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Researcher · California Institute of Technology · United States

Tom M. Apostol

Tom M. Apostol publishes mostly in Algebra and Number Theory, Geometry and Topology and Astronomy and Astrophysics, on topics such as History and Theory of Mathematics, Mathematics and Applications and Analytic Number Theory Research.

OpenAlex
World rank
#1,682,690
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#520,827
of 1,627,098
Works
322
Citations
20k
Citations per work
62.1
h-index
30
i10-index 67Top 1.8% in Algebra and Number Theory
Tom M. Apostol

What does Tom M. Apostol research?

Tom M. Apostol's work is mostly in Mathematics (40%), Physics and Astronomy (17%).

Physical Sciences: 185 works · 57.6% of their workMathematics: 130 works · 40.4% of their workAlgebra and Number Theory: 41 works · 12.7% of their workGeometry and Topology: 36 works · 11.2% of their workTheoretical Computer Science: 32 works · 9.9% of their workApplied Mathematics: 21 works · 6.6% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 55 works · 17.2% of their workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 35 works · 10.9% of their workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 20 works · 6.3% of their workEverything else: 137 works · 42.4% of their workTHEIR WORKTom M. Apostol322works
Physical Sciences58%

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. Mathematics13040.4%
    2. Physics and Astronomy5517.2%
  2. Everything else13742.4%
  1. 1Algebra and Number Theory13% of their works
  2. 2Geometry and Topology11% of their works
  3. 3Astronomy and Astrophysics11% of their works
  4. 4Theoretical Computer Science10% of their works
  5. 5Applied Mathematics7% of their works
  6. 6Statistical and Nonlinear Physics6% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Tom M. Apostol's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Relativity, Modular Forms, Number Theory, Historical Sources, Mathematics Education, Geometry, Hyperbolic and L-Functions.

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 19 words, with their numbers
  1. Relativity922 topics
  2. Modular Forms862 topics
  3. Number Theory862 topics
  4. Historical Sources671 topic
  5. Mathematics Education671 topic
  6. Geometry621 topic
  7. Hyperbolic621 topic
  8. L-Functions471 topic
  9. Primes471 topic
  10. Multiple Zeta Values391 topic
  11. q-Series391 topic
  12. Radio Astronomy321 topic
  13. Transits of Venus321 topic
  14. General Covariance301 topic
  15. Unified Field Theories301 topic
  16. Experimental Tools281 topic
  17. Smartphones281 topic
  18. Geometric Modeling111 topic
  19. Nanomaterials111 topic

Where does Tom M. Apostol work?

Tom M. Apostol's main affiliation in the publication record is California Institute of Technology, United States.

How many publications and citations does Tom M. Apostol have?

OpenAlex counts 322 works and 19,992 citations for Tom M. Apostol, an h-index of 30, ranking #1,682,690 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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