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Researcher · Carnegie Observatories · United States

Ian B. Thompson

Ian B. Thompson 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.

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World rank
#231,930
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#91,765
of 358,040
Works
24
Citations
198
Citations per work
8.3

What does Ian B. Thompson research?

Astronomy and Astrophysics: 52.8%Instrumentation: 19.4%Computational Mechanics: 13.9%Electrical and Electronic Engineering: 2.8%other fields: 11.1%53%top field
Astronomy and Astrophysics52.8%Instrumentation19.4%Computational Mechanics13.9%Electrical and Electronic Engineering2.8%other fields11.1%

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

  1. 1Astronomy and Astrophysics53% of their works
  2. 2Instrumentation19% of their works
  3. 3Computational Mechanics14% of their works
  4. 4Electrical and Electronic Engineering3% of their works
  5. 5Biomedical Engineering3% of their works
  6. 6Oceanography3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Ian B. Thompson'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 Star Formation.

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. Exoplanets101 topic
  2. Stellar Astrophysics101 topic
  3. Astronomical Instrumentation71 topic
  4. Spectrograph71 topic
  5. Optical 3D Laser Measurement51 topic
  6. Position-Sensitive Detector51 topic
  7. Molecular Clouds41 topic
  8. Star Formation41 topic
  9. Solar System Abundances31 topic
  10. Terrestrial Planets31 topic
  11. Archery11 topic
  12. Biomechanics11 topic
  13. Free-Electron Lasers11 topic
  14. GRACE11 topic
  15. Sea Level Rise11 topic
  16. X-Ray11 topic

Where does Ian B. Thompson work?

Ian B. Thompson's main affiliation in the publication record is Carnegie Observatories, United States.

How many publications and citations does Ian B. Thompson have?

Science Explorer counts 24 works and 198 citations for Ian B. Thompson, ranking #231,930 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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