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Researcher · Furman University · United States

George C. Shields

George C. Shields publishes mostly in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Atmospheric Science and Spectroscopy, on topics such as Advanced Chemical Physics Studies, Atmospheric Ozone and Climate and Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols.

ORCID 0000-0003-1287-8585 OpenAlex
World rank
#846,270
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#280,831
of 1,627,098
Works
191
Citations
8.8k
Citations per work
46.1
h-index
43
i10-index 98Top 3.8% in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
George C. Shields

What does George C. Shields research?

George C. Shields's work is mostly in Chemistry (27%), Physics and Astronomy (18%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (16%).

Physical Sciences: 118 works · 61.7% of their workChemistry: 52 works · 27.4% of their workSpectroscopy: 27 works · 13.9% of their workOrganic Chemistry: 17 works · 8.7% of their workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 9 works · 4.8% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 35 works · 18.4% of their workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 35 works · 18.4% of their workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 30 works · 15.9% of their workAtmospheric Science: 30 works · 15.9% of their workEverything else: 55 works · 29.0% of their workLife Sciences: 18 works · 9.3% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 18 works · 9.3% of their workMolecular Biology: 18 works · 9.3% of their workTHEIR WORKGeorge C. Shields191works
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences62%

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. Chemistry5227.4%
    2. Physics and Astronomy3518.4%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences3015.9%
  2. Everything else5529.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology189.3%
  1. 1Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics18% of their works
  2. 2Atmospheric Science16% of their works
  3. 3Spectroscopy14% of their works
  4. 4Molecular Biology9% of their works
  5. 5Organic Chemistry9% of their works
  6. 6Physical and Theoretical Chemistry5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe George C. Shields's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Density Functional Theory, Dispersion Correction, Ozone Depletion, Stratospheric Water Vapor, Atmospheric Aerosols, Black Carbon, Molecular Structure and Rotational Spectroscopy.

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. Density Functional Theory581 topic
  2. Dispersion Correction581 topic
  3. Ozone Depletion471 topic
  4. Stratospheric Water Vapor471 topic
  5. Atmospheric Aerosols321 topic
  6. Black Carbon321 topic
  7. Molecular Structure251 topic
  8. Rotational Spectroscopy251 topic
  9. Photosynthesis201 topic
  10. Quantum Coherence201 topic
  11. Ionization181 topic
  12. Mass Spectrometry181 topic
  13. Antioxidant161 topic
  14. Phenolic Compounds161 topic
  15. Spectroscopic Databases131 topic
  16. Terahertz Quantum-Cascade Lasers131 topic

Where does George C. Shields work?

George C. Shields's main affiliation in the publication record is Furman University, United States.

How many publications and citations does George C. Shields have?

OpenAlex counts 191 works and 8,809 citations for George C. Shields, an h-index of 43, ranking #846,270 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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