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Researcher · Pennsylvania State University · United States

Frank Swetz

Frank Swetz publishes mostly in Theoretical Computer Science, Education and Sociology and Political Science, on topics such as History and Theory of Mathematics, Mathematics Education and Teaching Techniques and Mathematics and Applications.

OpenAlex
World rank
#807,974
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#269,369
of 1,627,098
Works
181
Citations
1.7k
Citations per work
9.5
h-index
19
i10-index 29Top 4.9% in Theoretical Computer Science
Frank Swetz

What does Frank Swetz research?

Frank Swetz's work is mostly in Mathematics (32%), Social Sciences (20%), Arts and Humanities (11%).

Everything else: 67 works · 37.1% of their workPhysical Sciences: 58 works · 32.1% of their workMathematics: 58 works · 32.1% of their workTheoretical Computer Science: 49 works · 27.0% of their workGeometry and Topology: 9 works · 5.1% of their workSocial Sciences: 56 works · 30.8% of their workSocial Sciences: 36 works · 19.7% of their workEducation: 20 works · 11.1% of their workSociology and Political Science: 16 works · 8.6% of their workArts and Humanities: 20 works · 11.1% of their workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 14 works · 7.6% of their workArcheology: 6 works · 3.5% of their workTHEIR WORKFrank Swetz181works
Physical Sciences32%Social Sciences31%

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 else6737.1%
    1. Mathematics5832.1%
    1. Social Sciences3619.7%
    2. Arts and Humanities2011.1%
  1. 1Theoretical Computer Science27% of their works
  2. 2Education11% of their works
  3. 3Sociology and Political Science9% of their works
  4. 4History and Philosophy of Science8% of their works
  5. 5Geometry and Topology5% of their works
  6. 6Archeology4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Frank Swetz's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Mathematics Education, Historical Sources, Mathematical Concepts, Philosophy, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Teacher Knowledge, 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. The words come from the keyword list OpenAlex gives each topic, not from the text of the papers, so a word can appear that none of the papers uses.

All 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Mathematics Education1052 topics
  2. Historical Sources851 topic
  3. Mathematical Concepts851 topic
  4. Philosophy212 topics
  5. Pedagogical Content Knowledge201 topic
  6. Teacher Knowledge201 topic
  7. Geometry161 topic
  8. Hyperbolic161 topic
  9. China151 topic
  10. Religion151 topic
  11. Roman Economy81 topic
  12. Urban Workshops81 topic
  13. Antikythera Mechanism61 topic
  14. Astronomical Calculator61 topic
  15. Natural Philosophy61 topic
  16. Scientific Culture61 topic
  17. Environmental Risk Assessment51 topic
  18. Pollution Monitoring51 topic

Where does Frank Swetz work?

Frank Swetz's main affiliation in the publication record is Pennsylvania State University, United States.

How many publications and citations does Frank Swetz have?

OpenAlex counts 181 works and 1,714 citations for Frank Swetz, an h-index of 19, ranking #807,974 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised citation 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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