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Researcher · Massachusetts Institute of Technology · United States

Gian‐Carlo Rota

Gian‐Carlo Rota publishes mostly in Computational Theory and Mathematics, Mathematical Physics and Geometry and Topology, on topics such as History and Theory of Mathematics, Mathematics and Applications and Advanced Topics in Algebra.

OpenAlex
World rank
#315,774
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#114,154
of 1,627,098
Works
839
Citations
40k
Citations per work
47.9
h-index
88
i10-index 263Top 0.1% in Computational Theory and Mathematics
Gian‐Carlo Rota

What does Gian‐Carlo Rota research?

Gian‐Carlo Rota's work is mostly in Mathematics (27%), Computer Science (16%).

Everything else: 482 works · 57.4% of their workPhysical Sciences: 357 works · 42.6% of their workMathematics: 226 works · 26.9% of their workMathematical Physics: 81 works · 9.6% of their workGeometry and Topology: 63 works · 7.5% of their workAlgebra and Number Theory: 43 works · 5.1% of their workTheoretical Computer Science: 39 works · 4.7% of their workComputer Science: 132 works · 15.7% of their workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 91 works · 10.8% of their workArtificial Intelligence: 41 works · 4.9% of their workTHEIR WORKGian‐Carlo Rota839works
Physical Sciences43%

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 else48257.4%
    1. Mathematics22626.9%
    2. Computer Science13215.7%
  1. 1Computational Theory and Mathematics11% of their works
  2. 2Mathematical Physics10% of their works
  3. 3Geometry and Topology8% of their works
  4. 4Algebra and Number Theory5% of their works
  5. 5Artificial Intelligence5% of their works
  6. 6Theoretical Computer Science5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Gian‐Carlo Rota's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Historical Sources, Mathematics Education, Geometry, Hyperbolic, Deformations, Hom-Lie Algebras, Fuzzy Logic and Residuated Lattices.

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. Historical Sources761 topic
  2. Mathematics Education761 topic
  3. Geometry661 topic
  4. Hyperbolic661 topic
  5. Deformations491 topic
  6. Hom-Lie Algebras491 topic
  7. Fuzzy Logic381 topic
  8. Residuated Lattices381 topic
  9. Algorithmic Information Theory351 topic
  10. Computability351 topic
  11. Neutrosophy321 topic
  12. Smarandache Function321 topic
  13. Matrix Computations281 topic
  14. Numerical Linear Algebra281 topic
  15. Deformation Quantization251 topic
  16. Poisson Manifolds251 topic

Where does Gian‐Carlo Rota work?

Gian‐Carlo Rota's main affiliation in the publication record is Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States.

How many publications and citations does Gian‐Carlo Rota have?

OpenAlex counts 839 works and 40,196 citations for Gian‐Carlo Rota, an h-index of 88, ranking #315,774 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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