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Alan Heavens

Alan Heavens publishes mostly in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Nuclear and High Energy Physics, on topics such as Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena, Cosmology and Gravitation Theories and Astronomy and Astrophysical Research.

World rank
#14,049
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United Kingdom
#1,280
of 90,785
Works
88
Citations
1.2k
Citations per work
14.2

What does Alan Heavens research?

Astronomy and Astrophysics: 51.9%Instrumentation: 11.5%Nuclear and High Energy Physics: 5.8%Statistical and Nonlinear Physics: 4.8%other fields: 26.0%52%top field
Astronomy and Astrophysics51.9%Instrumentation11.5%Nuclear and High Energy Physics5.8%Statistical and Nonlinear Physics4.8%other fields26.0%

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

  1. 1Astronomy and Astrophysics52% of their works
  2. 2Instrumentation12% of their works
  3. 3Nuclear and High Energy Physics6% of their works
  4. 4Statistical and Nonlinear Physics5% of their works
  5. 5Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics4% of their works
  6. 6Computational Mechanics3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Alan Heavens's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Cosmology, Galaxies, Supernovae, Cosmological Parameters, Dark Energy, Astronomical Instrumentation, Spectrograph and Exoplanets.

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 17 words, with their numbers
  1. Cosmology201 topic
  2. Galaxies201 topic
  3. Supernovae192 topics
  4. Cosmological Parameters141 topic
  5. Dark Energy141 topic
  6. Astronomical Instrumentation121 topic
  7. Spectrograph121 topic
  8. Exoplanets51 topic
  9. Gamma-Ray Bursts51 topic
  10. Neutron Stars51 topic
  11. Stellar Astrophysics51 topic
  12. High-Energy Astrophysics41 topic
  13. Particle Acceleration41 topic
  14. GRACE31 topic
  15. Optical 3D Laser Measurement31 topic
  16. Position-Sensitive Detector31 topic
  17. Sea Level Rise31 topic

Where does Alan Heavens work?

Alan Heavens's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom.

How many publications and citations does Alan Heavens have?

Science Explorer counts 88 works and 1,246 citations for Alan Heavens, ranking #14,049 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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