P. N. Best
P. N. Best publishes mostly in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Nuclear and High Energy Physics, on topics such as Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena, Astronomy and Astrophysical Research and Radio Astronomy Observations and Technology.
- World rank
- #38,351 of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
- Rank in United Kingdom
- #3,605 of 90,785
- Works
- 103
- Citations
- 1.2k
- Citations per work
- 11.3
What does P. N. Best research?
Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.
- 1Astronomy and Astrophysics62% of their works
- 2Instrumentation14% of their works
- 3Nuclear and High Energy Physics9% of their works
- 4Computational Mechanics6% of their works
- 5Electrical and Electronic Engineering2% of their works
- 6Spectroscopy1% of their works
Research topics
- Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena
- Astronomy and Astrophysical Research
- Radio Astronomy Observations and Technology
- Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies
- Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena
- Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
- Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations
- Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation
Which keywords describe P. N. Best's research?
The keywords of their largest research topics: Star Formation, Black Holes, Cosmology, Galaxies, Accretion Disks, Magnetic Fields, Astronomical Instrumentation and Spectrograph.
- Position-Sensitive Detector
- X-Ray Astronomy
- Stellar Astrophysics
- Protoplanetary Disks
- Molecular Clouds
- Radio Astronomy
- Spectrograph
- Magnetic Fields
- Galaxies
- Black Holes
- Star Formation
- Cosmology
- Accretion Disks
- Astronomical Instrumentation
- Epoch of Reionization
- High-Energy Astrophysics
- Particle Acceleration
- Exoplanets
- Event Horizon Telescope
- Optical 3D Laser Measurement
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
- Star Formation422 topics
- Black Holes392 topics
- Cosmology301 topic
- Galaxies301 topic
- Accretion Disks212 topics
- Magnetic Fields212 topics
- Astronomical Instrumentation191 topic
- Spectrograph191 topic
- Epoch of Reionization151 topic
- Radio Astronomy151 topic
- High-Energy Astrophysics121 topic
- Molecular Clouds121 topic
- Particle Acceleration121 topic
- Protoplanetary Disks121 topic
- Exoplanets111 topic
- Stellar Astrophysics111 topic
- Event Horizon Telescope91 topic
- X-Ray Astronomy91 topic
- Optical 3D Laser Measurement81 topic
- Position-Sensitive Detector81 topic
Where does P. N. Best work?
P. N. Best's main affiliation in the publication record is Royal Observatory, United Kingdom.
How many publications and citations does P. N. Best have?
Science Explorer counts 103 works and 1,162 citations for P. N. Best, ranking #38,351 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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