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Researcher · Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics · Canada

Christopher Thompson

Christopher Thompson publishes mostly in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Oceanography, on topics such as Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research, Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae and Geophysics and Gravity Measurements.

ORCID 0000-0003-4305-5653 OpenAlex
World rank
#57,241
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in Canada
#1,771
of 38,960
Works
44
Citations
509
Citations per work
11.6

What does Christopher Thompson research?

Astronomy and Astrophysics: 54.8%Nuclear and High Energy Physics: 4.8%Oceanography: 4.8%Instrumentation: 4.8%other fields: 30.8%55%top field
Astronomy and Astrophysics54.8%Nuclear and High Energy Physics4.8%Oceanography4.8%Instrumentation4.8%other fields30.8%

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

  1. 1Astronomy and Astrophysics55% of their works
  2. 2Nuclear and High Energy Physics5% of their works
  3. 3Oceanography5% of their works
  4. 4Instrumentation5% of their works
  5. 5Spectroscopy5% of their works
  6. 6Molecular Biology3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Christopher Thompson's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Gravitational Waves, Binary Black Hole, Neutron Star, Gamma-Ray Bursts, Supernovae, Astronomical Instrumentation, Exoplanets and GRACE.

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. Gravitational Waves192 topics
  2. Binary Black Hole111 topic
  3. Neutron Star111 topic
  4. Gamma-Ray Bursts81 topic
  5. Supernovae81 topic
  6. Astronomical Instrumentation31 topic
  7. Exoplanets31 topic
  8. GRACE31 topic
  9. Molecular Clouds31 topic
  10. Sea Level Rise31 topic
  11. Solar System Abundances31 topic
  12. Spectrograph31 topic
  13. Star Formation31 topic
  14. Stellar Astrophysics31 topic
  15. Terrestrial Planets31 topic
  16. Geomagnetic Field21 topic
  17. Magnetosome Formation21 topic

Where does Christopher Thompson work?

Christopher Thompson's main affiliation in the publication record is Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics, Canada.

How many publications and citations does Christopher Thompson have?

Science Explorer counts 44 works and 509 citations for Christopher Thompson, ranking #57,241 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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