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George Gamow

George Gamow publishes mostly in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Molecular Biology, on topics such as History and Developments in Astronomy, Astro and Planetary Science and Astronomy and Astrophysical Research.

World rank
#19,752
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#9,396
of 358,040
Works
59
Citations
453
Citations per work
7.7

What does George Gamow research?

Astronomy and Astrophysics: 32.3%Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 6.2%Molecular Biology: 6.2%History and Philosophy of Science: 6.2%other fields: 49.1%32%top field
Astronomy and Astrophysics32.3%Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics6.2%Molecular Biology6.2%History and Philosophy of Science6.2%other fields49.1%

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

  1. 1Astronomy and Astrophysics32% of their works
  2. 2Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics6% of their works
  3. 3Molecular Biology6% of their works
  4. 4History and Philosophy of Science6% of their works
  5. 5Instrumentation6% of their works
  6. 6Literature and Literary Theory6% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe George Gamow's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Radio Astronomy, Transits of Venus, Astronomical Instrumentation, Solar System Abundances, Spectrograph, Terrestrial Planets, Cosmological Parameters and Dark Energy.

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 16 words, with their numbers
  1. Radio Astronomy51 topic
  2. Transits of Venus51 topic
  3. Astronomical Instrumentation41 topic
  4. Solar System Abundances41 topic
  5. Spectrograph41 topic
  6. Terrestrial Planets41 topic
  7. Cosmological Parameters31 topic
  8. Dark Energy31 topic
  9. Exoplanets31 topic
  10. Stellar Astrophysics31 topic
  11. GRACE21 topic
  12. Partially Ordered Sets21 topic
  13. Periodic Table21 topic
  14. Python21 topic
  15. Scientific Computing21 topic
  16. Sea Level Rise21 topic

Where does George Gamow work?

George Gamow's main affiliation in the publication record is George Washington University, United States.

How many publications and citations does George Gamow have?

Science Explorer counts 59 works and 453 citations for George Gamow, ranking #19,752 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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