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Researcher · Russian State Library · Russia

Ian Ridpath

Ian Ridpath publishes mostly in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Political Science and International Relations and Archeology, on topics such as History and Developments in Astronomy, Historical Astronomy and Related Studies and Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life.

OpenAlex
World rank
#7,595,445
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Russia
#167,184
of 179,717
Works
125
Citations
106
Citations per work
0.8
h-index
5
i10-index 3Top 84% in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Ian Ridpath

What does Ian Ridpath research?

Ian Ridpath's work is mostly in Physics and Astronomy (50%), Social Sciences (12%), Arts and Humanities (5%).

Physical Sciences: 66 works · 52.9% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 63 works · 50.4% of their workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 63 works · 50.4% of their workEnvironmental Science: 3 works · 2.5% of their workGlobal and Planetary Change: 3 works · 2.5% of their workEverything else: 35 works · 27.9% of their workSocial Sciences: 24 works · 19.2% of their workSocial Sciences: 15 works · 12.1% of their workPolitical Science and International Relations: 11 works · 8.8% of their workGeography, Planning and Development: 4 works · 3.3% of their workArts and Humanities: 6 works · 4.6% of their workArcheology: 6 works · 4.6% of their workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 works · 2.5% of their workEconomics and Econometrics: 3 works · 2.5% of their workTHEIR WORKIan Ridpath125works
Physical Sciences53%Social Sciences19%

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 Astronomy6350.4%
    2. Environmental Science32.5%
  2. Everything else3527.9%
    1. Social Sciences1512.1%
    2. Arts and Humanities64.6%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance32.5%
  1. 1Astronomy and Astrophysics50% of their works
  2. 2Political Science and International Relations9% of their works
  3. 3Archeology5% of their works
  4. 4Geography, Planning and Development3% of their works
  5. 5Economics and Econometrics2% of their works
  6. 6Global and Planetary Change2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Ian Ridpath's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Radio Astronomy, Transits of Venus, Historical Astronomy, Antikythera Mechanism, Astronomical Calculator, Astrobiology, Extraterrestrial Life and International Law.

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. The words come from the keyword list OpenAlex gives each topic, not from the text of the papers, so a word can appear that none of the papers uses.

All 17 words, with their numbers
  1. Radio Astronomy431 topic
  2. Transits of Venus431 topic
  3. Historical Astronomy382 topics
  4. Antikythera Mechanism291 topic
  5. Astronomical Calculator291 topic
  6. Astrobiology161 topic
  7. Extraterrestrial Life161 topic
  8. International Law101 topic
  9. Regulatory Policymaking101 topic
  10. Solar System Abundances101 topic
  11. Space Policy101 topic
  12. Space Tourism101 topic
  13. Terrestrial Planets101 topic
  14. Archaeoastronomy91 topic
  15. Cultural Landscapes91 topic
  16. Geodesy71 topic
  17. Map Projections71 topic

Where does Ian Ridpath work?

Ian Ridpath's main affiliation in the publication record is Russian State Library, Russia.

How many publications and citations does Ian Ridpath have?

OpenAlex counts 125 works and 106 citations for Ian Ridpath, an h-index of 5, ranking #7,595,445 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised citation 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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