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William Watson

William Watson publishes mostly in Sociology and Political Science, Anthropology and History, on topics such as Chinese history and philosophy, Eurasian Exchange Networks and Indian and Buddhist Studies.

World rank
#429,940
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#149,081
of 358,040
Works
39
Citations
9
Citations per work
0.2

What does William Watson research?

Sociology and Political Science: 26.5%Anthropology: 11.8%History: 11.8%Archeology: 8.8%other fields: 41.1%26%top field
Sociology and Political Science26.5%Anthropology11.8%History11.8%Archeology8.8%other fields41.1%

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

  1. 1Sociology and Political Science26% of their works
  2. 2Anthropology12% of their works
  3. 3History12% of their works
  4. 4Archeology9% of their works
  5. 5Religious studies6% of their works
  6. 6Statistical and Nonlinear Physics6% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe William Watson's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: History, Religion, China, Regulation, Eurasian Exchange, Silk Roads, Buddhism and South Asia.

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 18 words, with their numbers
  1. History102 topics
  2. Religion102 topics
  3. China81 topic
  4. Regulation81 topic
  5. Eurasian Exchange41 topic
  6. Silk Roads41 topic
  7. Buddhism21 topic
  8. South Asia21 topic
  9. Biocultural Conservation11 topic
  10. Earth Stewardship11 topic
  11. Experimental Tools11 topic
  12. Fluctuation Theorems11 topic
  13. Gemstones11 topic
  14. Geochemistry11 topic
  15. Helium Nanodroplets11 topic
  16. Quantum Turbulence11 topic
  17. Smartphones11 topic
  18. Stochastic Thermodynamics11 topic

Where does William Watson work?

William Watson's main affiliation in the publication record is Google (United States), United States.

How many publications and citations does William Watson have?

Science Explorer counts 39 works and 9 citations for William Watson, ranking #429,940 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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