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Researcher · Keele University · United Kingdom

Philip Ball

Philip Ball publishes mostly in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Materials Chemistry, on topics such as Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life, Quantum Mechanics and Applications and Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms.

ORCID 0000-0001-5896-6447 OpenAlex
World rank
#695,779
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United Kingdom
#53,528
of 90,785
Works
349
Citations
490
Citations per work
1.4

What does Philip Ball research?

Astronomy and Astrophysics: 9.5%Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 8.1%Materials Chemistry: 5.2%Biomedical Engineering: 4.3%other fields: 72.9%10%top field
Astronomy and Astrophysics9.5%Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics8.1%Materials Chemistry5.2%Biomedical Engineering4.3%other fields72.9%

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

  1. 1Astronomy and Astrophysics10% of their works
  2. 2Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics8% of their works
  3. 3Materials Chemistry5% of their works
  4. 4Biomedical Engineering4% of their works
  5. 5Artificial Intelligence3% of their works
  6. 6Statistical and Nonlinear Physics3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Philip Ball's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Astrobiology, Entanglement, Bell Inequality, Decoherence, Extraterrestrial Life, SETI, Biomimetic and Channelrhodopsin.

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 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Astrobiology112 topics
  2. Entanglement112 topics
  3. Bell Inequality71 topic
  4. Decoherence71 topic
  5. Extraterrestrial Life71 topic
  6. SETI71 topic
  7. Biomimetic41 topic
  8. Channelrhodopsin41 topic
  9. Cosmological Parameters41 topic
  10. Cryptography41 topic
  11. Dark Energy41 topic
  12. Light Harvesting41 topic
  13. Optogenetics41 topic
  14. Photosystem II41 topic
  15. Polymer Films41 topic
  16. Prebiotic Chemistry41 topic
  17. Quantum41 topic
  18. RNA World41 topic

Where does Philip Ball work?

Philip Ball's main affiliation in the publication record is Keele University, United Kingdom.

How many publications and citations does Philip Ball have?

Science Explorer counts 349 works and 490 citations for Philip Ball, ranking #695,779 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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