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Researcher · Pedagogical University · Mozambique

Paulus Gerdes

Paulus Gerdes publishes mostly in Education, Anthropology and Theoretical Computer Science, on topics such as History and Theory of Mathematics, Mathematics Education and Teaching Techniques and African cultural and philosophical studies.

OpenAlex
World rank
#748,166
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Mozambique
#36
of 615
Works
80
Citations
956
Citations per work
12.0
h-index
16
i10-index 21Top 7% in Education
Paulus Gerdes

What does Paulus Gerdes research?

Paulus Gerdes's work is mostly in Social Sciences (39%), Mathematics (13%), Arts and Humanities (6%).

Social Sciences: 36 works · 45.1% of their workSocial Sciences: 31 works · 39.1% of their workEducation: 17 works · 21.7% of their workAnthropology: 8 works · 10.2% of their workSociology and Political Science: 6 works · 7.2% of their workArts and Humanities: 5 works · 6.0% of their workLanguage and Linguistics: 5 works · 6.0% of their workEverything else: 33 works · 41.7% of their workPhysical Sciences: 11 works · 13.2% of their workMathematics: 11 works · 13.2% of their workTheoretical Computer Science: 6 works · 7.8% of their workGeometry and Topology: 4 works · 5.4% of their workTHEIR WORKPaulus Gerdes80works
Physical Sciences13%Social Sciences45%

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. Social Sciences3139.1%
    2. Arts and Humanities56.0%
  2. Everything else3341.7%
    1. Mathematics1113.2%
  1. 1Education22% of their works
  2. 2Anthropology10% of their works
  3. 3Theoretical Computer Science8% of their works
  4. 4Sociology and Political Science7% of their works
  5. 5Language and Linguistics6% of their works
  6. 6Geometry and Topology5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Paulus Gerdes's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Mathematics Education, Colonialism, Historical Sources, Mathematical Concepts, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Teacher Knowledge, African Philosophy and Decolonization.

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 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Mathematics Education252 topics
  2. Colonialism212 topics
  3. Historical Sources131 topic
  4. Mathematical Concepts131 topic
  5. Pedagogical Content Knowledge121 topic
  6. Teacher Knowledge121 topic
  7. African Philosophy111 topic
  8. Decolonization111 topic
  9. African History101 topic
  10. Post-Colonial Africa101 topic
  11. Eritrea81 topic
  12. Ethiopia81 topic
  13. Linguistic Diversity81 topic
  14. Semitic Languages81 topic
  15. Decolonial Theory51 topic
  16. Geometry51 topic
  17. Hyperbolic51 topic
  18. Racial Discrimination51 topic

Where does Paulus Gerdes work?

Paulus Gerdes's main affiliation in the publication record is Pedagogical University, Mozambique.

How many publications and citations does Paulus Gerdes have?

OpenAlex counts 80 works and 956 citations for Paulus Gerdes, an h-index of 16, ranking #748,166 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality 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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