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Researcher · TMT Observatory · United States

Hugh A. Thompson

Hugh A. Thompson publishes mostly in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Civil and Structural Engineering and Aerospace Engineering, on topics such as Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing, Structural Engineering and Vibration Analysis and Calibration and Measurement Techniques.

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World rank
#4,406,822
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#1,177,929
of 1,627,098
Works
42
Citations
199
Citations per work
4.7
h-index
6
i10-index 3Top 86% in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Hugh A. Thompson

What does Hugh A. Thompson research?

Hugh A. Thompson's work is mostly in Engineering (32%), Physics and Astronomy (14%), Medicine (6%).

Everything else: 21 works · 48.9% of their workPhysical Sciences: 19 works · 45.3% of their workEngineering: 13 works · 31.8% of their workCivil and Structural Engineering: 4 works · 10.6% of their workAerospace Engineering: 4 works · 8.7% of their workMechanical Engineering: 3 works · 6.7% of their workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 works · 5.8% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 6 works · 13.5% of their workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 6 works · 13.5% of their workHealth Sciences: 2 works · 5.8% of their workMedicine: 2 works · 5.8% of their workSurgery: 2 works · 5.8% of their workTHEIR WORKHugh A. Thompson42works
Physical Sciences45%Health Sciences6%

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. Everything else2148.9%
    1. Engineering1331.8%
    2. Physics and Astronomy613.5%
    1. Medicine25.8%
  1. 1Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics14% of their works
  2. 2Civil and Structural Engineering11% of their works
  3. 3Aerospace Engineering9% of their works
  4. 4Mechanical Engineering7% of their works
  5. 5Surgery6% of their works
  6. 6Control and Systems Engineering6% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Hugh A. Thompson's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Adaptive Optics, Wavefront Sensing, Footbridges, Vibration Serviceability, Astronomical Instrumentation, Bone Healing, Fracture Epidemiology and On-Orbit Performance.

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. Adaptive Optics141 topic
  2. Wavefront Sensing141 topic
  3. Footbridges61 topic
  4. Vibration Serviceability61 topic
  5. Astronomical Instrumentation41 topic
  6. Bone Healing41 topic
  7. Fracture Epidemiology41 topic
  8. On-Orbit Performance41 topic
  9. Radiometric Calibration41 topic
  10. Spectrograph41 topic
  11. Stirling Engines41 topic
  12. Thermoacoustic41 topic
  13. Axially Moving Systems31 topic
  14. Compound Eyes31 topic
  15. Freeform Optics31 topic
  16. Vibration Analysis31 topic

Where does Hugh A. Thompson work?

Hugh A. Thompson's main affiliation in the publication record is TMT Observatory, United States.

How many publications and citations does Hugh A. Thompson have?

OpenAlex counts 42 works and 199 citations for Hugh A. Thompson, an h-index of 6, ranking #4,406,822 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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