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Researcher · American Academy of Optometry · United States

Donald A. Springer

Donald A. Springer publishes mostly in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Ophthalmology and Theoretical Computer Science, on topics such as History and Theory of Mathematics, Historical Astronomy and Related Studies and History and advancements in chemistry.

OpenAlex
World rank
#5,411,325
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#1,371,528
of 1,627,098
Works
31
Citations
186
Citations per work
6.0
h-index
3
i10-index 1Top 94% in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Donald A. Springer

What does Donald A. Springer research?

Donald A. Springer's work is mostly in Physics and Astronomy (14%), Medicine (11%), Mathematics (6%).

Everything else: 20 works · 64.3% of their workPhysical Sciences: 8 works · 24.3% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 4 works · 14.3% of their workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 3 works · 8.6% of their workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 2 works · 5.7% of their workMathematics: 2 works · 5.7% of their workTheoretical Computer Science: 2 works · 5.7% of their workEngineering: 1 works · 4.3% of their workBiomedical Engineering: 1 works · 4.3% of their workHealth Sciences: 4 works · 11.4% of their workMedicine: 4 works · 11.4% of their workOphthalmology: 2 works · 7.1% of their workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 works · 4.3% of their workTHEIR WORKDonald A.Springer31works
Physical Sciences24%Health Sciences11%

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 else2064.3%
    1. Physics and Astronomy414.3%
    2. Mathematics25.7%
    3. Engineering14.3%
    1. Medicine411.4%
  1. 1Astronomy and Astrophysics9% of their works
  2. 2Ophthalmology7% of their works
  3. 3Theoretical Computer Science6% of their works
  4. 4Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics6% of their works
  5. 5Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health4% of their works
  6. 6Biomedical Engineering4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Donald A. Springer's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Antikythera Mechanism, Astronomical Calculator, Historical Sources, Mathematics Education, Spectroscopy, Acousto-Optic, Chaotic Dynamics and Color Constancy.

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. Antikythera Mechanism41 topic
  2. Astronomical Calculator41 topic
  3. Historical Sources41 topic
  4. Mathematics Education41 topic
  5. Spectroscopy42 topics
  6. Acousto-Optic21 topic
  7. Chaotic Dynamics21 topic
  8. Color Constancy21 topic
  9. Colorimetry21 topic
  10. Crystals21 topic
  11. Inertial Electrostatic Confinement Fusion21 topic
  12. Partially Ordered Sets21 topic
  13. Periodic Table21 topic
  14. Radio Astronomy21 topic
  15. Ring Laser Gyroscope21 topic
  16. Rotational Seismology21 topic
  17. Transits of Venus21 topic

Where does Donald A. Springer work?

Donald A. Springer's main affiliation in the publication record is American Academy of Optometry, United States.

How many publications and citations does Donald A. Springer have?

OpenAlex counts 31 works and 186 citations for Donald A. Springer, an h-index of 3, ranking #5,411,325 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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