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Researcher · University of Oxford · United Kingdom

Joseph Silk

Joseph Silk publishes mostly in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Instrumentation, on topics such as Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena, Cosmology and Gravitation Theories and Astronomy and Astrophysical Research.

ORCID 0000-0002-1566-8148 OpenAlex
World rank
#115,157
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United Kingdom
#10,897
of 90,785
Works
359
Citations
2.7k
Citations per work
7.6

What does Joseph Silk research?

Astronomy and Astrophysics: 57.1%Nuclear and High Energy Physics: 15.2%Instrumentation: 9.2%Statistical and Nonlinear Physics: 4.8%other fields: 13.7%57%top field
Astronomy and Astrophysics57.1%Nuclear and High Energy Physics15.2%Instrumentation9.2%Statistical and Nonlinear Physics4.8%other fields13.7%

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

  1. 1Astronomy and Astrophysics57% of their works
  2. 2Nuclear and High Energy Physics15% of their works
  3. 3Instrumentation9% of their works
  4. 4Statistical and Nonlinear Physics5% of their works
  5. 5Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics2% of their works
  6. 6Oceanography2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Joseph Silk's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Cosmology, Dark Matter, Star Formation, Supernovae, Black Holes, Galaxies, Cosmological Parameters and Dark Energy.

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. Cosmology962 topics
  2. Dark Matter962 topics
  3. Star Formation872 topics
  4. Supernovae732 topics
  5. Black Holes661 topic
  6. Galaxies661 topic
  7. Cosmological Parameters531 topic
  8. Dark Energy531 topic
  9. Astronomical Instrumentation441 topic
  10. Spectrograph441 topic
  11. Exoplanets381 topic
  12. Stellar Astrophysics381 topic
  13. Axions301 topic
  14. Cosmic Rays301 topic
  15. Molecular Clouds211 topic
  16. Protoplanetary Disks211 topic
  17. Gamma-Ray Bursts201 topic
  18. Neutron Stars201 topic
  19. Optics201 topic
  20. Spectroscopy201 topic

Where does Joseph Silk work?

Joseph Silk's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Oxford, United Kingdom.

How many publications and citations does Joseph Silk have?

Science Explorer counts 359 works and 2,738 citations for Joseph Silk, ranking #115,157 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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