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Researcher · University of Zurich · Switzerland

B. L. van der Waerden

B. L. van der Waerden publishes mostly in Theoretical Computer Science, Geometry and Topology and History and Philosophy of Science, on topics such as History and Theory of Mathematics, Mathematics and Applications and Advanced Topics in Algebra.

OpenAlex
World rank
#38,082
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in Switzerland
#994
of 19,404
Works
162
Citations
350
Citations per work
2.2

What does B. L. van der Waerden research?

Theoretical Computer Science: 14.8%Geometry and Topology: 13.5%History and Philosophy of Science: 5.8%Mechanical Engineering: 5.2%other fields: 60.7%15%top field
Theoretical Computer Science14.8%Geometry and Topology13.5%History and Philosophy of Science5.8%Mechanical Engineering5.2%other fields60.7%

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

  1. 1Theoretical Computer Science15% of their works
  2. 2Geometry and Topology14% of their works
  3. 3History and Philosophy of Science6% of their works
  4. 4Mechanical Engineering5% of their works
  5. 5Computational Mechanics5% of their works
  6. 6Algebra and Number Theory4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe B. L. van der Waerden's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Historical Sources, Mathematics Education, Geometry, Hyperbolic, Deformations, Education, Hom-Lie Algebras and Research.

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. Historical Sources231 topic
  2. Mathematics Education231 topic
  3. Geometry171 topic
  4. Hyperbolic171 topic
  5. Deformations71 topic
  6. Education71 topic
  7. Hom-Lie Algebras71 topic
  8. Research71 topic
  9. Automotive Engineering61 topic
  10. Autorschaft61 topic
  11. Bildung61 topic
  12. Fluid Dynamics61 topic
  13. Lightweight Materials61 topic
  14. Renewable Energy61 topic
  15. Geometric Modeling51 topic
  16. Nanomaterials51 topic

Where does B. L. van der Waerden work?

B. L. van der Waerden's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Zurich, Switzerland.

How many publications and citations does B. L. van der Waerden have?

Science Explorer counts 162 works and 350 citations for B. L. van der Waerden, ranking #38,082 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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