George Ellis
George Ellis publishes mostly in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and History and Philosophy of Science, on topics such as Cosmology and Gravitation Theories, Relativity and Gravitational Theory and Black Holes and Theoretical Physics.
- World rank
- #165,114 of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
- Rank in South Africa
- #402 of 5,570
- Works
- 218
- Citations
- 1k
- Citations per work
- 4.8
What does George Ellis research?
Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.
- 1Astronomy and Astrophysics39% of their works
- 2Nuclear and High Energy Physics10% of their works
- 3History and Philosophy of Science6% of their works
- 4Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics3% of their works
- 5Statistical and Nonlinear Physics3% of their works
- 6Sociology and Political Science3% of their works
Research topics
Which keywords describe George Ellis's research?
The keywords of their largest research topics: General Relativity, Cosmological Parameters, Dark Energy, Quantum Gravity, Black Holes, Relativity, Unified Field Theories and Field Theories.
- Riemannian Manifolds
- Transits of Venus
- Mechanistic Explanation
- Evolutionary Synthesis
- Stellar Populations
- Cosmology
- Field Theories
- Relativity
- Quantum Gravity
- Cosmological Parameters
- General Relativity
- Dark Energy
- Black Holes
- Unified Field Theories
- Holographic
- Galaxies
- Earth Systems Science
- Gaia Hypothesis
- Radio Astronomy
- Finsler Geometry
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 20 words, with their numbers
- General Relativity542 topics
- Cosmological Parameters491 topic
- Dark Energy491 topic
- Quantum Gravity472 topics
- Black Holes312 topics
- Relativity241 topic
- Unified Field Theories241 topic
- Field Theories231 topic
- Holographic231 topic
- Cosmology132 topics
- Galaxies81 topic
- Stellar Populations81 topic
- Earth Systems Science61 topic
- Evolutionary Synthesis61 topic
- Gaia Hypothesis61 topic
- Mechanistic Explanation61 topic
- Radio Astronomy61 topic
- Transits of Venus61 topic
- Finsler Geometry51 topic
- Riemannian Manifolds51 topic
Where does George Ellis work?
George Ellis's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Cape Town, South Africa.
How many publications and citations does George Ellis have?
Science Explorer counts 218 works and 1,039 citations for George Ellis, ranking #165,114 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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