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Researcher · Carnegie Observatories · United States

George W. Preston

George W. Preston publishes mostly in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Computational Mechanics, on topics such as Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies, Astronomy and Astrophysical Research and Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation.

OpenAlex
World rank
#97,076
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#42,553
of 358,040
Works
52
Citations
284
Citations per work
5.5

What does George W. Preston research?

Astronomy and Astrophysics: 56.1%Instrumentation: 15.8%Computational Mechanics: 10.5%Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 3.5%other fields: 14.1%56%top field
Astronomy and Astrophysics56.1%Instrumentation15.8%Computational Mechanics10.5%Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics3.5%other fields14.1%

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

  1. 1Astronomy and Astrophysics56% of their works
  2. 2Instrumentation16% of their works
  3. 3Computational Mechanics10% of their works
  4. 4Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics4% of their works
  5. 5Oceanography4% of their works
  6. 6Nuclear and High Energy Physics4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe George W. Preston's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Exoplanets, Stellar Astrophysics, Astronomical Instrumentation, Spectrograph, Optical 3D Laser Measurement, Position-Sensitive Detector, Molecular Clouds and Solar System Abundances.

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. Exoplanets171 topic
  2. Stellar Astrophysics171 topic
  3. Astronomical Instrumentation91 topic
  4. Spectrograph91 topic
  5. Optical 3D Laser Measurement61 topic
  6. Position-Sensitive Detector61 topic
  7. Molecular Clouds51 topic
  8. Solar System Abundances51 topic
  9. Star Formation51 topic
  10. Terrestrial Planets51 topic
  11. Adaptive Optics21 topic
  12. GRACE21 topic
  13. Radio Astronomy21 topic
  14. Sea Level Rise21 topic
  15. Transits of Venus21 topic
  16. Wavefront Sensing21 topic

Where does George W. Preston work?

George W. Preston's main affiliation in the publication record is Carnegie Observatories, United States.

How many publications and citations does George W. Preston have?

Science Explorer counts 52 works and 284 citations for George W. Preston, ranking #97,076 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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