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Researcher · Royal Observatory · United Kingdom

R. A. Sampson

R. A. Sampson publishes mostly in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and History, on topics such as History and Developments in Astronomy, Astro and Planetary Science and Historical Astronomy and Related Studies.

OpenAlex
World rank
#4,932,197
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United Kingdom
#298,350
of 367,258
Works
81
Citations
127
Citations per work
1.6
h-index
5
i10-index 4Top 84% in Astronomy and Astrophysics
R. A. Sampson

What does R. A. Sampson research?

R. A. Sampson's work is mostly in Physics and Astronomy (37%), Arts and Humanities (5%), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (4%).

Everything else: 40 works · 49.4% of their workPhysical Sciences: 34 works · 42.4% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 30 works · 36.6% of their workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 25 works · 31.4% of their workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 4 works · 5.2% of their workComputer Science: 2 works · 2.9% of their workComputer Networks and Communications: 2 works · 2.9% of their workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 works · 2.9% of their workOceanography: 2 works · 2.9% of their workSocial Sciences: 7 works · 8.2% of their workArts and Humanities: 4 works · 4.7% of their workHistory: 4 works · 4.7% of their workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 works · 3.5% of their workEconomics and Econometrics: 3 works · 3.5% of their workTHEIR WORKR. A. Sampson81works
Physical Sciences42%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. Everything else4049.4%
    1. Physics and Astronomy3036.6%
    2. Computer Science22.9%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences22.9%
    1. Arts and Humanities44.7%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance33.5%
  1. 1Astronomy and Astrophysics31% of their works
  2. 2Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics5% of their works
  3. 3History5% of their works
  4. 4Economics and Econometrics4% of their works
  5. 5Computer Networks and Communications3% of their works
  6. 6Oceanography3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe R. A. Sampson's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Radio Astronomy, Transits of Venus, Solar System Abundances, Terrestrial Planets, Antikythera Mechanism, Astronomical Calculator, Exoplanets 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. 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 16 words, with their numbers
  1. Radio Astronomy181 topic
  2. Transits of Venus181 topic
  3. Solar System Abundances131 topic
  4. Terrestrial Planets131 topic
  5. Antikythera Mechanism101 topic
  6. Astronomical Calculator101 topic
  7. Exoplanets71 topic
  8. Stellar Astrophysics71 topic
  9. Historical Sources51 topic
  10. Mathematics Education51 topic
  11. Atomic Clocks41 topic
  12. GRACE41 topic
  13. Optical 3D Laser Measurement41 topic
  14. Optical Clocks41 topic
  15. Position-Sensitive Detector41 topic
  16. Sea Level Rise41 topic

Where does R. A. Sampson work?

R. A. Sampson's main affiliation in the publication record is Royal Observatory, United Kingdom.

How many publications and citations does R. A. Sampson have?

OpenAlex counts 81 works and 127 citations for R. A. Sampson, an h-index of 5, ranking #4,932,197 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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