Robert Friedel

509 total citations
30 papers, 296 citations indexed

About

Robert Friedel is a scholar working on History and Philosophy of Science, Communication and Paleontology. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert Friedel has authored 30 papers receiving a total of 296 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 4 papers in History and Philosophy of Science, 1 paper in Communication and 1 paper in Paleontology. Recurrent topics in Robert Friedel's work include History of Science and Medicine (3 papers), Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (1 paper) and Complex Systems and Decision Making (1 paper). Robert Friedel is often cited by papers focused on History of Science and Medicine (3 papers), Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (1 paper) and Complex Systems and Decision Making (1 paper). Robert Friedel collaborates with scholars based in United States, Mexico and Portugal. Robert Friedel's co-authors include Ithiel de Sola Pool, David E. Nye, Harold Issadore Sharlin, Paul Israël, Eugene S. Ferguson, Susan J. Douglas, Jeanne Liedtka, Jeffrey L. Meikle, George David Smith and Harvey Green and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Physics Today and The American Historical Review.

In The Last Decade

Robert Friedel

25 papers receiving 208 citations

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Robert Friedel 66 40 27 25 20 30 296
Stephen H. Cutcliffe 86 1.3× 21 0.5× 22 0.8× 28 1.1× 30 1.5× 47 394
Eric Schatzberg 76 1.2× 19 0.5× 29 1.1× 67 2.7× 24 1.2× 21 374
Rudi Volti 138 2.1× 37 0.9× 65 2.4× 18 0.7× 28 1.4× 45 449
W. Bernard Carlson 40 0.6× 10 0.3× 15 0.6× 55 2.2× 19 0.9× 25 278
Andy Hamilton 49 0.7× 13 0.3× 56 2.1× 47 1.9× 13 0.7× 52 480
Nicola De Bellis 55 0.8× 26 0.7× 23 0.9× 13 0.5× 58 2.9× 6 481
David Sebberson 57 0.9× 13 0.3× 14 0.5× 14 0.6× 6 0.3× 17 271
Ingo Schulz-Schaeffer 181 2.7× 22 0.6× 40 1.5× 7 0.3× 28 1.4× 47 391
Steven Lubar 70 1.1× 15 0.4× 12 0.4× 32 1.3× 10 0.5× 38 369
Jay Wentworth 64 1.0× 12 0.3× 14 0.5× 14 0.6× 8 0.4× 17 320

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Fields of papers citing papers by Robert Friedel

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Robert Friedel

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All Works

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Friedel, Robert, et al.. (2023). Best billiard ball in the 19th century: Composite materials made of celluloid and bone as substitutes for ivory. PNAS Nexus. 2(11). pgad360–pgad360. 4 indexed citations
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Friedel, Robert. (2013). Obsolescence: Origins and Outrages. Technology and Culture. 54(1). 167–169.
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Friedel, Robert. (2011). Pursuing Power and Light: Technology and Physics from James Watt to Albert Einstein. Physics Today. 64(2). 50–51. 1 indexed citations
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Friedel, Robert & Jeanne Liedtka. (2007). Possibility thinking: lessons from breakthrough engineering. Journal of Business Strategy. 28(4). 30–37. 8 indexed citations
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Friedel, Robert. (1990). The Psychology of Everyday Things by Donald A. Norman. Technology and Culture. 31(3). 554–555. 1 indexed citations
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Friedel, Robert & George David Smith. (1989). From Monopoly to Competition: The Transformations of Alcoa, 1888-1986. Journal of American History. 76(3). 951–951. 3 indexed citations
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Friedel, Robert & Susan J. Douglas. (1989). Inventing American Broadcasting 1899-1922. Technology and Culture. 30(2). 484–484. 16 indexed citations
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Friedel, Robert, et al.. (1988). A material world : an exhibition at the National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution. 1 indexed citations
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Ferguson, Eugene S., et al.. (1988). Edison's Electric Light: Biography of an Invention. Technology and Culture. 29(1). 153–153. 43 indexed citations
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Friedel, Robert. (1987). Polymer Pioneers: A Popular History of the Science and Technology of Large Molecules. Peter J. T. Morris. Isis. 78(2). 275–276. 1 indexed citations
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Friedel, Robert. (1986). Men, materials, and ideas : a history of celluloid. University Microfilms International eBooks. 2 indexed citations
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Friedel, Robert. (1986). Edison's Electric Light. Johns Hopkins University Press eBooks. 5 indexed citations
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Friedel, Robert & Ithiel de Sola Pool. (1986). Forecasting the Telephone: A Retrospective Technology Assessment. Technology and Culture. 27(1). 137–137. 76 indexed citations
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Friedel, Robert. (1986). Engineering in the 20th Century. Technology and Culture. 27(4). 669–669. 4 indexed citations
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Meikle, Jeffrey L., et al.. (1986). Edison's Electric Light: Biography of an Invention. Journal of American History. 73(3). 770–770. 10 indexed citations
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Friedel, Robert. (1985). SIC Transit Transistor.. 2(1). 34–40. 2 indexed citations
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Friedel, Robert. (1982). An Age of Innovation: The World of Electronics, 1930-2000. Technology and Culture. 23(1). 128–128. 1 indexed citations
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Friedel, Robert. (1979). Perspectives on Technology. Nathan Rosenberg. Isis. 70(3). 460–461. 1 indexed citations

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