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Researcher · South African Radio Astronomy Observatory · South Africa

L. A. Balona

L. A. Balona publishes mostly in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Computational Mechanics, on topics such as Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies, Astronomy and Astrophysical Research and Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation.

ORCID 0000-0003-1241-9792 OpenAlex
World rank
#499,077
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in South Africa
#1,484
of 5,570
Works
75
Citations
203
Citations per work
2.7

What does L. A. Balona research?

Astronomy and Astrophysics: 54.8%Instrumentation: 18.3%Computational Mechanics: 9.7%Aerospace Engineering: 3.2%other fields: 14.0%55%top field
Astronomy and Astrophysics54.8%Instrumentation18.3%Computational Mechanics9.7%Aerospace Engineering3.2%other fields14.0%

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

  1. 1Astronomy and Astrophysics55% of their works
  2. 2Instrumentation18% of their works
  3. 3Computational Mechanics10% of their works
  4. 4Aerospace Engineering3% of their works
  5. 5Ocean Engineering2% of their works
  6. 6Epidemiology2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe L. A. Balona's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Exoplanets, Stellar Astrophysics, Astronomical Instrumentation, Spectrograph, Optical 3D Laser Measurement, Position-Sensitive Detector, Solar System Abundances and Terrestrial Planets.

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. Exoplanets251 topic
  2. Stellar Astrophysics251 topic
  3. Astronomical Instrumentation171 topic
  4. Spectrograph171 topic
  5. Optical 3D Laser Measurement91 topic
  6. Position-Sensitive Detector91 topic
  7. Solar System Abundances91 topic
  8. Terrestrial Planets91 topic
  9. Molecular Clouds81 topic
  10. Star Formation81 topic
  11. Radio Astronomy41 topic
  12. Transits of Venus41 topic
  13. Coronal Mass Ejections31 topic
  14. Solar Dynamics Observatory31 topic
  15. On-Orbit Performance21 topic
  16. Radiometric Calibration21 topic

Where does L. A. Balona work?

L. A. Balona's main affiliation in the publication record is South African Radio Astronomy Observatory, South Africa.

How many publications and citations does L. A. Balona have?

Science Explorer counts 75 works and 203 citations for L. A. Balona, ranking #499,077 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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