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Researcher · Princeton University · United States

Donald Clayton Spencer

Donald Clayton Spencer publishes mostly in Geometry and Topology, Mathematical Physics and Applied Mathematics, on topics such as Analytic and geometric function theory, Homotopy and Cohomology in Algebraic Topology and History and Theory of Mathematics.

OpenAlex
World rank
#959,125
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#314,528
of 1,627,098
Works
124
Citations
3.8k
Citations per work
30.3
h-index
28
i10-index 50Top 3.2% in Geometry and Topology
Donald Clayton Spencer

What does Donald Clayton Spencer research?

Donald Clayton Spencer's work is mostly in Mathematics (35%), Computer Science (5%), Physics and Astronomy (4%).

Everything else: 69 works · 55.4% of their workPhysical Sciences: 55 works · 44.6% of their workMathematics: 44 works · 35.3% of their workGeometry and Topology: 14 works · 11.4% of their workApplied Mathematics: 12 works · 10.0% of their workMathematical Physics: 12 works · 10.0% of their workAlgebra and Number Theory: 5 works · 3.9% of their workComputer Science: 7 works · 5.4% of their workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 7 works · 5.4% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 5 works · 3.9% of their workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 5 works · 3.9% of their workTHEIR WORKDonald ClaytonSpencer124works
Physical Sciences45%

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. Everything else6955.4%
    1. Mathematics4435.3%
    2. Computer Science75.4%
    3. Physics and Astronomy53.9%
  1. 1Geometry and Topology11% of their works
  2. 2Mathematical Physics10% of their works
  3. 3Applied Mathematics10% of their works
  4. 4Computational Theory and Mathematics5% of their works
  5. 5Algebra and Number Theory4% of their works
  6. 6Statistical and Nonlinear Physics4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Donald Clayton Spencer's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Complex Analysis, Geometric Function Theory, Deformation Quantization, Historical Sources, Mathematics Education, Poisson Manifolds, Deformations and Geometry.

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. Complex Analysis101 topic
  2. Geometric Function Theory101 topic
  3. Deformation Quantization91 topic
  4. Historical Sources91 topic
  5. Mathematics Education91 topic
  6. Poisson Manifolds91 topic
  7. Deformations71 topic
  8. Geometry71 topic
  9. Hom-Lie Algebras71 topic
  10. Hyperbolic71 topic
  11. Optimal Transport71 topic
  12. Ricci Curvature71 topic
  13. Mechanics61 topic
  14. Nanomaterials61 topic
  15. Differential Equations51 topic
  16. Numerical Integration51 topic

Where does Donald Clayton Spencer work?

Donald Clayton Spencer's main affiliation in the publication record is Princeton University, United States.

How many publications and citations does Donald Clayton Spencer have?

OpenAlex counts 124 works and 3,755 citations for Donald Clayton Spencer, an h-index of 28, ranking #959,125 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality 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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