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Researcher · Royal Observatory · United Kingdom

Piazzi Smyth

Piazzi Smyth publishes mostly in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Global and Planetary Change and Oceanography, on topics such as History and Developments in Astronomy, Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics and Geophysics and Gravity Measurements.

OpenAlex
World rank
#4,410,758
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United Kingdom
#274,973
of 367,258
Works
71
Citations
33
Citations per work
0.5
h-index
3
i10-index 0Top 94% in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Piazzi Smyth

What does Piazzi Smyth research?

Piazzi Smyth's work is mostly in Physics and Astronomy (27%), Environmental Science (12%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (6%).

Physical Sciences: 34 works · 48.4% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 19 works · 26.9% of their workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 19 works · 26.9% of their workEnvironmental Science: 8 works · 11.5% of their workGlobal and Planetary Change: 8 works · 11.5% of their workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4 works · 6.2% of their workOceanography: 4 works · 6.2% of their workChemistry: 3 works · 3.8% of their workSpectroscopy: 3 works · 3.8% of their workEverything else: 31 works · 43.2% of their workSocial Sciences: 6 works · 8.4% of their workArts and Humanities: 3 works · 4.6% of their workArcheology: 3 works · 4.6% of their workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 works · 3.8% of their workEconomics and Econometrics: 3 works · 3.8% of their workTHEIR WORKPiazzi Smyth71works
Physical Sciences48%Social Sciences8%

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 Astronomy1926.9%
    2. Environmental Science811.5%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences46.2%
    4. Chemistry33.8%
  2. Everything else3143.2%
    1. Arts and Humanities34.6%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance33.8%
  1. 1Astronomy and Astrophysics27% of their works
  2. 2Global and Planetary Change12% of their works
  3. 3Oceanography6% of their works
  4. 4Archeology5% of their works
  5. 5Economics and Econometrics4% of their works
  6. 6Spectroscopy4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Piazzi Smyth's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Climate Change, Radio Astronomy, Transits of Venus, Coronal Mass Ejections, Solar Dynamics Observatory, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, GRACE and Sea Level Rise.

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. The words come from the keyword list OpenAlex gives each topic, not from the text of the papers, so a word can appear that none of the papers uses.

All 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Climate Change153 topics
  2. Radio Astronomy131 topic
  3. Transits of Venus131 topic
  4. Coronal Mass Ejections91 topic
  5. Solar Dynamics Observatory91 topic
  6. Greenhouse Gas Emissions82 topics
  7. GRACE71 topic
  8. Sea Level Rise71 topic
  9. Antikythera Mechanism61 topic
  10. Astronomical Calculator61 topic
  11. Chemistry Education41 topic
  12. Environmental Science41 topic
  13. Extreme Events41 topic
  14. GIS41 topic
  15. Global Warming41 topic
  16. Laboratory Techniques41 topic
  17. Solar System Abundances41 topic
  18. Terrestrial Planets41 topic

Where does Piazzi Smyth work?

Piazzi Smyth's main affiliation in the publication record is Royal Observatory, United Kingdom.

How many publications and citations does Piazzi Smyth have?

OpenAlex counts 71 works and 33 citations for Piazzi Smyth, an h-index of 3, ranking #4,410,758 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised citation 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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