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Researcher · Mount Wilson Observatory · United States

Alfred H. Joy

Alfred H. Joy 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
#1,587,709
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#494,474
of 1,627,098
Works
231
Citations
3.3k
Citations per work
14.4
h-index
24
i10-index 41Top 23% in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Alfred H. Joy

What does Alfred H. Joy research?

Alfred H. Joy's work is mostly in Physics and Astronomy (64%), Engineering (13%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (2%).

Physical Sciences: 184 works · 79.6% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 148 works · 64.0% of their workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 112 works · 48.3% of their workInstrumentation: 31 works · 13.5% of their workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 5 works · 2.2% of their workEngineering: 31 works · 13.4% of their workComputational Mechanics: 27 works · 11.9% of their workMechanical Engineering: 3 works · 1.5% of their workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 5 works · 2.2% of their workOceanography: 5 works · 2.2% of their workEverything else: 47 works · 20.4% of their workTHEIR WORKAlfred H. Joy231works
Physical Sciences80%

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 Astronomy14864.0%
    2. Engineering3113.4%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences52.2%
  2. Everything else4720.4%
  1. 1Astronomy and Astrophysics48% of their works
  2. 2Instrumentation14% of their works
  3. 3Computational Mechanics12% of their works
  4. 4Oceanography2% of their works
  5. 5Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics2% of their works
  6. 6Mechanical Engineering2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Alfred H. Joy'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. Exoplanets1091 topic
  2. Stellar Astrophysics1091 topic
  3. Astronomical Instrumentation791 topic
  4. Spectrograph791 topic
  5. Optical 3D Laser Measurement691 topic
  6. Position-Sensitive Detector691 topic
  7. Radio Astronomy691 topic
  8. Transits of Venus691 topic
  9. Antikythera Mechanism371 topic
  10. Astronomical Calculator371 topic
  11. Solar System Abundances261 topic
  12. Terrestrial Planets261 topic
  13. GRACE131 topic
  14. Sea Level Rise131 topic
  15. Molecular Clouds101 topic
  16. Star Formation101 topic

Where does Alfred H. Joy work?

Alfred H. Joy's main affiliation in the publication record is Mount Wilson Observatory, United States.

How many publications and citations does Alfred H. Joy have?

OpenAlex counts 231 works and 3,319 citations for Alfred H. Joy, an h-index of 24, ranking #1,587,709 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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