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Researcher · University of Hertfordshire · United Kingdom

M. A. Thompson

M. A. Thompson publishes mostly in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Spectroscopy and Electrical and Electronic Engineering, on topics such as Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies, Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies and Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena.

ORCID 0000-0001-5392-909X OpenAlex
World rank
#68,013
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United Kingdom
#6,405
of 90,785
Works
65
Citations
681
Citations per work
10.5

What does M. A. Thompson research?

Astronomy and Astrophysics: 55.2%Spectroscopy: 10.4%Electrical and Electronic Engineering: 7.3%Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 6.3%other fields: 20.8%55%top field
Astronomy and Astrophysics55.2%Spectroscopy10.4%Electrical and Electronic Engineering7.3%Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics6.3%other fields20.8%

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

  1. 1Astronomy and Astrophysics55% of their works
  2. 2Spectroscopy10% of their works
  3. 3Electrical and Electronic Engineering7% of their works
  4. 4Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics6% of their works
  5. 5Nuclear and High Energy Physics5% of their works
  6. 6Instrumentation3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe M. A. Thompson's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Star Formation, Molecular Clouds, Protoplanetary Disks, Exoplanets, Stellar Astrophysics, Cosmology, Galaxies and Molecular Structure.

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. Star Formation302 topics
  2. Molecular Clouds201 topic
  3. Protoplanetary Disks201 topic
  4. Exoplanets161 topic
  5. Stellar Astrophysics161 topic
  6. Cosmology101 topic
  7. Galaxies101 topic
  8. Molecular Structure61 topic
  9. Rotational Spectroscopy61 topic
  10. High-Energy Astrophysics51 topic
  11. Particle Acceleration51 topic
  12. CMOS31 topic
  13. Oscillators31 topic
  14. Solar System Abundances31 topic
  15. Spectroscopic Databases31 topic
  16. Terahertz Quantum-Cascade Lasers31 topic
  17. Terrestrial Planets31 topic

Where does M. A. Thompson work?

M. A. Thompson's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Hertfordshire, United Kingdom.

How many publications and citations does M. A. Thompson have?

Science Explorer counts 65 works and 681 citations for M. A. Thompson, ranking #68,013 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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