William Sheehan publishes mostly in Astronomy and Astrophysics, History and Philosophy of Science and Political Science and International Relations, on topics such as History and Developments in Astronomy, Historical Astronomy and Related Studies and Astro and Planetary Science.

World rank
#1,179,548
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#292,649
of 358,040
Works
74
Citations
11
Citations per work
0.1

What does William Sheehan research?

Astronomy and Astrophysics: 61.3%History and Philosophy of Science: 10.7%Political Science and International Relations: 5.3%Economics and Econometrics: 4.0%other fields: 18.7%61%top field
Astronomy and Astrophysics61.3%History and Philosophy of Science10.7%Political Science and International Relations5.3%Economics and Econometrics4.0%other fields18.7%

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

  1. 1Astronomy and Astrophysics61% of their works
  2. 2History and Philosophy of Science11% of their works
  3. 3Political Science and International Relations5% of their works
  4. 4Economics and Econometrics4% of their works
  5. 5Literature and Literary Theory3% of their works
  6. 6Geography, Planning and Development3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe William Sheehan's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Radio Astronomy, Transits of Venus, Antikythera Mechanism, Astronomical Calculator, Solar System Abundances, Terrestrial Planets, 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.

All 16 words, with their numbers
  1. Radio Astronomy191 topic
  2. Transits of Venus191 topic
  3. Antikythera Mechanism81 topic
  4. Astronomical Calculator81 topic
  5. Solar System Abundances61 topic
  6. Terrestrial Planets61 topic
  7. Astrobiology41 topic
  8. Extraterrestrial Life41 topic
  9. Global History41 topic
  10. Science Circulation41 topic
  11. History31 topic
  12. Science31 topic
  13. Space Policy31 topic
  14. Space Tourism31 topic
  15. Coronal Mass Ejections21 topic
  16. Solar Dynamics Observatory21 topic

Where does William Sheehan work?

William Sheehan's main affiliation in the publication record is Kandiyohi County Historical Society, United States.

How many publications and citations does William Sheehan have?

Science Explorer counts 74 works and 11 citations for William Sheehan, ranking #1,179,548 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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