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Researcher · Space Telescope Science Institute · United States

Charles R. Proffitt

Charles R. Proffitt publishes mostly in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Electrical and Electronic Engineering, on topics such as Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies, Astronomy and Astrophysical Research and Astro and Planetary Science.

ORCID 0000-0001-7617-5665 OpenAlex
World rank
#2,769,395
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#804,981
of 1,627,098
Works
313
Citations
5k
Citations per work
15.9
h-index
30
i10-index 52Top 17% in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Charles R. Proffitt

What does Charles R. Proffitt research?

Charles R. Proffitt's work is mostly in Physics and Astronomy (50%), Engineering (22%).

Physical Sciences: 225 works · 71.9% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 156 works · 49.8% of their workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 101 works · 32.2% of their workInstrumentation: 39 works · 12.6% of their workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 16 works · 5.0% of their workEngineering: 69 works · 22.1% of their workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 29 works · 9.3% of their workAerospace Engineering: 26 works · 8.4% of their workBiomedical Engineering: 14 works · 4.4% of their workEverything else: 88 works · 28.1% of their workTHEIR WORKCharles R.Proffitt313works
Physical Sciences72%

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 Astronomy15649.8%
    2. Engineering6922.1%
  2. Everything else8828.1%
  1. 1Astronomy and Astrophysics32% of their works
  2. 2Instrumentation13% of their works
  3. 3Electrical and Electronic Engineering9% of their works
  4. 4Aerospace Engineering8% of their works
  5. 5Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics5% of their works
  6. 6Biomedical Engineering4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Charles R. Proffitt's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Exoplanets, Stellar Astrophysics, Astronomical Instrumentation, Spectrograph, Solar System Abundances, Terrestrial Planets, CMOS Image Sensors and High-Speed Imaging.

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. Exoplanets1211 topic
  2. Stellar Astrophysics1211 topic
  3. Astronomical Instrumentation1021 topic
  4. Spectrograph1021 topic
  5. Solar System Abundances601 topic
  6. Terrestrial Planets601 topic
  7. CMOS Image Sensors491 topic
  8. High-Speed Imaging491 topic
  9. On-Orbit Performance381 topic
  10. Radiometric Calibration381 topic
  11. Molecular Clouds281 topic
  12. Star Formation281 topic
  13. Adaptive Optics251 topic
  14. Wavefront Sensing251 topic
  15. Optical 3D Laser Measurement221 topic
  16. Position-Sensitive Detector221 topic

Where does Charles R. Proffitt work?

Charles R. Proffitt's main affiliation in the publication record is Space Telescope Science Institute, United States.

How many publications and citations does Charles R. Proffitt have?

OpenAlex counts 313 works and 4,967 citations for Charles R. Proffitt, an h-index of 30, ranking #2,769,395 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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