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Researcher · Astronomical Observatory · Serbia

Balfour S. Whitney

Balfour S. Whitney publishes mostly in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Computational Mechanics, on topics such as Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies, Astronomy and Astrophysical Research and Historical Astronomy and Related Studies.

OpenAlex
World rank
#6,552,961
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Serbia
#12,719
of 18,168
Works
40
Citations
41
Citations per work
1.0
h-index
4
i10-index 0Top 90% in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Balfour S. Whitney

What does Balfour S. Whitney research?

Balfour S. Whitney's work is mostly in Physics and Astronomy (60%), Engineering (11%), Arts and Humanities (4%).

Physical Sciences: 29 works · 71.5% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 24 works · 60.0% of their workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 18 works · 45.7% of their workInstrumentation: 5 works · 11.4% of their workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 works · 2.9% of their workEngineering: 5 works · 11.5% of their workComputational Mechanics: 3 works · 8.6% of their workAerospace Engineering: 1 works · 2.9% of their workEverything else: 10 works · 24.7% of their workSocial Sciences: 2 works · 3.8% of their workArts and Humanities: 2 works · 3.8% of their workArcheology: 2 works · 3.8% of their workTHEIR WORKBalfour S.Whitney40works
Physical Sciences72%Social Sciences4%

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 Astronomy2460.0%
    2. Engineering511.5%
  2. Everything else1024.7%
    1. Arts and Humanities23.8%
  1. 1Astronomy and Astrophysics46% of their works
  2. 2Instrumentation11% of their works
  3. 3Computational Mechanics9% of their works
  4. 4Archeology4% of their works
  5. 5Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics3% of their works
  6. 6Aerospace Engineering3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Balfour S. Whitney's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Exoplanets, Stellar Astrophysics, Astronomical Instrumentation, Spectrograph, Antikythera Mechanism, Astronomical Calculator, Molecular Clouds and Optical 3D Laser Measurement.

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. Exoplanets191 topic
  2. Stellar Astrophysics191 topic
  3. Astronomical Instrumentation121 topic
  4. Spectrograph121 topic
  5. Antikythera Mechanism91 topic
  6. Astronomical Calculator91 topic
  7. Molecular Clouds81 topic
  8. Optical 3D Laser Measurement81 topic
  9. Position-Sensitive Detector81 topic
  10. Radio Astronomy81 topic
  11. Star Formation81 topic
  12. Transits of Venus81 topic
  13. GRACE21 topic
  14. Sea Level Rise21 topic
  15. Solar System Abundances21 topic
  16. Terrestrial Planets21 topic

Where does Balfour S. Whitney work?

Balfour S. Whitney's main affiliation in the publication record is Astronomical Observatory, Serbia.

How many publications and citations does Balfour S. Whitney have?

OpenAlex counts 40 works and 41 citations for Balfour S. Whitney, an h-index of 4, ranking #6,552,961 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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