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Researcher · Leiden University · Netherlands

Paul P. van der Werf

Paul P. van der Werf publishes mostly in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Computational Mechanics, on topics such as Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena, Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies and Astronomy and Astrophysical Research.

ORCID 0000-0001-5434-5942 OpenAlex
World rank
#20,047
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Netherlands
#354
of 107,149
Works
821
Citations
32k
Citations per work
39.4
h-index
100
i10-index 403Top 0.6% in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Paul P. van der Werf

What does Paul P. van der Werf research?

Paul P. van der Werf's work is mostly in Physics and Astronomy (88%), Engineering (3%), Chemistry (2%).

Physical Sciences: 771 works · 93.9% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 722 works · 88.0% of their workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 554 works · 67.5% of their workInstrumentation: 126 works · 15.3% of their workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 25 works · 3.0% of their workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 18 works · 2.2% of their workEngineering: 28 works · 3.4% of their workComputational Mechanics: 28 works · 3.4% of their workChemistry: 21 works · 2.5% of their workSpectroscopy: 21 works · 2.5% of their workEverything else: 50 works · 6.1% of their workTHEIR WORKPaul P. van derWerf821works
Physical Sciences94%

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
    1. Physics and Astronomy72288.0%
    2. Engineering283.4%
    3. Chemistry212.5%
  2. Everything else506.1%
  1. 1Astronomy and Astrophysics68% of their works
  2. 2Instrumentation15% of their works
  3. 3Computational Mechanics3% of their works
  4. 4Nuclear and High Energy Physics3% of their works
  5. 5Spectroscopy2% of their works
  6. 6Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Paul P. van der Werf's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Star Formation, Black Holes, Cosmology, Galaxies, Accretion Disks, Magnetic Fields, Molecular Clouds and Protoplanetary Disks.

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 Formation9652 topics
  2. Black Holes6902 topics
  3. Cosmology5541 topic
  4. Galaxies5541 topic
  5. Accretion Disks5472 topics
  6. Magnetic Fields5472 topics
  7. Molecular Clouds4111 topic
  8. Protoplanetary Disks4111 topic
  9. Astronomical Instrumentation3631 topic
  10. Spectrograph3631 topic
  11. Exoplanets3001 topic
  12. Stellar Astrophysics3001 topic
  13. Event Horizon Telescope1361 topic
  14. X-Ray Astronomy1361 topic
  15. Gamma-Ray Bursts1051 topic
  16. Supernovae1051 topic
  17. Optical 3D Laser Measurement801 topic
  18. Position-Sensitive Detector801 topic
  19. High-Energy Astrophysics651 topic
  20. Particle Acceleration651 topic

Where does Paul P. van der Werf work?

Paul P. van der Werf's main affiliation in the publication record is Leiden University, Netherlands.

How many publications and citations does Paul P. van der Werf have?

OpenAlex counts 821 works and 32,340 citations for Paul P. van der Werf, an h-index of 100, ranking #20,047 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality 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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