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Paul Torrey

Paul Torrey publishes mostly in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Global and Planetary Change, on topics such as Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena, Astronomy and Astrophysical Research and Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies.

World rank
#15,597
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#7,459
of 358,040
Works
54
Citations
1.5k
Citations per work
28.6

What does Paul Torrey research?

Astronomy and Astrophysics: 65.2%Instrumentation: 18.5%Global and Planetary Change: 3.3%Nuclear and High Energy Physics: 3.3%other fields: 9.7%65%top field
Astronomy and Astrophysics65.2%Instrumentation18.5%Global and Planetary Change3.3%Nuclear and High Energy Physics3.3%other fields9.7%

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

  1. 1Astronomy and Astrophysics65% of their works
  2. 2Instrumentation18% of their works
  3. 3Global and Planetary Change3% of their works
  4. 4Nuclear and High Energy Physics3% of their works
  5. 5Electrical and Electronic Engineering2% of their works
  6. 6General Health Professions2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Paul Torrey's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Black Holes, Star Formation, Cosmology, Galaxies, Astronomical Instrumentation, Spectrograph, Accretion Disks and Magnetic Fields.

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. Black Holes362 topics
  2. Star Formation362 topics
  3. Cosmology291 topic
  4. Galaxies291 topic
  5. Astronomical Instrumentation171 topic
  6. Spectrograph171 topic
  7. Accretion Disks142 topics
  8. Magnetic Fields142 topics
  9. Exoplanets91 topic
  10. Stellar Astrophysics91 topic
  11. Event Horizon Telescope71 topic
  12. Molecular Clouds71 topic
  13. Protoplanetary Disks71 topic
  14. X-Ray Astronomy71 topic
  15. Drought31 topic
  16. Epoch of Reionization31 topic
  17. Gamma-Ray Bursts31 topic
  18. Radio Astronomy31 topic
  19. Supernovae31 topic
  20. Tree Mortality31 topic

Where does Paul Torrey work?

Paul Torrey's main affiliation in the publication record is Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian, United States.

How many publications and citations does Paul Torrey have?

Science Explorer counts 54 works and 1,543 citations for Paul Torrey, ranking #15,597 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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