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Philip Ball

Philip Ball publishes mostly in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Biomedical Engineering, on topics such as Science, Research, and Medicine, Planetary Science and Exploration and Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life.

World rank
#941,967
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United Kingdom
#66,245
of 90,785
Works
260
Citations
101
Citations per work
0.4

What does Philip Ball research?

Astronomy and Astrophysics: 10.1%Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 6.6%Biomedical Engineering: 4.2%Electrical and Electronic Engineering: 3.8%other fields: 75.3%10%top field
Astronomy and Astrophysics10.1%Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics6.6%Biomedical Engineering4.2%Electrical and Electronic Engineering3.8%other fields75.3%

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

  1. 1Astronomy and Astrophysics10% of their works
  2. 2Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics7% of their works
  3. 3Biomedical Engineering4% of their works
  4. 4Electrical and Electronic Engineering4% of their works
  5. 5Statistical and Nonlinear Physics3% of their works
  6. 6Nuclear and High Energy Physics3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Philip Ball's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Capacity Building, Biomedical Science, Health Research, Mars, Martian Surface, Astrobiology, Extraterrestrial Life and Bioinformatics.

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 17 words, with their numbers
  1. Capacity Building82 topics
  2. Biomedical Science71 topic
  3. Health Research71 topic
  4. Mars61 topic
  5. Martian Surface61 topic
  6. Astrobiology51 topic
  7. Extraterrestrial Life51 topic
  8. Bioinformatics41 topic
  9. Education41 topic
  10. Global Collaboration41 topic
  11. Health Biotechnology41 topic
  12. Quantum Simulation41 topic
  13. Relativity41 topic
  14. Solar System Abundances41 topic
  15. Terrestrial Planets41 topic
  16. Ultracold Gases41 topic
  17. Unified Field Theories41 topic

Where does Philip Ball work?

Philip Ball's main affiliation in the publication record is Philips (United Kingdom), United Kingdom.

How many publications and citations does Philip Ball have?

Science Explorer counts 260 works and 101 citations for Philip Ball, ranking #941,967 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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