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Researcher · Bucknell University · United States

M. D. Thornley

M. D. Thornley publishes mostly in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Computational Mechanics, on topics such as Astronomy and Astrophysical Research, Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies and Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies.

OpenAlex
World rank
#111,097
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#48,149
of 358,040
Works
35
Citations
332
Citations per work
9.5

What does M. D. Thornley research?

Astronomy and Astrophysics: 55.6%Instrumentation: 24.4%Computational Mechanics: 6.7%Electrical and Electronic Engineering: 4.4%other fields: 8.9%56%top field
Astronomy and Astrophysics55.6%Instrumentation24.4%Computational Mechanics6.7%Electrical and Electronic Engineering4.4%other fields8.9%

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

  1. 1Astronomy and Astrophysics56% of their works
  2. 2Instrumentation24% of their works
  3. 3Computational Mechanics7% of their works
  4. 4Electrical and Electronic Engineering4% of their works
  5. 5Spectroscopy2% of their works
  6. 6Aerospace Engineering2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe M. D. Thornley's research?

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

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 Formation132 topics
  2. Astronomical Instrumentation111 topic
  3. Spectrograph111 topic
  4. Exoplanets71 topic
  5. Molecular Clouds71 topic
  6. Protoplanetary Disks71 topic
  7. Stellar Astrophysics71 topic
  8. Cosmology61 topic
  9. Galaxies61 topic
  10. Gamma-Ray Bursts31 topic
  11. Optical 3D Laser Measurement31 topic
  12. Position-Sensitive Detector31 topic
  13. Supernovae31 topic
  14. Solar System Abundances21 topic
  15. Terrestrial Planets21 topic
  16. Molecular Structure11 topic
  17. Rotational Spectroscopy11 topic

Where does M. D. Thornley work?

M. D. Thornley's main affiliation in the publication record is Bucknell University, United States.

How many publications and citations does M. D. Thornley have?

Science Explorer counts 35 works and 332 citations for M. D. Thornley, ranking #111,097 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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