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Researchers at Royal Observatory

J. A. Peacock, P. N. Best and R. J. Ivison rank highest among 27 ranked researchers whose main affiliation is Royal Observatory.

The ranking

  1. 1 J. A. PeacockUnited Kingdom · #2,314 worldwide3.2k citations · 136 works
  2. 2 P. N. BestUnited Kingdom · #38,351 worldwide1.2k citations · 103 works
  3. 3 R. J. IvisonUnited Kingdom · #58,698 worldwide2k citations · 219 works
  4. 4 M. CirasuoloUnited Kingdom · #201,940 worldwide200 citations · 26 works
  5. 5 Gillian WrightUnited Kingdom · #239,756 worldwide169 citations · 27 works
  6. 6 P. M. WilliamsUnited Kingdom · #373,953 worldwide524 citations · 133 works
  7. 7 Charles Piazzi SmythUnited Kingdom · #606,281 worldwide2 citations · 31 works
  8. 8 J. SabaterUnited Kingdom · #629,186 worldwide111 citations · 45 works
  9. 9 W. M. NapierUnited Kingdom · #763,621 worldwide68 citations · 21 works
  10. 10 T. G. HawardenUnited Kingdom · #804,516 worldwide33 citations · 24 works
  11. 11 P. N. BestUnited Kingdom · #846,169 worldwide91 citations · 18 works
  12. 12 H. T. MacGillivrayUnited Kingdom · #857,864 worldwide121 citations · 63 works
  13. 13 A. SavageUnited Kingdom · #864,486 worldwide26 citations · 24 works
  14. 14 M. R. S. HawkinsUnited Kingdom · #962,027 worldwide68 citations · 24 works
  15. 15 P. A. MacMahonUnited Kingdom · #973,406 worldwide9 citations · 21 works
  16. 16 A. J. LongmoreUnited Kingdom · #1,034,154 worldwide43 citations · 16 works
  17. 17 Piazzi SmythUnited Kingdom · #1,080,543 worldwide0 citations · 17 works
  18. 18 R. D. WolstencroftUnited Kingdom · #1,154,867 worldwide62 citations · 44 works
  19. 19 M. HartleyUnited Kingdom · #1,158,882 worldwide7 citations · 16 works
  20. 20 K. NandyUnited Kingdom · #1,166,775 worldwide50 citations · 51 works
  21. 21 A. J. LongmoreUnited Kingdom · #1,303,039 worldwide19 citations · 21 works
  22. 22 R. A. SampsonUnited Kingdom · #1,320,196 worldwide7 citations · 18 works
  23. 23 V. C. ReddishUnited Kingdom · #1,391,082 worldwide14 citations · 28 works
  24. 24 C. M. MountainUnited Kingdom · #1,440,439 worldwide32 citations · 17 works
  25. 25 Adrian WebsterUnited Kingdom · #1,452,794 worldwide48 citations · 21 works
  26. 26 P. J. PuxleyUnited Kingdom · #1,490,069 worldwide35 citations · 21 works
  27. 27 M. R. S. HawkinsUnited Kingdom · #1,547,781 worldwide13 citations · 23 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.

01020mean 3.48355works (log) →citations per work →J. A. Peacock: 136, 23.5P. N. Best: 103, 11.3R. J. Ivison: 219, 9.2M. Cirasuolo: 26, 7.7Gillian Wright: 27, 6.3P. M. Williams: 133, 3.9Charles Piazzi Smyth: 31, 0.1J. Sabater: 45, 2.5W. M. Napier: 21, 3.2T. G. Hawarden: 24, 1.4P. N. Best: 18, 5.1H. T. MacGillivray: 63, 1.9A. Savage: 24, 1.1M. R. S. Hawkins: 24, 2.8P. A. MacMahon: 21, 0.4A. J. Longmore: 16, 2.7Piazzi Smyth: 17, 0.0R. D. Wolstencroft: 44, 1.4M. Hartley: 16, 0.4K. Nandy: 51, 1.0A. J. Longmore: 21, 0.9R. A. Sampson: 18, 0.4V. C. Reddish: 28, 0.5C. M. Mountain: 17, 1.9Adrian Webster: 21, 2.3P. J. Puxley: 21, 1.7M. R. S. Hawkins: 23, 0.6J. A. PeacockP. N. BestR. J. IvisonM. Cirasuolo
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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.