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David Hestenes

David Hestenes publishes mostly in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Education and Applied Mathematics, on topics such as Algebraic and Geometric Analysis, Quantum and Classical Electrodynamics and Science Education and Pedagogy.

World rank
#47,011
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#21,638
of 358,040
Works
32
Citations
470
Citations per work
14.7

What does David Hestenes research?

Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 20.5%Education: 17.9%Applied Mathematics: 12.8%Statistical and Nonlinear Physics: 10.3%other fields: 38.5%20%top field
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics20.5%Education17.9%Applied Mathematics12.8%Statistical and Nonlinear Physics10.3%other fields38.5%

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

  1. 1Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics20% of their works
  2. 2Education18% of their works
  3. 3Applied Mathematics13% of their works
  4. 4Statistical and Nonlinear Physics10% of their works
  5. 5Artificial Intelligence8% of their works
  6. 6Developmental and Educational Psychology8% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe David Hestenes's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Geometric Algebra, Quaternionic Analysis, Electromagnetic Theory, Inquiry-Based Teaching, Quantum Field Theory, Scientific Literacy, Geometry and Hyperbolic.

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. Geometric Algebra51 topic
  2. Quaternionic Analysis51 topic
  3. Electromagnetic Theory41 topic
  4. Inquiry-Based Teaching41 topic
  5. Quantum Field Theory41 topic
  6. Scientific Literacy41 topic
  7. Geometry31 topic
  8. Hyperbolic31 topic
  9. Bell Inequality21 topic
  10. Decoherence21 topic
  11. Experimental Tools21 topic
  12. Fuzzy Cognitive Maps21 topic
  13. Modeling21 topic
  14. Noncommutative Field Theory21 topic
  15. Quantum Gravity21 topic
  16. Smartphones21 topic

Where does David Hestenes work?

David Hestenes's main affiliation in the publication record is Arizona State University, United States.

How many publications and citations does David Hestenes have?

Science Explorer counts 32 works and 470 citations for David Hestenes, ranking #47,011 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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