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Researcher · Space Telescope Science Institute · United States

Henry C. Ferguson

Henry C. Ferguson publishes mostly in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, on topics such as Astronomy and Astrophysical Research, Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena and Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies.

ORCID 0000-0001-7113-2738 OpenAlex
World rank
#14,463
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#5,100
of 1,627,098
Works
770
Citations
71k
Citations per work
92.6
h-index
122
i10-index 358Top 0.1% in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Henry C. Ferguson

What does Henry C. Ferguson research?

Henry C. Ferguson's work is mostly in Physics and Astronomy (82%), Engineering (6%).

Physical Sciences: 671 works · 87.2% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 628 works · 81.6% of their workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 410 works · 53.3% of their workInstrumentation: 178 works · 23.1% of their workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 22 works · 2.8% of their workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 18 works · 2.4% of their workEngineering: 43 works · 5.6% of their workComputational Mechanics: 22 works · 2.8% of their workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 22 works · 2.8% of their workEverything else: 99 works · 12.8% of their workTHEIR WORKHenry C. Ferguson770works
Physical Sciences87%

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 Astronomy62881.6%
    2. Engineering435.6%
  2. Everything else9912.8%
  1. 1Astronomy and Astrophysics53% of their works
  2. 2Instrumentation23% of their works
  3. 3Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics3% of their works
  4. 4Computational Mechanics3% of their works
  5. 5Electrical and Electronic Engineering3% of their works
  6. 6Nuclear and High Energy Physics2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Henry C. Ferguson's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Star Formation, Black Holes, Astronomical Instrumentation, Spectrograph, Cosmology, Galaxies, Exoplanets and Stellar Astrophysics.

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
  1. Star Formation5222 topics
  2. Black Holes4942 topics
  3. Astronomical Instrumentation4861 topic
  4. Spectrograph4861 topic
  5. Cosmology4371 topic
  6. Galaxies4371 topic
  7. Exoplanets2391 topic
  8. Stellar Astrophysics2391 topic
  9. Gamma-Ray Bursts1991 topic
  10. Supernovae1991 topic
  11. Accretion Disks1422 topics
  12. Magnetic Fields1422 topics
  13. Molecular Clouds851 topic
  14. Protoplanetary Disks851 topic
  15. Adaptive Optics591 topic
  16. Wavefront Sensing591 topic
  17. Optical 3D Laser Measurement581 topic
  18. Position-Sensitive Detector581 topic
  19. Event Horizon Telescope571 topic
  20. X-Ray Astronomy571 topic

Where does Henry C. Ferguson work?

Henry C. Ferguson's main affiliation in the publication record is Space Telescope Science Institute, United States.

How many publications and citations does Henry C. Ferguson have?

OpenAlex counts 770 works and 71,326 citations for Henry C. Ferguson, an h-index of 122, ranking #14,463 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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