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Researcher · Royal Observatory · United Kingdom

David A. Pickup

David A. Pickup publishes mostly in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Electrical and Electronic Engineering, on topics such as Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation, Astronomy and Astrophysical Research and Advanced Semiconductor Detectors and Materials.

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World rank
#6,492,812
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United Kingdom
#348,010
of 367,258
Works
20
Citations
80
Citations per work
4.0
h-index
6
i10-index 3Top 79% in Astronomy and Astrophysics
David A. Pickup

What does David A. Pickup research?

David A. Pickup's work is mostly in Physics and Astronomy (35%), Engineering (31%), Chemistry (8%).

Physical Sciences: 15 works · 73.1% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 7 works · 34.7% of their workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 4 works · 21.2% of their workInstrumentation: 3 works · 13.5% of their workEngineering: 6 works · 30.7% of their workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 works · 11.5% of their workAerospace Engineering: 2 works · 9.6% of their workComputational Mechanics: 2 works · 9.6% of their workChemistry: 2 works · 7.7% of their workSpectroscopy: 2 works · 7.7% of their workEverything else: 5 works · 26.9% of their workTHEIR WORKDavid A. Pickup20works
Physical Sciences73%

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 Astronomy734.7%
    2. Engineering630.7%
    3. Chemistry27.7%
  2. Everything else526.9%
  1. 1Astronomy and Astrophysics21% of their works
  2. 2Instrumentation14% of their works
  3. 3Electrical and Electronic Engineering12% of their works
  4. 4Computational Mechanics10% of their works
  5. 5Aerospace Engineering10% of their works
  6. 6Spectroscopy8% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe David A. Pickup's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Astronomical Instrumentation, Optical 3D Laser Measurement, Position-Sensitive Detector, Spectrograph, Infrared Detectors, Semiconductor Materials, Solar System Abundances and Terrestrial Planets.

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. The words come from the keyword list OpenAlex gives each topic, not from the text of the papers, so a word can appear that none of the papers uses.

All 16 words, with their numbers
  1. Astronomical Instrumentation51 topic
  2. Optical 3D Laser Measurement51 topic
  3. Position-Sensitive Detector51 topic
  4. Spectrograph51 topic
  5. Infrared Detectors41 topic
  6. Semiconductor Materials41 topic
  7. Solar System Abundances41 topic
  8. Terrestrial Planets41 topic
  9. Spectroscopic Databases31 topic
  10. Terahertz Quantum-Cascade Lasers31 topic
  11. Exoplanets21 topic
  12. GRACE21 topic
  13. Inertial Navigation Systems21 topic
  14. Sea Level Rise21 topic
  15. Sensor Fusion21 topic
  16. Stellar Astrophysics21 topic

Where does David A. Pickup work?

David A. Pickup's main affiliation in the publication record is Royal Observatory, United Kingdom.

How many publications and citations does David A. Pickup have?

OpenAlex counts 20 works and 80 citations for David A. Pickup, an h-index of 6, ranking #6,492,812 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised citation 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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