Jim Hoste

2.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
38 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Jim Hoste is a scholar working on Geometry and Topology, Mathematical Physics and Computational Theory and Mathematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Jim Hoste has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Geometry and Topology, 17 papers in Mathematical Physics and 15 papers in Computational Theory and Mathematics. Recurrent topics in Jim Hoste's work include Geometric and Algebraic Topology (34 papers), Homotopy and Cohomology in Algebraic Topology (14 papers) and semigroups and automata theory (10 papers). Jim Hoste is often cited by papers focused on Geometric and Algebraic Topology (34 papers), Homotopy and Cohomology in Algebraic Topology (14 papers) and semigroups and automata theory (10 papers). Jim Hoste collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and United Kingdom. Jim Hoste's co-authors include W. B. R. Lickorish, Adrian Ocneanu, David N. Yetter, Kenneth C. Millett, Peter Freyd, Józef H. Przytycki, Morwen Thistlethwaite, Jeff Weeks, Patrick D. Shanahan and Yasutaka Nakanishi and has published in prestigious journals such as Mathematics of Computation, Transactions of the American Mathematical Society and Pacific Journal of Mathematics.

In The Last Decade

Jim Hoste

37 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

A new polynomial invariant of knots and links 1985 2026 1998 2012 1985 200 400 600
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. A new polynomial invariant of knots and links
    1985 625 citations Peter Freyd, David N. Yetter et al. Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Jim Hoste United States 17 1.1k 712 477 221 83 38 1.2k
Dror Bar-Natan Canada 17 1.1k 1.0× 928 1.3× 494 1.0× 144 0.7× 20 0.2× 35 1.3k
Morwen Thistlethwaite United States 15 920 0.8× 515 0.7× 514 1.1× 295 1.3× 47 0.6× 30 1.0k
Peter B. Shalen United States 20 1.9k 1.8× 1.5k 2.1× 508 1.1× 351 1.6× 22 0.3× 61 2.0k
H. R. Morton United Kingdom 16 803 0.7× 508 0.7× 406 0.9× 189 0.9× 12 0.1× 49 869
Józef H. Przytycki United States 18 823 0.8× 612 0.9× 327 0.7× 167 0.8× 29 0.3× 92 912
Peter R. Cromwell United Kingdom 13 360 0.3× 191 0.3× 170 0.4× 134 0.6× 34 0.4× 33 586
A. O. Morris United Kingdom 14 296 0.3× 277 0.4× 320 0.7× 35 0.2× 37 0.4× 45 618
Piotr Sułkowski Poland 18 360 0.3× 187 0.3× 98 0.2× 58 0.3× 633 7.6× 41 1.1k
Tobias Ekholm Sweden 15 507 0.5× 466 0.7× 63 0.1× 114 0.5× 12 0.1× 48 638
Andrew Rechnitzer Canada 15 95 0.1× 219 0.3× 170 0.4× 116 0.5× 68 0.8× 62 589

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Fields of papers citing papers by Jim Hoste

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Hoste, Jim, et al.. (2023). On the nonorientable 4-genus of double twist knots. Journal of Knot Theory and Its Ramifications. 32(5).
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Hoste, Jim & Patrick D. Shanahan. (2016). Involutory quandles of (2,2,r)-Montesinos links. Journal of Knot Theory and Its Ramifications. 26(3). 1741003–1741003. 2 indexed citations
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Hoste, Jim & Patrick D. Shanahan. (2012). TWISTED ALEXANDER POLYNOMIALS OF 2-BRIDGE KNOTS. Journal of Knot Theory and Its Ramifications. 22(1). 1250138–1250138. 4 indexed citations
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Hoste, Jim, et al.. (2012). UPPER BOUNDS IN THE OHTSUKI–RILEY–SAKUMA PARTIAL ORDER ON 2-BRIDGE KNOTS. Journal of Knot Theory and Its Ramifications. 21(9). 1250084–1250084. 4 indexed citations
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Hoste, Jim & Patrick D. Shanahan. (2010). Two-bridge knots with common ORS covers. arXiv (Cornell University). 1 indexed citations
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Hoste, Jim. (2009). TORUS KNOTS ARE FOURIER-(1,1,2) KNOTS. Journal of Knot Theory and Its Ramifications. 18(2). 265–270. 1 indexed citations
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Hoste, Jim, et al.. (2007). Lissajous knots and knots with Lissajous projections. Kobe University Repository Kernel (Kobe University). 24. 87–106. 5 indexed citations
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Hoste, Jim & Patrick D. Shanahan. (2005). COMMENSURABILITY CLASSES OF TWIST KNOTS. Journal of Knot Theory and Its Ramifications. 14(1). 91–100. 7 indexed citations
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Hoste, Jim, Morwen Thistlethwaite, & Jeff Weeks. (1998). The first 1,701,936 knots. The Mathematical Intelligencer. 20(4). 33–48. 138 indexed citations
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Hoste, Jim & Józef H. Przytycki. (1995). The Kauffman bracket skein module ofS 1×S 2. Mathematische Zeitschrift. 220(1). 65–73. 26 indexed citations
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Hoste, Jim & Józef H. Przytycki. (1993). THE (2, ∞)-SKEIN MODULE OF LENS SPACES: A GENERALIZATION OF THE JONES POLYNOMIAL. Journal of Knot Theory and Its Ramifications. 2(3). 321–333. 42 indexed citations
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Hoste, Jim, et al.. (1991). A tabulation of oriented links. Mathematics of Computation. 57(196). 747–761. 21 indexed citations
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Hoste, Jim, et al.. (1991). A Tabulation of Oriented Links. Mathematics of Computation. 57(196). 747–747. 3 indexed citations
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Hoste, Jim, Yasutaka Nakanishi, & Kouki Taniyama. (1990). Unknotting operations involving trivial tangles. Osaka Journal of Mathematics. 27(3). 555–566. 32 indexed citations
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Hoste, Jim, et al.. (1990). Dichromatic Link Invariants. Transactions of the American Mathematical Society. 321(1). 197–197. 4 indexed citations
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Hoste, Jim, et al.. (1990). Dichromatic link invariants. Transactions of the American Mathematical Society. 321(1). 197–229. 23 indexed citations
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Hoste, Jim. (1985). The first coefficient of the Conway polynomial. Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society. 95(2). 299–302. 33 indexed citations
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Hoste, Jim. (1985). The First Coefficient of the Conway Polynomial. Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society. 95(2). 299–299. 8 indexed citations
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Freyd, Peter, David N. Yetter, Jim Hoste, et al.. (1985). A new polynomial invariant of knots and links. Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society. 12(2). 239–246. 625 indexed citations breakdown →
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Hoste, Jim. (1984). The Arf invariant of a totally proper link. Topology and its Applications. 18(2-3). 163–177. 16 indexed citations

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