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Researcher · South African Radio Astronomy Observatory · South Africa

L. J. Townsend

L. J. Townsend publishes mostly in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Oceanography, on topics such as Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations, Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae and Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena.

ORCID 0000-0001-9788-3345 OpenAlex
World rank
#1,560,157
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in South Africa
#5,315
of 5,570
Works
21
Citations
24
Citations per work
1.1

What does L. J. Townsend research?

Astronomy and Astrophysics: 58.3%Nuclear and High Energy Physics: 11.1%Oceanography: 5.6%Instrumentation: 2.8%other fields: 22.2%58%top field
Astronomy and Astrophysics58.3%Nuclear and High Energy Physics11.1%Oceanography5.6%Instrumentation2.8%other fields22.2%

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

  1. 1Astronomy and Astrophysics58% of their works
  2. 2Nuclear and High Energy Physics11% of their works
  3. 3Oceanography6% of their works
  4. 4Instrumentation3% of their works
  5. 5Archeology3% of their works
  6. 6Geophysics3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe L. J. Townsend's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Black Holes, Gravitational Waves, X-Ray Astronomy, Gamma-Ray Bursts, Supernovae, High-Energy Astrophysics, Particle Acceleration and Binary Black Hole.

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. Black Holes91 topic
  2. Gravitational Waves92 topics
  3. X-Ray Astronomy91 topic
  4. Gamma-Ray Bursts61 topic
  5. Supernovae61 topic
  6. High-Energy Astrophysics41 topic
  7. Particle Acceleration41 topic
  8. Binary Black Hole31 topic
  9. Neutron Star31 topic
  10. Coronal Mass Ejections21 topic
  11. GRACE21 topic
  12. Sea Level Rise21 topic
  13. Solar Dynamics Observatory21 topic
  14. Crystal Structure Prediction11 topic
  15. Geomagnetic Field11 topic
  16. Magnetosome Formation11 topic
  17. Mantle Dynamics11 topic

Where does L. J. Townsend work?

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

How many publications and citations does L. J. Townsend have?

Science Explorer counts 21 works and 24 citations for L. J. Townsend, ranking #1,560,157 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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