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Researcher · Bishop's University · Canada

L. A. Nelson

L. A. Nelson publishes mostly in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, on topics such as Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies, Astronomy and Astrophysical Research and Astro and Planetary Science.

World rank
#1,311,555
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in Canada
#34,197
of 38,960
Works
25
Citations
32
Citations per work
1.3

What does L. A. Nelson research?

Astronomy and Astrophysics: 61.5%Instrumentation: 19.2%Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 7.7%Computational Mechanics: 3.8%other fields: 7.8%62%top field
Astronomy and Astrophysics61.5%Instrumentation19.2%Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics7.7%Computational Mechanics3.8%other fields7.8%

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

  1. 1Astronomy and Astrophysics62% of their works
  2. 2Instrumentation19% of their works
  3. 3Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics8% of their works
  4. 4Computational Mechanics4% of their works
  5. 5Condensed Matter Physics4% of their works
  6. 6Statistical and Nonlinear Physics4% of their works

Research topics

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

The keywords of their largest research topics: Exoplanets, Stellar Astrophysics, Astronomical Instrumentation, Spectrograph, Accretion Disks, Magnetic Fields, Binary Black Hole and Gravitational Waves.

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 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Exoplanets71 topic
  2. Stellar Astrophysics71 topic
  3. Astronomical Instrumentation51 topic
  4. Spectrograph51 topic
  5. Accretion Disks32 topics
  6. Magnetic Fields32 topics
  7. Binary Black Hole21 topic
  8. Gravitational Waves21 topic
  9. Molecular Clouds21 topic
  10. Solar System Abundances21 topic
  11. Star Formation21 topic
  12. Terrestrial Planets21 topic
  13. Black Holes11 topic
  14. Cosmological Parameters11 topic
  15. Dark Energy11 topic
  16. Optical 3D Laser Measurement11 topic
  17. Position-Sensitive Detector11 topic
  18. X-Ray Astronomy11 topic

Where does L. A. Nelson work?

L. A. Nelson's main affiliation in the publication record is Bishop's University, Canada.

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

Science Explorer counts 25 works and 32 citations for L. A. Nelson, ranking #1,311,555 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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