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Researcher · Union College · United States

Kim Plofker

Kim Plofker publishes mostly in Theoretical Computer Science, Astronomy and Astrophysics and History and Philosophy of Science, on topics such as History and Theory of Mathematics, Historical Astronomy and Related Studies and Mathematics and Applications.

World rank
#507,942
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#168,270
of 358,040
Works
41
Citations
1

What does Kim Plofker research?

Theoretical Computer Science: 24.1%Astronomy and Astrophysics: 13.8%History and Philosophy of Science: 10.3%Geometry and Topology: 6.9%other fields: 44.9%24%top field
Theoretical Computer Science24.1%Astronomy and Astrophysics13.8%History and Philosophy of Science10.3%Geometry and Topology6.9%other fields44.9%

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

  1. 1Theoretical Computer Science24% of their works
  2. 2Astronomy and Astrophysics14% of their works
  3. 3History and Philosophy of Science10% of their works
  4. 4Geometry and Topology7% of their works
  5. 5Anthropology7% of their works
  6. 6Mathematical Physics7% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Kim Plofker's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Historical Sources, Mathematics Education, History, Antikythera Mechanism, Astronomical Calculator, Buddhism, Eurasian Exchange and Geometry.

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. Historical Sources71 topic
  2. Mathematics Education71 topic
  3. History42 topics
  4. Antikythera Mechanism31 topic
  5. Astronomical Calculator31 topic
  6. Buddhism21 topic
  7. Eurasian Exchange21 topic
  8. Geometry21 topic
  9. Hyperbolic21 topic
  10. Knowledge Production21 topic
  11. Science21 topic
  12. Silk Roads21 topic
  13. South Asia21 topic
  14. Generalized Functions11 topic
  15. Infinite and Infinitesimal Numbers11 topic
  16. Neutrosophy11 topic
  17. Smarandache Function11 topic

Where does Kim Plofker work?

Kim Plofker's main affiliation in the publication record is Union College, United States.

How many publications and citations does Kim Plofker have?

Science Explorer counts 41 works and 1 citations for Kim Plofker, ranking #507,942 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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