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E. T. Whittaker

E. T. Whittaker publishes mostly in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics and Philosophy, on topics such as Computational Physics and Python Applications, History and Theory of Mathematics and Historical Astronomy and Related Studies.

World rank
#10,884
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United Kingdom
#985
of 90,785
Works
52
Citations
448
Citations per work
8.6

What does E. T. Whittaker research?

Astronomy and Astrophysics: 14.7%Statistical and Nonlinear Physics: 11.8%Philosophy: 5.9%Sociology and Political Science: 5.9%other fields: 61.7%15%top field
Astronomy and Astrophysics14.7%Statistical and Nonlinear Physics11.8%Philosophy5.9%Sociology and Political Science5.9%other fields61.7%

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

  1. 1Astronomy and Astrophysics15% of their works
  2. 2Statistical and Nonlinear Physics12% of their works
  3. 3Philosophy6% of their works
  4. 4Sociology and Political Science6% of their works
  5. 5Political Science and International Relations6% of their works
  6. 6Theoretical Computer Science6% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe E. T. Whittaker's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Antikythera Mechanism, Astronomical Calculator, Historical Sources, Mathematics Education, Python, Relativity, Scientific Computing and Unified Field Theories.

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. Antikythera Mechanism21 topic
  2. Astronomical Calculator21 topic
  3. Historical Sources21 topic
  4. Mathematics Education21 topic
  5. Python21 topic
  6. Relativity21 topic
  7. Scientific Computing21 topic
  8. Unified Field Theories21 topic
  9. Archery11 topic
  10. Automotive Engineering11 topic
  11. Biomechanics11 topic
  12. Computing11 topic
  13. Fluid Dynamics11 topic
  14. History11 topic
  15. Lightweight Materials11 topic
  16. Renewable Energy11 topic

Where does E. T. Whittaker work?

E. T. Whittaker's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom.

How many publications and citations does E. T. Whittaker have?

Science Explorer counts 52 works and 448 citations for E. T. Whittaker, ranking #10,884 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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