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Researcher · Royal Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy · Belgium

Ian Thomas

Ian Thomas publishes mostly in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Aerospace Engineering and Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality, on topics such as Planetary Science and Exploration, Astro and Planetary Science and Atmospheric Ozone and Climate.

ORCID 0000-0003-3887-6668 OpenAlex
World rank
#29,092
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in Belgium
#225
of 18,604
Works
99
Citations
609
Citations per work
6.2

What does Ian Thomas research?

Astronomy and Astrophysics: 17.6%Aerospace Engineering: 12.6%Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 7.6%Atmospheric Science: 6.7%other fields: 55.5%18%top field
Astronomy and Astrophysics17.6%Aerospace Engineering12.6%Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality7.6%Atmospheric Science6.7%other fields55.5%

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

  1. 1Astronomy and Astrophysics18% of their works
  2. 2Aerospace Engineering13% of their works
  3. 3Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality8% of their works
  4. 4Atmospheric Science7% of their works
  5. 5Civil and Structural Engineering6% of their works
  6. 6Information Systems4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Ian Thomas's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Mars, Martian Surface, Solar System Abundances, Terrestrial Planets, On-Orbit Performance, Ozone Depletion, Radiometric Calibration and Stratospheric Water Vapor.

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. Mars111 topic
  2. Martian Surface111 topic
  3. Solar System Abundances71 topic
  4. Terrestrial Planets71 topic
  5. On-Orbit Performance41 topic
  6. Ozone Depletion41 topic
  7. Radiometric Calibration41 topic
  8. Stratospheric Water Vapor41 topic
  9. Concrete31 topic
  10. Cryogenic Storage31 topic
  11. High-Temperature31 topic
  12. Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG)31 topic
  13. Smoke Control31 topic
  14. Tunnel Fires31 topic
  15. Livestock Farming21 topic
  16. Sustainability21 topic

Where does Ian Thomas work?

Ian Thomas's main affiliation in the publication record is Royal Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy, Belgium.

How many publications and citations does Ian Thomas have?

Science Explorer counts 99 works and 609 citations for Ian Thomas, ranking #29,092 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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