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Peter Erwin

Peter Erwin publishes mostly in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, on topics such as Astronomy and Astrophysical Research, Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies and Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena.

World rank
#432,609
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in Germany
#25,780
of 86,443
Works
54
Citations
244
Citations per work
4.5

What does Peter Erwin research?

Astronomy and Astrophysics: 50.7%Instrumentation: 26.7%Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 5.3%Computational Mechanics: 4.0%other fields: 13.3%51%top field
Astronomy and Astrophysics50.7%Instrumentation26.7%Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics5.3%Computational Mechanics4.0%other fields13.3%

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

  1. 1Astronomy and Astrophysics51% of their works
  2. 2Instrumentation27% of their works
  3. 3Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics5% of their works
  4. 4Computational Mechanics4% of their works
  5. 5Electrical and Electronic Engineering3% of their works
  6. 6Statistical and Nonlinear Physics3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Peter Erwin's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Astronomical Instrumentation, Spectrograph, Star Formation, Black Holes, Cosmology, Exoplanets, Galaxies and Stellar Astrophysics.

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. Astronomical Instrumentation201 topic
  2. Spectrograph201 topic
  3. Star Formation162 topics
  4. Black Holes152 topics
  5. Cosmology131 topic
  6. Exoplanets131 topic
  7. Galaxies131 topic
  8. Stellar Astrophysics131 topic
  9. Accretion Disks52 topics
  10. Magnetic Fields52 topics
  11. Gamma-Ray Bursts41 topic
  12. Supernovae41 topic
  13. Adaptive Optics31 topic
  14. Molecular Clouds31 topic
  15. Optical 3D Laser Measurement31 topic
  16. Position-Sensitive Detector31 topic
  17. Protoplanetary Disks31 topic
  18. Wavefront Sensing31 topic
  19. Event Horizon Telescope21 topic
  20. X-Ray Astronomy21 topic

Where does Peter Erwin work?

Peter Erwin's main affiliation in the publication record is Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Germany.

How many publications and citations does Peter Erwin have?

Science Explorer counts 54 works and 244 citations for Peter Erwin, ranking #432,609 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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