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Researcher · Astronomical Observatory of Rome · Italy

A. Fontana

A. Fontana publishes mostly in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Materials Chemistry, on topics such as Astronomy and Astrophysical Research, Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena and Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies.

ORCID 0000-0003-3820-2823 OpenAlex
World rank
#105,869
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in Italy
#2,965
of 65,712
Works
216
Citations
1.3k
Citations per work
6.2

What does A. Fontana research?

Astronomy and Astrophysics: 29.8%Instrumentation: 16.4%Materials Chemistry: 6.1%Ceramics and Composites: 4.6%other fields: 43.1%30%top field
Astronomy and Astrophysics29.8%Instrumentation16.4%Materials Chemistry6.1%Ceramics and Composites4.6%other fields43.1%

Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.

  1. 1Astronomy and Astrophysics30% of their works
  2. 2Instrumentation16% of their works
  3. 3Materials Chemistry6% of their works
  4. 4Ceramics and Composites5% of their works
  5. 5Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics4% of their works
  6. 6Computational Mechanics4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe A. Fontana's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Astronomical Instrumentation, Spectrograph, Cosmology, Galaxies, Exoplanets, Stellar Astrophysics, Gamma-Ray Bursts and Supernovae.

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. Astronomical Instrumentation431 topic
  2. Spectrograph431 topic
  3. Cosmology321 topic
  4. Galaxies321 topic
  5. Exoplanets211 topic
  6. Stellar Astrophysics211 topic
  7. Gamma-Ray Bursts151 topic
  8. Supernovae151 topic
  9. Glass Science121 topic
  10. Structural Analysis121 topic
  11. Optical 3D Laser Measurement101 topic
  12. Position-Sensitive Detector101 topic
  13. Glass Transition91 topic
  14. Supercooled Liquids91 topic
  15. Adaptive Optics61 topic
  16. Wavefront Sensing61 topic

Where does A. Fontana work?

A. Fontana's main affiliation in the publication record is Astronomical Observatory of Rome, Italy.

How many publications and citations does A. Fontana have?

Science Explorer counts 216 works and 1,340 citations for A. Fontana, ranking #105,869 of 1,633,909 researchers worldwide on the composite 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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