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M. V. Penston

M. V. Penston publishes mostly in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Computational Mechanics, on topics such as Astronomy and Astrophysical Research, Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies and Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation.

World rank
#806,107
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United Kingdom
#59,622
of 90,785
Works
51
Citations
117
Citations per work
2.3

What does M. V. Penston research?

Astronomy and Astrophysics: 44.1%Instrumentation: 22.1%Computational Mechanics: 10.3%Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 5.9%other fields: 17.6%44%top field
Astronomy and Astrophysics44.1%Instrumentation22.1%Computational Mechanics10.3%Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics5.9%other fields17.6%

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

  1. 1Astronomy and Astrophysics44% of their works
  2. 2Instrumentation22% of their works
  3. 3Computational Mechanics10% of their works
  4. 4Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics6% of their works
  5. 5Atmospheric Science3% of their works
  6. 6Biomedical Engineering3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe M. V. Penston's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Astronomical Instrumentation, Spectrograph, Star Formation, Black Holes, Exoplanets, Stellar Astrophysics, Accretion Disks and Magnetic Fields.

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 Instrumentation151 topic
  2. Spectrograph151 topic
  3. Star Formation102 topics
  4. Black Holes92 topics
  5. Exoplanets91 topic
  6. Stellar Astrophysics91 topic
  7. Accretion Disks72 topics
  8. Magnetic Fields72 topics
  9. Optical 3D Laser Measurement71 topic
  10. Position-Sensitive Detector71 topic
  11. Cosmology61 topic
  12. Galaxies61 topic
  13. Adaptive Optics41 topic
  14. Molecular Clouds41 topic
  15. Protoplanetary Disks41 topic
  16. Wavefront Sensing41 topic
  17. Event Horizon Telescope31 topic
  18. Radio Astronomy31 topic
  19. Transits of Venus31 topic
  20. X-Ray Astronomy31 topic

Where does M. V. Penston work?

M. V. Penston's main affiliation in the publication record is Royal Observatory in Greenwich, United Kingdom.

How many publications and citations does M. V. Penston have?

Science Explorer counts 51 works and 117 citations for M. V. Penston, ranking #806,107 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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