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Joseph C. Shields

Joseph C. Shields publishes mostly in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Computational Mechanics, on topics such as Astronomy and Astrophysical Research, Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies and Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena.

World rank
#437,202
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#150,957
of 358,040
Works
78
Citations
386
Citations per work
4.9

What does Joseph C. Shields research?

Astronomy and Astrophysics: 56.5%Instrumentation: 14.5%Computational Mechanics: 4.8%Nuclear and High Energy Physics: 4.8%other fields: 19.4%56%top field
Astronomy and Astrophysics56.5%Instrumentation14.5%Computational Mechanics4.8%Nuclear and High Energy Physics4.8%other fields19.4%

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

  1. 1Astronomy and Astrophysics56% of their works
  2. 2Instrumentation14% of their works
  3. 3Computational Mechanics5% of their works
  4. 4Nuclear and High Energy Physics5% of their works
  5. 5Statistical and Nonlinear Physics2% of their works
  6. 6Surgery2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Joseph C. Shields's research?

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

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. Black Holes272 topics
  2. Star Formation272 topics
  3. Accretion Disks242 topics
  4. Magnetic Fields242 topics
  5. Astronomical Instrumentation181 topic
  6. Spectrograph181 topic
  7. Cosmology151 topic
  8. Exoplanets151 topic
  9. Galaxies151 topic
  10. Stellar Astrophysics151 topic
  11. Event Horizon Telescope121 topic
  12. Molecular Clouds121 topic
  13. Protoplanetary Disks121 topic
  14. X-Ray Astronomy121 topic
  15. Gamma-Ray Bursts81 topic
  16. Supernovae81 topic
  17. Optical 3D Laser Measurement61 topic
  18. Position-Sensitive Detector61 topic
  19. High-Energy Astrophysics31 topic
  20. Particle Acceleration31 topic

Where does Joseph C. Shields work?

Joseph C. Shields's main affiliation in the publication record is Ohio University, United States.

How many publications and citations does Joseph C. Shields have?

Science Explorer counts 78 works and 386 citations for Joseph C. Shields, ranking #437,202 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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