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Researcher · Royal Observatory · United Kingdom

Colin M. Humphries

Colin M. Humphries publishes mostly in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Aerospace Engineering, on topics such as Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing, Calibration and Measurement Techniques and Astronomy and Astrophysical Research.

OpenAlex
World rank
#4,681,570
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United Kingdom
#287,312
of 367,258
Works
64
Citations
363
Citations per work
5.7
h-index
8
i10-index 7Top 72% in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Colin M. Humphries

What does Colin M. Humphries research?

Colin M. Humphries's work is mostly in Physics and Astronomy (49%), Engineering (30%).

Physical Sciences: 51 works · 79.1% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 31 works · 48.6% of their workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 14 works · 21.1% of their workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 12 works · 18.7% of their workInstrumentation: 6 works · 8.8% of their workEngineering: 20 works · 30.5% of their workAerospace Engineering: 7 works · 11.7% of their workBiomedical Engineering: 6 works · 9.4% of their workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 6 works · 9.4% of their workEverything else: 13 works · 20.9% of their workTHEIR WORKColin M.Humphries64works
Physical Sciences79%

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 Astronomy3148.6%
    2. Engineering2030.5%
  2. Everything else1320.9%
  1. 1Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics21% of their works
  2. 2Astronomy and Astrophysics19% of their works
  3. 3Aerospace Engineering12% of their works
  4. 4Electrical and Electronic Engineering9% of their works
  5. 5Biomedical Engineering9% of their works
  6. 6Instrumentation9% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Colin M. Humphries's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Adaptive Optics, Wavefront Sensing, Astronomical Instrumentation, On-Orbit Performance, Radiometric Calibration, Spectrograph, Laser and Semiconductor.

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. Adaptive Optics311 topic
  2. Wavefront Sensing311 topic
  3. Astronomical Instrumentation151 topic
  4. On-Orbit Performance151 topic
  5. Radiometric Calibration151 topic
  6. Spectrograph151 topic
  7. Laser141 topic
  8. Semiconductor141 topic
  9. Compound Eyes131 topic
  10. Freeform Optics131 topic
  11. Exoplanets111 topic
  12. Stellar Astrophysics111 topic
  13. Optical 3D Laser Measurement91 topic
  14. Position-Sensitive Detector91 topic
  15. Radio Astronomy81 topic
  16. Transits of Venus81 topic

Where does Colin M. Humphries work?

Colin M. Humphries's main affiliation in the publication record is Royal Observatory, United Kingdom.

How many publications and citations does Colin M. Humphries have?

OpenAlex counts 64 works and 363 citations for Colin M. Humphries, an h-index of 8, ranking #4,681,570 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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