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Researcher · Phillips Exeter Academy · United States

Bob Burn

Bob Burn publishes mostly in Theoretical Computer Science, Geometry and Topology and Mathematical Physics, on topics such as History and Theory of Mathematics, Mathematics and Applications and Mathematical and Theoretical Analysis.

OpenAlex
World rank
#4,863,524
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#1,270,504
of 1,627,098
Works
53
Citations
1.2k
Citations per work
23.4
h-index
8
i10-index 7Top 29% in Theoretical Computer Science
Bob Burn

What does Bob Burn research?

Bob Burn's work is mostly in Mathematics (41%), Computer Science (5%), Physics and Astronomy (5%).

Physical Sciences: 27 works · 51.3% of their workMathematics: 22 works · 41.2% of their workTheoretical Computer Science: 9 works · 16.3% of their workGeometry and Topology: 7 works · 14.0% of their workMathematical Physics: 4 works · 7.0% of their workModeling and Simulation: 2 works · 3.9% of their workComputer Science: 3 works · 5.4% of their workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 3 works · 5.4% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 works · 4.7% of their workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 2 works · 4.7% of their workEverything else: 26 works · 48.7% of their workTHEIR WORKBob Burn53works
Physical Sciences51%

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. Mathematics2241.2%
    2. Computer Science35.4%
    3. Physics and Astronomy24.7%
  2. Everything else2648.7%
  1. 1Theoretical Computer Science16% of their works
  2. 2Geometry and Topology14% of their works
  3. 3Mathematical Physics7% of their works
  4. 4Computational Theory and Mathematics5% of their works
  5. 5Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics5% of their works
  6. 6Modeling and Simulation4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Bob Burn's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Mathematics Education, Historical Sources, Mathematical Concepts, Geometry, Hyperbolic, Generalized Functions, Infinite and Infinitesimal Numbers and Math Search.

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 17 words, with their numbers
  1. Mathematics Education242 topics
  2. Historical Sources211 topic
  3. Mathematical Concepts211 topic
  4. Geometry181 topic
  5. Hyperbolic181 topic
  6. Generalized Functions51 topic
  7. Infinite and Infinitesimal Numbers51 topic
  8. Math Search31 topic
  9. Mathematical Information Retrieval31 topic
  10. Neutrosophy31 topic
  11. Pedagogical Content Knowledge31 topic
  12. Smarandache Function31 topic
  13. Teacher Knowledge31 topic
  14. Matrix Computations21 topic
  15. Numerical Linear Algebra21 topic
  16. Optical 3D Laser Measurement21 topic
  17. Position-Sensitive Detector21 topic

Where does Bob Burn work?

Bob Burn's main affiliation in the publication record is Phillips Exeter Academy, United States.

How many publications and citations does Bob Burn have?

OpenAlex counts 53 works and 1,240 citations for Bob Burn, an h-index of 8, ranking #4,863,524 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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