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Researcher · Laser Zentrum Hannover · Germany

Peter W. Wessels

Peter W. Wessels publishes mostly in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, on topics such as Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research, Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies and Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae.

ORCID 0000-0002-0841-887X OpenAlex
World rank
#53,739
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Germany
#3,058
of 364,343
Works
385
Citations
70k
Citations per work
182.3
h-index
85
i10-index 180Top 1.2% in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Peter W. Wessels

What does Peter W. Wessels research?

Peter W. Wessels's work is mostly in Physics and Astronomy (51%), Engineering (21%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (7%).

Physical Sciences: 308 works · 80.1% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 198 works · 51.3% of their workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 131 works · 34.1% of their workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 57 works · 14.9% of their workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 9 works · 2.3% of their workEngineering: 82 works · 21.4% of their workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 82 works · 21.4% of their workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 28 works · 7.4% of their workOceanography: 18 works · 4.8% of their workGeophysics: 10 works · 2.6% of their workEverything else: 77 works · 19.9% of their workTHEIR WORKPeter W. Wessels385works
Physical Sciences80%

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 Astronomy19851.3%
    2. Engineering8221.4%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences287.4%
  2. Everything else7719.9%
  1. 1Astronomy and Astrophysics34% of their works
  2. 2Electrical and Electronic Engineering21% of their works
  3. 3Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics15% of their works
  4. 4Oceanography5% of their works
  5. 5Geophysics3% of their works
  6. 6Nuclear and High Energy Physics2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Peter W. Wessels's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Gravitational Waves, Binary Black Hole, Neutron Star, Fiber Lasers, Nonlinear Optics, Optical Fiber, Optical Frequency Combs and Ultrafast Lasers.

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. Gravitational Waves2462 topics
  2. Binary Black Hole1671 topic
  3. Neutron Star1671 topic
  4. Fiber Lasers1522 topics
  5. Nonlinear Optics1522 topics
  6. Optical Fiber842 topics
  7. Optical Frequency Combs831 topic
  8. Ultrafast Lasers831 topic
  9. Gamma-Ray Bursts791 topic
  10. Supernovae791 topic
  11. High-Power Laser691 topic
  12. Supercontinuum Generation691 topic
  13. Black Holes471 topic
  14. X-Ray Astronomy471 topic
  15. Coherent Detection451 topic
  16. Digital Signal Processing451 topic
  17. GRACE441 topic
  18. Sea Level Rise441 topic
  19. Fiber Optic Sensors391 topic
  20. Sensor Technology391 topic

Where does Peter W. Wessels work?

Peter W. Wessels's main affiliation in the publication record is Laser Zentrum Hannover, Germany.

How many publications and citations does Peter W. Wessels have?

OpenAlex counts 385 works and 70,184 citations for Peter W. Wessels, an h-index of 85, ranking #53,739 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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