P. R. Backus
P. R. Backus publishes mostly in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Oceanography and Electrical and Electronic Engineering, on topics such as Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research, Geophysics and Gravity Measurements and Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life.
- World rank
- #4,261,887 of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
- Rank in United States
- #1,147,527 of 1,627,098
- Works
- 35
- Citations
- 311
- Citations per work
- 8.9
What does P. R. Backus research?
P. R. Backus's work is mostly in Physics and Astronomy (56%), Engineering (13%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (11%).
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
- Physical Sciences2880.0%
- Physics and Astronomy2056.0%
- Engineering513.0%
- Earth and Planetary Sciences411.0%
- Everything else617.0%
- Life Sciences13.0%
- 1Astronomy and Astrophysics52% of their works
- 2Oceanography11% of their works
- 3Electrical and Electronic Engineering7% of their works
- 4Aerospace Engineering6% of their works
- 5Instrumentation4% of their works
- 6Molecular Biology3% of their works
Research topics
- Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research
- Geophysics and Gravity Measurements
- Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life
- Planetary Science and Exploration
- Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae
- Particle Accelerators and Free-Electron Lasers
- Radio Astronomy Observations and Technology
- Astronomy and Astrophysical Research
Which keywords describe P. R. Backus's research?
The keywords of their largest research topics: Gravitational Waves, Binary Black Hole, Neutron Star, Astrobiology, Extraterrestrial Life, GRACE, Sea Level Rise and Mars.
- Spectrograph
- Free-Electron Lasers
- Astronomical Instrumentation
- Gamma-Ray Bursts
- Mars
- GRACE
- Astrobiology
- Binary Black Hole
- Gravitational Waves
- Neutron Star
- Extraterrestrial Life
- Sea Level Rise
- Martian Surface
- Supernovae
- Epoch of Reionization
- Radio Astronomy
- X-Ray
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. The words come from the keyword list OpenAlex gives each topic, not from the text of the papers, so a word can appear that none of the papers uses.
All 17 words, with their numbers
- Gravitational Waves182 topics
- Binary Black Hole131 topic
- Neutron Star131 topic
- Astrobiology111 topic
- Extraterrestrial Life111 topic
- GRACE111 topic
- Sea Level Rise111 topic
- Mars91 topic
- Martian Surface91 topic
- Gamma-Ray Bursts51 topic
- Supernovae51 topic
- Astronomical Instrumentation41 topic
- Epoch of Reionization41 topic
- Free-Electron Lasers41 topic
- Radio Astronomy41 topic
- Spectrograph41 topic
- X-Ray41 topic
Where does P. R. Backus work?
P. R. Backus's main affiliation in the publication record is Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence, United States.
How many publications and citations does P. R. Backus have?
OpenAlex counts 35 works and 311 citations for P. R. Backus, an h-index of 7, ranking #4,261,887 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.
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