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Researcher · Carter Observatory · New Zealand

M. C. Forbes

M. C. Forbes publishes mostly in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Atmospheric Science and Oceanography, on topics such as Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation, Infrared Target Detection Methodologies and Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics.

ORCID 0000-0002-6319-5197 OpenAlex
World rank
#5,617,171
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in New Zealand
#18,345
of 21,128
Works
25
Citations
138
Citations per work
5.5
h-index
4
i10-index 2Top 90% in Astronomy and Astrophysics
M. C. Forbes

What does M. C. Forbes research?

M. C. Forbes's work is mostly in Earth and Planetary Sciences (25%), Engineering (22%), Physics and Astronomy (14%).

Physical Sciences: 17 works · 69.8% of their workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 6 works · 25.4% of their workAtmospheric Science: 3 works · 12.7% of their workOceanography: 3 works · 12.7% of their workEngineering: 6 works · 22.2% of their workAerospace Engineering: 3 works · 11.1% of their workComputational Mechanics: 3 works · 11.1% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 4 works · 14.3% of their workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 4 works · 14.3% of their workEnvironmental Science: 2 works · 7.9% of their workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 works · 7.9% of their workEverything else: 8 works · 30.2% of their workTHEIR WORKM. C. Forbes25works
Physical Sciences70%

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. Earth and Planetary Sciences625.4%
    2. Engineering622.2%
    3. Physics and Astronomy414.3%
    4. Environmental Science27.9%
  2. Everything else830.2%
  1. 1Astronomy and Astrophysics14% of their works
  2. 2Atmospheric Science13% of their works
  3. 3Oceanography13% of their works
  4. 4Computational Mechanics11% of their works
  5. 5Aerospace Engineering11% of their works
  6. 6Global and Planetary Change8% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe M. C. Forbes's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Optical 3D Laser Measurement, Position-Sensitive Detector, Ocean Circulation, Remote Sensing, Data Assimilation, Infrared, Small Target and Arctic.

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 19 words, with their numbers
  1. Optical 3D Laser Measurement71 topic
  2. Position-Sensitive Detector71 topic
  3. Ocean Circulation62 topics
  4. Remote Sensing62 topics
  5. Data Assimilation52 topics
  6. Infrared41 topic
  7. Small Target41 topic
  8. Arctic31 topic
  9. Economic Growth31 topic
  10. Exoplanets31 topic
  11. Nighttime Light Data31 topic
  12. Ocean Waves31 topic
  13. Oceanic Modeling31 topic
  14. Sea Ice31 topic
  15. Stellar Astrophysics31 topic
  16. Tidal Analysis31 topic
  17. Wind Stress31 topic
  18. Convective Parameterization21 topic
  19. Ensemble Kalman Filter21 topic

Where does M. C. Forbes work?

M. C. Forbes's main affiliation in the publication record is Carter Observatory, New Zealand.

How many publications and citations does M. C. Forbes have?

OpenAlex counts 25 works and 138 citations for M. C. Forbes, an h-index of 4, ranking #5,617,171 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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