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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?

Astronomy and Astrophysics: 62.1%Instrumentation: 13.6%Nuclear and High Energy Physics: 9.3%Computational Mechanics: 5.7%other fields: 9.3%62%top field
Astronomy and Astrophysics62.1%Instrumentation13.6%Nuclear and High Energy Physics9.3%Computational Mechanics5.7%other fields9.3%

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

  1. 1Astronomy and Astrophysics62% of their works
  2. 2Instrumentation14% of their works
  3. 3Nuclear and High Energy Physics9% of their works
  4. 4Computational Mechanics6% of their works
  5. 5Electrical and Electronic Engineering2% of their works
  6. 6Spectroscopy1% of their works

Research topics

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.

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. Star Formation422 topics
  2. Black Holes392 topics
  3. Cosmology301 topic
  4. Galaxies301 topic
  5. Accretion Disks212 topics
  6. Magnetic Fields212 topics
  7. Astronomical Instrumentation191 topic
  8. Spectrograph191 topic
  9. Epoch of Reionization151 topic
  10. Radio Astronomy151 topic
  11. High-Energy Astrophysics121 topic
  12. Molecular Clouds121 topic
  13. Particle Acceleration121 topic
  14. Protoplanetary Disks121 topic
  15. Exoplanets111 topic
  16. Stellar Astrophysics111 topic
  17. Event Horizon Telescope91 topic
  18. X-Ray Astronomy91 topic
  19. Optical 3D Laser Measurement81 topic
  20. 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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