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Royal Observatory in Greenwich

Researchers at Royal Observatory in Greenwich

William Ellis, J. V. Wall and C. A. Murray rank highest among 14 ranked researchers whose main affiliation is Royal Observatory in Greenwich.

The ranking

  1. 1 William EllisUnited Kingdom · #131,931 worldwide186 citations · 68 works
  2. 2 J. V. WallUnited Kingdom · #142,242 worldwide261 citations · 44 works
  3. 3 C. A. MurrayUnited Kingdom · #237,938 worldwide90 citations · 27 works
  4. 4 L. V. MorrisonUnited Kingdom · #669,067 worldwide37 citations · 24 works
  5. 5 M. V. PenstonUnited Kingdom · #806,107 worldwide117 citations · 51 works
  6. 6 R. J. DickensUnited Kingdom · #973,154 worldwide53 citations · 30 works
  7. 7 A. C. D. CrommelinUnited Kingdom · #1,047,021 worldwide8 citations · 54 works
  8. 8 Harold Spencer JonesUnited Kingdom · #1,093,087 worldwide25 citations · 54 works
  9. 9 George Biddell AiryUnited Kingdom · #1,100,363 worldwide44 citations · 161 works
  10. 10 R. E. S. CleggUnited Kingdom · #1,152,933 worldwide55 citations · 25 works
  11. 11 G. A. WilkinsUnited Kingdom · #1,308,684 worldwide10 citations · 35 works
  12. 12 R. D. CannonUnited Kingdom · #1,318,873 worldwide21 citations · 23 works
  13. 13 James GlaisherUnited Kingdom · #1,354,693 worldwide4 citations · 56 works
  14. 14 M. J. PenstonUnited Kingdom · #1,466,957 worldwide12 citations · 17 works

Output against citations per work

A long record and a heavily-cited one are not the same career, and a list ordered by either buries the other. The upper left is a small body of work that travelled a long way.

02.55mean 1.61881works (log) →citations per work →William Ellis: 68, 2.7J. V. Wall: 44, 5.9C. A. Murray: 27, 3.3L. V. Morrison: 24, 1.5M. V. Penston: 51, 2.3R. J. Dickens: 30, 1.8A. C. D. Crommelin: 54, 0.1Harold Spencer Jones: 54, 0.5George Biddell Airy: 161, 0.3R. E. S. Clegg: 25, 2.2G. A. Wilkins: 35, 0.3R. D. Cannon: 23, 0.9James Glaisher: 56, 0.1M. J. Penston: 17, 0.7J. V. WallC. A. MurrayWilliam EllisL. V. Morrison
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Ranked on the composite of field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Affiliation is the institution a researcher publishes from most; identities come from OpenAlex author disambiguation.