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David Hilbert

David Hilbert publishes mostly in Theoretical Computer Science, Geometry and Topology and Computational Mechanics, on topics such as History and Theory of Mathematics, Mathematics and Applications and Physics and Engineering Research Articles.

World rank
#2,136
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in Germany
#340
of 86,443
Works
113
Citations
666
Citations per work
5.9

What does David Hilbert research?

Theoretical Computer Science: 19.4%Geometry and Topology: 16.3%Computational Mechanics: 15.3%History and Philosophy of Science: 7.1%other fields: 41.9%19%top field
Theoretical Computer Science19.4%Geometry and Topology16.3%Computational Mechanics15.3%History and Philosophy of Science7.1%other fields41.9%

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

  1. 1Theoretical Computer Science19% of their works
  2. 2Geometry and Topology16% of their works
  3. 3Computational Mechanics15% of their works
  4. 4History and Philosophy of Science7% of their works
  5. 5Mechanical Engineering4% of their works
  6. 6Mathematical Physics3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe David Hilbert's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Historical Sources, Mathematics Education, Geometry, Hyperbolic, Fluid Dynamics, Renewable Energy, Structural Analysis and Automotive Engineering.

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 17 words, with their numbers
  1. Historical Sources191 topic
  2. Mathematics Education191 topic
  3. Geometry121 topic
  4. Hyperbolic121 topic
  5. Fluid Dynamics101 topic
  6. Renewable Energy101 topic
  7. Structural Analysis82 topics
  8. Automotive Engineering41 topic
  9. Finite Elements41 topic
  10. Lightweight Materials41 topic
  11. Logical Empiricism41 topic
  12. NURBS41 topic
  13. Vienna Circle41 topic
  14. Geometric Modeling21 topic
  15. Gröbner Bases21 topic
  16. Nanomaterials21 topic
  17. Symbolic Computing21 topic

Where does David Hilbert work?

David Hilbert's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Göttingen, Germany.

How many publications and citations does David Hilbert have?

Science Explorer counts 113 works and 666 citations for David Hilbert, ranking #2,136 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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