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Researcher · University of Maryland, College Park · United States

Cyril Ponnamperuma

Cyril Ponnamperuma publishes mostly in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Molecular Biology and Ecology, on topics such as Origins and Evolution of Life, Astro and Planetary Science and Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life.

OpenAlex
World rank
#890,767
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#294,205
of 1,627,098
Works
280
Citations
7.1k
Citations per work
25.5
h-index
40
i10-index 109Top 10% in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Cyril Ponnamperuma

What does Cyril Ponnamperuma research?

Cyril Ponnamperuma's work is mostly in Physics and Astronomy (43%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (9%), Environmental Science (6%).

Physical Sciences: 159 works · 56.8% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 120 works · 43.0% of their workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 120 works · 43.0% of their workEnvironmental Science: 17 works · 6.1% of their workEcology: 17 works · 6.1% of their workChemistry: 12 works · 4.3% of their workSpectroscopy: 12 works · 4.3% of their workEngineering: 10 works · 3.4% of their workAerospace Engineering: 10 works · 3.4% of their workEverything else: 84 works · 29.9% of their workLife Sciences: 37 works · 13.3% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 25 works · 9.0% of their workMolecular Biology: 25 works · 9.0% of their workNeuroscience: 12 works · 4.3% of their workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 12 works · 4.3% of their workTHEIR WORKCyrilPonnamperuma280works
Life Sciences13%Physical Sciences57%

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 Astronomy12043.0%
    2. Environmental Science176.1%
    3. Chemistry124.3%
    4. Engineering103.4%
  2. Everything else8429.9%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology259.0%
    2. Neuroscience124.3%
  1. 1Astronomy and Astrophysics43% of their works
  2. 2Molecular Biology9% of their works
  3. 3Ecology6% of their works
  4. 4Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience4% of their works
  5. 5Spectroscopy4% of their works
  6. 6Aerospace Engineering3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Cyril Ponnamperuma's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Astrobiology, Prebiotic Chemistry, RNA World, Solar System Abundances, Terrestrial Planets, Extraterrestrial Life, SETI and Stable Isotopes.

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. Astrobiology1572 topics
  2. Prebiotic Chemistry1191 topic
  3. RNA World1191 topic
  4. Solar System Abundances661 topic
  5. Terrestrial Planets661 topic
  6. Extraterrestrial Life381 topic
  7. SETI381 topic
  8. Stable Isotopes351 topic
  9. Trophic Position351 topic
  10. Mars321 topic
  11. Martian Surface321 topic
  12. Channelrhodopsin251 topic
  13. Optogenetics251 topic
  14. Ribosome181 topic
  15. Translation181 topic
  16. Extravehicular Activity171 topic
  17. Space Suit171 topic

Where does Cyril Ponnamperuma work?

Cyril Ponnamperuma's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Maryland, College Park, United States.

How many publications and citations does Cyril Ponnamperuma have?

OpenAlex counts 280 works and 7,149 citations for Cyril Ponnamperuma, an h-index of 40, ranking #890,767 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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