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Researcher · Drury University · United States

B. F. Finkel

B. F. Finkel publishes mostly in Geometry and Topology, Management Science and Operations Research and Theoretical Computer Science, on topics such as Mathematics and Applications, History and Theory of Mathematics and Structural Analysis and Optimization.

OpenAlex
World rank
#2,996,058
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#860,255
of 1,627,098
Works
75
Citations
94
Citations per work
1.3
h-index
3
i10-index 1Top 92% in Geometry and Topology
B. F. Finkel

What does B. F. Finkel research?

B. F. Finkel's work is mostly in Mathematics (41%), Decision Sciences (12%), Engineering (9%).

Physical Sciences: 38 works · 50.4% of their workMathematics: 31 works · 41.1% of their workGeometry and Topology: 18 works · 24.0% of their workTheoretical Computer Science: 9 works · 12.4% of their workMathematical Physics: 4 works · 4.7% of their workEngineering: 7 works · 9.3% of their workCivil and Structural Engineering: 7 works · 9.3% of their workEverything else: 24 works · 32.5% of their workSocial Sciences: 13 works · 17.1% of their workDecision Sciences: 9 works · 12.4% of their workManagement Science and Operations Research: 9 works · 12.4% of their workArts and Humanities: 4 works · 4.7% of their workHistory: 4 works · 4.7% of their workTHEIR WORKB. F. Finkel75works
Physical Sciences50%Social Sciences17%

Their six largest subfields, inside their fields and domains; the grey slice is everything else they publish. The interactive view splits every one of their works down to single topics.

The fields and subfields, with their numbers
    1. Mathematics3141.1%
    2. Engineering79.3%
  2. Everything else2432.5%
    1. Decision Sciences912.4%
    2. Arts and Humanities44.7%
  1. 1Geometry and Topology24% of their works
  2. 2Management Science and Operations Research12% of their works
  3. 3Theoretical Computer Science12% of their works
  4. 4Civil and Structural Engineering9% of their works
  5. 5History5% of their works
  6. 6Mathematical Physics5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe B. F. Finkel's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Geometry, Hyperbolic, Historical Sources, Mathematics Education, Form-Finding, Tensegrity, Simulation Optimization and Verification and Validation.

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. The words come from the keyword list OpenAlex gives each topic, not from the text of the papers, so a word can appear that none of the papers uses.

All 16 words, with their numbers
  1. Geometry301 topic
  2. Hyperbolic301 topic
  3. Historical Sources161 topic
  4. Mathematics Education161 topic
  5. Form-Finding121 topic
  6. Tensegrity121 topic
  7. Simulation Optimization91 topic
  8. Verification and Validation91 topic
  9. Insurance71 topic
  10. Risk71 topic
  11. Deformations51 topic
  12. Generalized Functions51 topic
  13. Hom-Lie Algebras51 topic
  14. Infinite and Infinitesimal Numbers51 topic
  15. History41 topic
  16. Psychology41 topic

Where does B. F. Finkel work?

B. F. Finkel's main affiliation in the publication record is Drury University, United States.

How many publications and citations does B. F. Finkel have?

OpenAlex counts 75 works and 94 citations for B. F. Finkel, an h-index of 3, ranking #2,996,058 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised citation 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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