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Researcher · Lancaster University · United Kingdom

João Calhau

João Calhau publishes mostly in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Computational Mechanics, on topics such as Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena, Astronomy and Astrophysical Research and Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae.

ORCID 0000-0003-1803-6899 OpenAlex
World rank
#1,236,491
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United Kingdom
#97,584
of 367,258
Works
45
Citations
1.1k
Citations per work
25.2
h-index
17
i10-index 21Top 34% in Astronomy and Astrophysics
João Calhau

What does João Calhau research?

João Calhau's work is mostly in Physics and Astronomy (89%), Engineering (9%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (1%).

Physical Sciences: 44 works · 97.9% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 40 works · 88.8% of their workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 28 works · 61.7% of their workInstrumentation: 11 works · 24.1% of their workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 1 works · 3.0% of their workEngineering: 4 works · 9.1% of their workComputational Mechanics: 3 works · 6.8% of their workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 works · 2.3% of their workEverything else: 1 works · 1.3% of their workLife Sciences: 0 works · 0.8% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 works · 0.8% of their workBiophysics: 0 works · 0.8% of their workTHEIR WORKJoão Calhau45works
Life Sciences1%Physical Sciences98%

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 Astronomy4088.8%
    2. Engineering49.1%
  2. Everything else11.3%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.8%
  1. 1Astronomy and Astrophysics62% of their works
  2. 2Instrumentation24% of their works
  3. 3Computational Mechanics7% of their works
  4. 4Nuclear and High Energy Physics3% of their works
  5. 5Electrical and Electronic Engineering2% of their works
  6. 6Biophysics1% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe João Calhau's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Star Formation, Black Holes, Cosmology, Galaxies, Astronomical Instrumentation, Spectrograph, Accretion Disks and Magnetic Fields.

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 Formation492 topics
  2. Black Holes462 topics
  3. Cosmology391 topic
  4. Galaxies391 topic
  5. Astronomical Instrumentation321 topic
  6. Spectrograph321 topic
  7. Accretion Disks172 topics
  8. Magnetic Fields172 topics
  9. Gamma-Ray Bursts121 topic
  10. Supernovae121 topic
  11. Exoplanets101 topic
  12. Molecular Clouds101 topic
  13. Protoplanetary Disks101 topic
  14. Stellar Astrophysics101 topic
  15. Optical 3D Laser Measurement81 topic
  16. Position-Sensitive Detector81 topic
  17. Event Horizon Telescope71 topic
  18. X-Ray Astronomy71 topic
  19. CMOS Image Sensors31 topic
  20. High-Speed Imaging31 topic

Where does João Calhau work?

João Calhau's main affiliation in the publication record is Lancaster University, United Kingdom.

How many publications and citations does João Calhau have?

OpenAlex counts 45 works and 1,135 citations for João Calhau, an h-index of 17, ranking #1,236,491 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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