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Researcher · National Observatory · Brazil

L. A. N. da Costa

L. A. N. da Costa publishes mostly in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Computational Mechanics, on topics such as Astronomy and Astrophysical Research, Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation and Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena.

OpenAlex
World rank
#1,001,945
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Brazil
#6,350
of 253,246
Works
31
Citations
2.2k
Citations per work
69.4
h-index
13
i10-index 14Top 45% in Astronomy and Astrophysics
L. A. N. da Costa

What does L. A. N. da Costa research?

L. A. N. da Costa's work is mostly in Physics and Astronomy (63%), Engineering (18%).

Physical Sciences: 25 works · 81.0% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 20 works · 63.1% of their workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 11 works · 36.9% of their workInstrumentation: 6 works · 19.0% of their workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 works · 3.6% of their workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 1 works · 3.6% of their workEngineering: 6 works · 17.9% of their workComputational Mechanics: 4 works · 13.1% of their workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 works · 4.8% of their workEverything else: 6 works · 19.0% of their workTHEIR WORKL. A. N. da Costa31works
Physical Sciences81%

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 Astronomy2063.1%
    2. Engineering617.9%
  2. Everything else619.0%
  1. 1Astronomy and Astrophysics37% of their works
  2. 2Instrumentation19% of their works
  3. 3Computational Mechanics13% of their works
  4. 4Electrical and Electronic Engineering5% of their works
  5. 5Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics4% of their works
  6. 6Nuclear and High Energy Physics4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe L. A. N. da Costa's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Astronomical Instrumentation, Spectrograph, Supernovae, Optical 3D Laser Measurement, Position-Sensitive Detector, Cosmology, Galaxies and Gamma-Ray Bursts.

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 17 words, with their numbers
  1. Astronomical Instrumentation161 topic
  2. Spectrograph161 topic
  3. Supernovae152 topics
  4. Optical 3D Laser Measurement111 topic
  5. Position-Sensitive Detector111 topic
  6. Cosmology101 topic
  7. Galaxies101 topic
  8. Gamma-Ray Bursts81 topic
  9. Neutron Stars81 topic
  10. Cosmological Parameters71 topic
  11. Dark Energy71 topic
  12. CMOS Image Sensors41 topic
  13. High-Speed Imaging41 topic
  14. Adaptive Optics31 topic
  15. Exoplanets31 topic
  16. Stellar Astrophysics31 topic
  17. Wavefront Sensing31 topic

Where does L. A. N. da Costa work?

L. A. N. da Costa's main affiliation in the publication record is National Observatory, Brazil.

How many publications and citations does L. A. N. da Costa have?

OpenAlex counts 31 works and 2,151 citations for L. A. N. da Costa, an h-index of 13, ranking #1,001,945 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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