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Researcher · Newcastle upon Tyne Hospital · United Kingdom

Alexander S. Herschel

Alexander S. Herschel publishes mostly in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, on topics such as Astro and Planetary Science, History and Developments in Astronomy and Historical Astronomy and Related Studies.

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World rank
#4,133,270
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United Kingdom
#262,053
of 367,258
Works
89
Citations
67
Citations per work
0.8
h-index
4
i10-index 1Top 90% in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Alexander S. Herschel

What does Alexander S. Herschel research?

Alexander S. Herschel's work is mostly in Physics and Astronomy (51%), Arts and Humanities (6%), Chemistry (4%).

Physical Sciences: 49 works · 55.5% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 46 works · 51.4% of their workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 40 works · 45.0% of their workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 3 works · 3.5% of their workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 3 works · 2.9% of their workChemistry: 4 works · 4.1% of their workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 4 works · 4.1% of their workEverything else: 34 works · 38.7% of their workSocial Sciences: 5 works · 5.8% of their workArts and Humanities: 5 works · 5.8% of their workArcheology: 3 works · 2.9% of their workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 3 works · 2.9% of their workTHEIR WORKAlexander S.Herschel89works
Physical Sciences56%Social Sciences6%

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 Astronomy4651.4%
    2. Chemistry44.1%
  2. Everything else3438.7%
    1. Arts and Humanities55.8%
  1. 1Astronomy and Astrophysics45% of their works
  2. 2Physical and Theoretical Chemistry4% of their works
  3. 3Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics4% of their works
  4. 4Statistical and Nonlinear Physics3% of their works
  5. 5Archeology3% of their works
  6. 6History and Philosophy of Science3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Alexander S. Herschel's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Solar System Abundances, Terrestrial Planets, Radio Astronomy, Transits of Venus, Antikythera Mechanism, Astronomical Calculator, Mars and Martian Surface.

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. The words come from the keyword list OpenAlex gives each topic, not from the text of the papers, so a word can appear that none of the papers uses.

All 16 words, with their numbers
  1. Solar System Abundances271 topic
  2. Terrestrial Planets271 topic
  3. Radio Astronomy181 topic
  4. Transits of Venus181 topic
  5. Antikythera Mechanism131 topic
  6. Astronomical Calculator131 topic
  7. Mars71 topic
  8. Martian Surface71 topic
  9. Climate Change41 topic
  10. Coronal Mass Ejections41 topic
  11. Experimental Tools41 topic
  12. Paleoclimatology41 topic
  13. Partially Ordered Sets41 topic
  14. Periodic Table41 topic
  15. Smartphones41 topic
  16. Solar Dynamics Observatory41 topic

Where does Alexander S. Herschel work?

Alexander S. Herschel's main affiliation in the publication record is Newcastle upon Tyne Hospital, United Kingdom.

How many publications and citations does Alexander S. Herschel have?

OpenAlex counts 89 works and 67 citations for Alexander S. Herschel, an h-index of 4, ranking #4,133,270 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised citation 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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