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Researcher · UK Astronomy Technology Centre · United Kingdom

Brian O’Sullivan

Brian O’Sullivan publishes mostly in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, on topics such as Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies, Astronomy and Astrophysical Research and Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing.

ORCID 0000-0003-1462-9937 OpenAlex
World rank
#2,464,285
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United Kingdom
#174,658
of 367,258
Works
17
Citations
1.3k
Citations per work
74.1
h-index
8
i10-index 8Top 72% in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Brian O’Sullivan

What does Brian O’Sullivan research?

Brian O’Sullivan's work is mostly in Physics and Astronomy (81%), Engineering (4%), Computer Science (2%).

Physical Sciences: 15 works · 87.5% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 14 works · 81.2% of their workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 6 works · 37.5% of their workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 4 works · 20.8% of their workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 2 works · 12.5% of their workInstrumentation: 2 works · 10.4% of their workEngineering: 1 works · 4.2% of their workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 works · 4.2% of their workComputer Science: 0 works · 2.1% of their workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 works · 2.1% of their workEverything else: 2 works · 12.5% of their workTHEIR WORKBrian O’Sullivan17works
Physical Sciences88%

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 Astronomy1481.2%
    2. Engineering14.2%
    3. Computer Science02.1%
  2. Everything else212.5%
  1. 1Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics38% of their works
  2. 2Astronomy and Astrophysics21% of their works
  3. 3Statistical and Nonlinear Physics12% of their works
  4. 4Instrumentation10% of their works
  5. 5Electrical and Electronic Engineering4% of their works
  6. 6Human-Computer Interaction2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Brian O’Sullivan's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Quantum Information, Quantum Gravity, Astronomical Instrumentation, Exoplanets, Spectrograph, Stellar Astrophysics, Adaptive Optics and Quantum Simulation.

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 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Quantum Information72 topics
  2. Quantum Gravity62 topics
  3. Astronomical Instrumentation51 topic
  4. Exoplanets51 topic
  5. Spectrograph51 topic
  6. Stellar Astrophysics51 topic
  7. Adaptive Optics41 topic
  8. Quantum Simulation41 topic
  9. Ultracold Gases41 topic
  10. Wavefront Sensing41 topic
  11. Bell Inequality31 topic
  12. Cantorian-Fractal31 topic
  13. Decoherence31 topic
  14. E-Infinity Theory31 topic
  15. Relativity31 topic
  16. Unified Field Theories31 topic
  17. Atomic Magnetometer21 topic
  18. Magnetic Resonance Imaging21 topic

Where does Brian O’Sullivan work?

Brian O’Sullivan's main affiliation in the publication record is UK Astronomy Technology Centre, United Kingdom.

How many publications and citations does Brian O’Sullivan have?

OpenAlex counts 17 works and 1,259 citations for Brian O’Sullivan, an h-index of 8, ranking #2,464,285 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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