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Researcher · Mount Wilson Observatory · United States

Harold D. Babcock

Harold D. Babcock publishes mostly in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Mechanical Engineering and Electrical and Electronic Engineering, on topics such as Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics, History and Developments in Astronomy and Welding Techniques and Residual Stresses.

OpenAlex
World rank
#1,895,005
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#579,078
of 1,627,098
Works
105
Citations
1.7k
Citations per work
16.4
h-index
16
i10-index 23Top 37% in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Harold D. Babcock

What does Harold D. Babcock research?

Harold D. Babcock's work is mostly in Physics and Astronomy (31%), Engineering (23%).

Physical Sciences: 56 works · 53.2% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 32 works · 30.6% of their workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 27 works · 25.5% of their workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 5 works · 5.1% of their workEngineering: 24 works · 22.6% of their workMechanical Engineering: 10 works · 9.7% of their workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 5 works · 5.1% of their workAerospace Engineering: 5 works · 4.6% of their workComputational Mechanics: 3 works · 3.2% of their workEverything else: 49 works · 46.8% of their workTHEIR WORKHarold D. Babcock105works
Physical Sciences53%

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 Astronomy3230.6%
    2. Engineering2422.6%
  2. Everything else4946.8%
  1. 1Astronomy and Astrophysics26% of their works
  2. 2Mechanical Engineering10% of their works
  3. 3Electrical and Electronic Engineering5% of their works
  4. 4Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics5% of their works
  5. 5Aerospace Engineering5% of their works
  6. 6Computational Mechanics3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Harold D. Babcock's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Coronal Mass Ejections, Solar Dynamics Observatory, Radio Astronomy, Transits of Venus, Residual Stress, Welding, Dimensional Metrology and Error Compensation.

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. Coronal Mass Ejections311 topic
  2. Solar Dynamics Observatory311 topic
  3. Radio Astronomy111 topic
  4. Transits of Venus111 topic
  5. Residual Stress91 topic
  6. Welding91 topic
  7. Dimensional Metrology51 topic
  8. Error Compensation51 topic
  9. Forecasting51 topic
  10. On-Orbit Performance51 topic
  11. Optical 3D Laser Measurement51 topic
  12. Partially Ordered Sets51 topic
  13. Periodic Table51 topic
  14. Position-Sensitive Detector51 topic
  15. Radiometric Calibration51 topic
  16. Solar Radiation51 topic

Where does Harold D. Babcock work?

Harold D. Babcock's main affiliation in the publication record is Mount Wilson Observatory, United States.

How many publications and citations does Harold D. Babcock have?

OpenAlex counts 105 works and 1,720 citations for Harold D. Babcock, an h-index of 16, ranking #1,895,005 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality 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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