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Researcher · Bronberg Observatory · South Africa

A. D. Thackeray

A. D. Thackeray publishes mostly in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Computational Mechanics, on topics such as Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies, Astronomy and Astrophysical Research and Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation.

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World rank
#3,833,443
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in South Africa
#16,711
of 29,826
Works
267
Citations
1.4k
Citations per work
5.2
h-index
20
i10-index 37Top 29% in Astronomy and Astrophysics
A. D. Thackeray

What does A. D. Thackeray research?

A. D. Thackeray's work is mostly in Physics and Astronomy (64%), Engineering (12%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (2%).

Physical Sciences: 206 works · 77.2% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 170 works · 63.5% of their workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 129 works · 48.5% of their workInstrumentation: 36 works · 13.3% of their workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 5 works · 1.7% of their workEngineering: 33 works · 12.2% of their workComputational Mechanics: 26 works · 9.6% of their workAerospace Engineering: 7 works · 2.6% of their workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4 works · 1.5% of their workOceanography: 4 works · 1.5% of their workEverything else: 61 works · 22.8% of their workTHEIR WORKA. D. Thackeray267works
Physical Sciences77%

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. Physics and Astronomy17063.5%
    2. Engineering3312.2%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences41.5%
  2. Everything else6122.8%
  1. 1Astronomy and Astrophysics48% of their works
  2. 2Instrumentation13% of their works
  3. 3Computational Mechanics10% of their works
  4. 4Aerospace Engineering3% of their works
  5. 5Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics2% of their works
  6. 6Oceanography2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe A. D. Thackeray's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Exoplanets, Stellar Astrophysics, Astronomical Instrumentation, Spectrograph, Optical 3D Laser Measurement, Position-Sensitive Detector, Radio Astronomy and Transits of Venus.

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 16 words, with their numbers
  1. Exoplanets1241 topic
  2. Stellar Astrophysics1241 topic
  3. Astronomical Instrumentation861 topic
  4. Spectrograph861 topic
  5. Optical 3D Laser Measurement631 topic
  6. Position-Sensitive Detector631 topic
  7. Radio Astronomy631 topic
  8. Transits of Venus631 topic
  9. Solar System Abundances361 topic
  10. Terrestrial Planets361 topic
  11. Molecular Clouds291 topic
  12. Star Formation291 topic
  13. Coronal Mass Ejections201 topic
  14. Solar Dynamics Observatory201 topic
  15. Antikythera Mechanism151 topic
  16. Astronomical Calculator151 topic

Where does A. D. Thackeray work?

A. D. Thackeray's main affiliation in the publication record is Bronberg Observatory, South Africa.

How many publications and citations does A. D. Thackeray have?

OpenAlex counts 267 works and 1,398 citations for A. D. Thackeray, an h-index of 20, ranking #3,833,443 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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