Max Planck Institute for the History of Science

1.6k papers and 20.1k indexed citations i.

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In recent decades, authors affiliated with Max Planck Institute for the History of Science have published 1.6k papers, which have received a total of 20.1k indexed citations. Scholars at this organization have produced 515 papers in History and Philosophy of Science, 201 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 165 papers in History on the topics of Philosophy and History of Science (155 papers), History of Science and Medicine (132 papers) and History of Science and Natural History (127 papers). Their work is cited by papers focused on History and Philosophy of Science (4.6k citations), Sociology and Political Science (3.2k citations) and Molecular Biology (2.0k citations). Authors at Max Planck Institute for the History of Science collaborate with scholars in Germany, United States and United Kingdom and have published in prestigious journals including Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Some of Max Planck Institute for the History of Science's most productive authors include Lorraine Daston, Hans‐Jörg Rheinberger, Manfred D. Laubichler, Ursula Klein, Jürgen Renn, Fernando Vidal, Wolfgang Glänzel, Londa Schiebinger, Peter Galison and James A. Secord.

In The Last Decade

Fields of papers published by authors at Max Planck Institute for the History of Science

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers affiliated with Max Planck Institute for the History of Science at the time of their publication. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers affiliated with Max Planck Institute for the History of Science at the time of their publication.

Countries citing scholars working at Max Planck Institute for the History of Science

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This map shows the geographic impact of research produced by authors working at Max Planck Institute for the History of Science. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by papers produced at Max Planck Institute for the History of Science with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Max Planck Institute for the History of Science more than expected).

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