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Researcher · National Institute of Standards and Technology · United States

D.W. Allan

D.W. Allan publishes mostly in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Aerospace Engineering and Astronomy and Astrophysics, on topics such as Advanced Frequency and Time Standards, GNSS positioning and interference and Geophysics and Sensor Technology.

OpenAlex
World rank
#35,995
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#16,714
of 358,040
Works
47
Citations
344
Citations per work
7.3

What does D.W. Allan research?

Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 30.8%Aerospace Engineering: 11.5%Astronomy and Astrophysics: 9.6%Ocean Engineering: 7.7%other fields: 40.4%31%top field
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics30.8%Aerospace Engineering11.5%Astronomy and Astrophysics9.6%Ocean Engineering7.7%other fields40.4%

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

  1. 1Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics31% of their works
  2. 2Aerospace Engineering12% of their works
  3. 3Astronomy and Astrophysics10% of their works
  4. 4Ocean Engineering8% of their works
  5. 5Computer Networks and Communications6% of their works
  6. 6Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty6% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe D.W. Allan's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Atomic Clocks, Optical Clocks, Global Navigation Satellite Systems, GNSS, Ring Laser Gyroscope, Rotational Seismology, Measurement Uncertainty 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.

All 16 words, with their numbers
  1. Atomic Clocks111 topic
  2. Optical Clocks111 topic
  3. GNSS41 topic
  4. Global Navigation Satellite Systems41 topic
  5. Ring Laser Gyroscope41 topic
  6. Rotational Seismology41 topic
  7. Measurement Uncertainty31 topic
  8. Quantum Simulation31 topic
  9. Redefinition of SI Units31 topic
  10. Ultracold Gases31 topic
  11. Clock Synchronization21 topic
  12. GRACE21 topic
  13. Inertial Navigation Systems21 topic
  14. Sea Level Rise21 topic
  15. Sensor Fusion21 topic
  16. Wireless Sensor Networks21 topic

Where does D.W. Allan work?

D.W. Allan's main affiliation in the publication record is National Institute of Standards and Technology, United States.

How many publications and citations does D.W. Allan have?

Science Explorer counts 47 works and 344 citations for D.W. Allan, ranking #35,995 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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