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Lin Yan

Lin Yan publishes mostly in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Computational Mechanics, on topics such as Astronomy and Astrophysical Research, Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies and Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae.

World rank
#281,931
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#107,685
of 358,040
Works
96
Citations
477
Citations per work
5.0

What does Lin Yan research?

Astronomy and Astrophysics: 54.4%Instrumentation: 19.1%Computational Mechanics: 5.1%Electrical and Electronic Engineering: 4.4%other fields: 17.0%54%top field
Astronomy and Astrophysics54.4%Instrumentation19.1%Computational Mechanics5.1%Electrical and Electronic Engineering4.4%other fields17.0%

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

  1. 1Astronomy and Astrophysics54% of their works
  2. 2Instrumentation19% of their works
  3. 3Computational Mechanics5% of their works
  4. 4Electrical and Electronic Engineering4% of their works
  5. 5Nuclear and High Energy Physics4% of their works
  6. 6Artificial Intelligence2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Lin Yan's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Astronomical Instrumentation, Spectrograph, Star Formation, Black Holes, Exoplanets, Gamma-Ray Bursts, Stellar Astrophysics and Supernovae.

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. Astronomical Instrumentation251 topic
  2. Spectrograph251 topic
  3. Star Formation232 topics
  4. Black Holes222 topics
  5. Exoplanets171 topic
  6. Gamma-Ray Bursts171 topic
  7. Stellar Astrophysics171 topic
  8. Supernovae171 topic
  9. Cosmology161 topic
  10. Galaxies161 topic
  11. Accretion Disks132 topics
  12. Magnetic Fields132 topics
  13. Molecular Clouds71 topic
  14. Optical 3D Laser Measurement71 topic
  15. Position-Sensitive Detector71 topic
  16. Protoplanetary Disks71 topic
  17. Event Horizon Telescope61 topic
  18. X-Ray Astronomy61 topic
  19. High-Energy Astrophysics51 topic
  20. Particle Acceleration51 topic

Where does Lin Yan work?

Lin Yan's main affiliation in the publication record is California Institute of Technology, United States.

How many publications and citations does Lin Yan have?

Science Explorer counts 96 works and 477 citations for Lin Yan, ranking #281,931 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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