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Researcher · Harvard University Press · United States

Garrett Birkhoff

Garrett Birkhoff publishes mostly in Computational Theory and Mathematics, Computational Mechanics and Geometry and Topology, on topics such as Advanced Algebra and Logic, History and Theory of Mathematics and Mathematics and Applications.

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World rank
#194,871
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#72,431
of 1,627,098
Works
364
Citations
17k
Citations per work
45.4
h-index
58
i10-index 134Top 0.5% in Computational Theory and Mathematics
Garrett Birkhoff

What does Garrett Birkhoff research?

Garrett Birkhoff's work is mostly in Mathematics (26%), Computer Science (20%), Engineering (7%).

Physical Sciences: 194 works · 53.2% of their workMathematics: 96 works · 26.3% of their workGeometry and Topology: 27 works · 7.4% of their workMathematical Physics: 24 works · 6.7% of their workAlgebra and Number Theory: 24 works · 6.5% of their workTheoretical Computer Science: 21 works · 5.7% of their workComputer Science: 71 works · 19.5% of their workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 71 works · 19.5% of their workEngineering: 27 works · 7.4% of their workComputational Mechanics: 27 works · 7.4% of their workEverything else: 170 works · 46.8% of their workTHEIR WORKGarrett Birkhoff364works
Physical Sciences53%

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. Mathematics9626.3%
    2. Computer Science7119.5%
    3. Engineering277.4%
  2. Everything else17046.8%
  1. 1Computational Theory and Mathematics20% of their works
  2. 2Computational Mechanics7% of their works
  3. 3Geometry and Topology7% of their works
  4. 4Mathematical Physics7% of their works
  5. 5Algebra and Number Theory6% of their works
  6. 6Theoretical Computer Science6% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Garrett Birkhoff's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Fuzzy Logic, Residuated Lattices, Historical Sources, Mathematics Education, Geometry, Hyperbolic, Armendariz Rings and Deformations.

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 16 words, with their numbers
  1. Fuzzy Logic631 topic
  2. Residuated Lattices631 topic
  3. Historical Sources421 topic
  4. Mathematics Education421 topic
  5. Geometry241 topic
  6. Hyperbolic241 topic
  7. Armendariz Rings231 topic
  8. Deformations231 topic
  9. Hom-Lie Algebras231 topic
  10. Zero-Divisor Graphs231 topic
  11. Algorithmic Information Theory191 topic
  12. Computability191 topic
  13. Matrix Computations181 topic
  14. Numerical Linear Algebra181 topic
  15. Differential Equations141 topic
  16. Numerical Integration141 topic

Where does Garrett Birkhoff work?

Garrett Birkhoff's main affiliation in the publication record is Harvard University Press, United States.

How many publications and citations does Garrett Birkhoff have?

OpenAlex counts 364 works and 16,518 citations for Garrett Birkhoff, an h-index of 58, ranking #194,871 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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