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Researcher · University of the West of Scotland · United Kingdom

Des Gibson

Des Gibson publishes mostly in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Materials Chemistry and Surfaces, Coatings and Films, on topics such as Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research, High-pressure geophysics and materials and Metal and Thin Film Mechanics.

ORCID 0000-0003-2851-0072 OpenAlex
World rank
#52,250
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United Kingdom
#4,948
of 90,785
Works
61
Citations
581
Citations per work
9.5

What does Des Gibson research?

Astronomy and Astrophysics: 23.6%Materials Chemistry: 12.5%Surfaces, Coatings and Films: 6.9%Mechanics of Materials: 6.9%other fields: 50.1%24%top field
Astronomy and Astrophysics23.6%Materials Chemistry12.5%Surfaces, Coatings and Films6.9%Mechanics of Materials6.9%other fields50.1%

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

  1. 1Astronomy and Astrophysics24% of their works
  2. 2Materials Chemistry12% of their works
  3. 3Surfaces, Coatings and Films7% of their works
  4. 4Mechanics of Materials7% of their works
  5. 5Geophysics6% of their works
  6. 6Biomedical Engineering6% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Des Gibson's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Gravitational Waves, Binary Black Hole, Neutron Star, Nanostructures, Antireflective Coatings, Crystal Structure Prediction, Gamma-Ray Bursts and Mantle Dynamics.

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 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Gravitational Waves132 topics
  2. Binary Black Hole91 topic
  3. Neutron Star91 topic
  4. Nanostructures72 topics
  5. Antireflective Coatings41 topic
  6. Crystal Structure Prediction41 topic
  7. Gamma-Ray Bursts41 topic
  8. Mantle Dynamics41 topic
  9. Nanoindentation41 topic
  10. Supernovae41 topic
  11. Thin Films41 topic
  12. Thin-Film Materials41 topic
  13. Black Holes31 topic
  14. Semiconductors31 topic
  15. X-Ray Astronomy31 topic
  16. Zinc Oxide31 topic
  17. GRACE21 topic
  18. Sea Level Rise21 topic

Where does Des Gibson work?

Des Gibson's main affiliation in the publication record is University of the West of Scotland, United Kingdom.

How many publications and citations does Des Gibson have?

Science Explorer counts 61 works and 581 citations for Des Gibson, ranking #52,250 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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