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Alan P. Lightman

Alan P. Lightman publishes mostly in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics and Global and Planetary Change, on topics such as Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations, Cosmology and Gravitation Theories and Genetics, Bioinformatics, and Biomedical Research.

World rank
#85,711
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#37,979
of 358,040
Works
25
Citations
362
Citations per work
14.5

What does Alan P. Lightman research?

Astronomy and Astrophysics: 32.0%Statistical and Nonlinear Physics: 12.0%Global and Planetary Change: 8.0%Social Psychology: 8.0%other fields: 40.0%32%top field
Astronomy and Astrophysics32.0%Statistical and Nonlinear Physics12.0%Global and Planetary Change8.0%Social Psychology8.0%other fields40.0%

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

  1. 1Astronomy and Astrophysics32% of their works
  2. 2Statistical and Nonlinear Physics12% of their works
  3. 3Global and Planetary Change8% of their works
  4. 4Social Psychology8% of their works
  5. 5Reproductive Medicine4% of their works
  6. 6Experimental and Cognitive Psychology4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Alan P. Lightman's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Black Holes, Cosmological Parameters, Dark Energy, X-Ray Astronomy, Archery, Bioinformatics, Biomechanics and Climate Change.

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. Black Holes21 topic
  2. Cosmological Parameters21 topic
  3. Dark Energy21 topic
  4. X-Ray Astronomy21 topic
  5. Archery11 topic
  6. Bioinformatics11 topic
  7. Biomechanics11 topic
  8. Climate Change11 topic
  9. Coronal Mass Ejections11 topic
  10. Economic Growth11 topic
  11. Education11 topic
  12. Exoplanets11 topic
  13. Global Warming11 topic
  14. Nighttime Light Data11 topic
  15. Solar Dynamics Observatory11 topic
  16. Stellar Astrophysics11 topic

Where does Alan P. Lightman work?

Alan P. Lightman's main affiliation in the publication record is Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian, United States.

How many publications and citations does Alan P. Lightman have?

Science Explorer counts 25 works and 362 citations for Alan P. Lightman, ranking #85,711 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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