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Researcher · W.M. Keck Observatory · United States

Frederic H. Chaffee

Frederic H. Chaffee publishes mostly in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, on topics such as Astronomy and Astrophysical Research, Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies and Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena.

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World rank
#350,111
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#125,601
of 1,627,098
Works
111
Citations
4.7k
Citations per work
42.0
h-index
34
i10-index 53Top 14% in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Frederic H. Chaffee

What does Frederic H. Chaffee research?

Frederic H. Chaffee's work is mostly in Physics and Astronomy (68%), Engineering (14%).

Physical Sciences: 91 works · 81.8% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 75 works · 67.9% of their workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 50 works · 45.4% of their workInstrumentation: 18 works · 16.2% of their workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 7 works · 6.3% of their workEngineering: 15 works · 13.9% of their workComputational Mechanics: 6 works · 5.6% of their workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 6 works · 5.0% of their workAerospace Engineering: 4 works · 3.3% of their workEverything else: 20 works · 18.2% of their workTHEIR WORKFrederic H.Chaffee111works
Physical Sciences82%

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 Astronomy7567.9%
    2. Engineering1513.9%
  2. Everything else2018.2%
  1. 1Astronomy and Astrophysics45% of their works
  2. 2Instrumentation16% of their works
  3. 3Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics6% of their works
  4. 4Computational Mechanics6% of their works
  5. 5Electrical and Electronic Engineering5% of their works
  6. 6Aerospace Engineering3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Frederic H. Chaffee's research?

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

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 20 words, with their numbers
  1. Astronomical Instrumentation491 topic
  2. Spectrograph491 topic
  3. Exoplanets471 topic
  4. Star Formation472 topics
  5. Stellar Astrophysics471 topic
  6. Black Holes402 topics
  7. Cosmology311 topic
  8. Galaxies311 topic
  9. Accretion Disks252 topics
  10. Magnetic Fields252 topics
  11. Gamma-Ray Bursts171 topic
  12. Optical 3D Laser Measurement171 topic
  13. Position-Sensitive Detector171 topic
  14. Supernovae171 topic
  15. Molecular Clouds161 topic
  16. Protoplanetary Disks161 topic
  17. Adaptive Optics151 topic
  18. Wavefront Sensing151 topic
  19. Event Horizon Telescope91 topic
  20. X-Ray Astronomy91 topic

Where does Frederic H. Chaffee work?

Frederic H. Chaffee's main affiliation in the publication record is W.M. Keck Observatory, United States.

How many publications and citations does Frederic H. Chaffee have?

OpenAlex counts 111 works and 4,662 citations for Frederic H. Chaffee, an h-index of 34, ranking #350,111 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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