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Researcher · University of the Witwatersrand · South Africa

David L. Block

David L. Block publishes mostly in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Electrical and Electronic Engineering, on topics such as Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena, Astronomy and Astrophysical Research and Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies.

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World rank
#2,697,279
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in South Africa
#11,545
of 29,826
Works
172
Citations
2.3k
Citations per work
13.2
h-index
25
i10-index 38Top 22% in Astronomy and Astrophysics
David L. Block

What does David L. Block research?

David L. Block's work is mostly in Physics and Astronomy (58%), Engineering (9%).

Physical Sciences: 115 works · 66.7% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 99 works · 57.7% of their workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 71 works · 41.3% of their workInstrumentation: 23 works · 13.5% of their workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 5 works · 2.9% of their workEngineering: 15 works · 9.0% of their workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 6 works · 3.4% of their workComputational Mechanics: 5 works · 2.9% of their workAerospace Engineering: 5 works · 2.7% of their workEverything else: 57 works · 33.3% of their workTHEIR WORKDavid L. Block172works
Physical Sciences67%

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 Astronomy9957.7%
    2. Engineering159.0%
  2. Everything else5733.3%
  1. 1Astronomy and Astrophysics41% of their works
  2. 2Instrumentation14% of their works
  3. 3Electrical and Electronic Engineering3% of their works
  4. 4Computational Mechanics3% of their works
  5. 5Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics3% of their works
  6. 6Aerospace Engineering3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe David L. Block's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Star Formation, Cosmology, Galaxies, Astronomical Instrumentation, Spectrograph, Exoplanets, Stellar Astrophysics and Molecular Clouds.

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. Star Formation962 topics
  2. Cosmology621 topic
  3. Galaxies621 topic
  4. Astronomical Instrumentation601 topic
  5. Spectrograph601 topic
  6. Exoplanets551 topic
  7. Stellar Astrophysics551 topic
  8. Molecular Clouds341 topic
  9. Protoplanetary Disks341 topic
  10. Optical 3D Laser Measurement131 topic
  11. Position-Sensitive Detector131 topic
  12. Radio Astronomy121 topic
  13. Transits of Venus121 topic
  14. Life Cycle Assessment91 topic
  15. Solar Energy91 topic
  16. Adaptive Optics81 topic
  17. Wavefront Sensing81 topic

Where does David L. Block work?

David L. Block's main affiliation in the publication record is University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa.

How many publications and citations does David L. Block have?

OpenAlex counts 172 works and 2,266 citations for David L. Block, an h-index of 25, ranking #2,697,279 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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