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Researcher · Visidyne (United States) · United States

R. B. Wattson

R. B. Wattson publishes mostly in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Spectroscopy and Atmospheric Science, on topics such as Spectroscopy and Laser Applications, Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics and Atmospheric Ozone and Climate.

OpenAlex
World rank
#1,979,042
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#601,576
of 1,627,098
Works
58
Citations
3.9k
Citations per work
66.6
h-index
16
i10-index 22Top 37% in Astronomy and Astrophysics
R. B. Wattson

What does R. B. Wattson research?

R. B. Wattson's work is mostly in Physics and Astronomy (25%), Chemistry (17%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (11%).

Physical Sciences: 42 works · 72.5% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 14 works · 25.0% of their workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 10 works · 18.1% of their workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 4 works · 6.9% of their workChemistry: 10 works · 16.9% of their workSpectroscopy: 10 works · 16.9% of their workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 6 works · 10.6% of their workAtmospheric Science: 6 works · 10.6% of their workEnvironmental Science: 6 works · 10.6% of their workGlobal and Planetary Change: 6 works · 10.6% of their workEngineering: 5 works · 9.4% of their workAerospace Engineering: 5 works · 9.4% of their workEverything else: 16 works · 27.5% of their workTHEIR WORKR. B. Wattson58works
Physical Sciences72%

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 Astronomy1425.0%
    2. Chemistry1016.9%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences610.6%
    4. Environmental Science610.6%
    5. Engineering59.4%
  2. Everything else1627.5%
  1. 1Astronomy and Astrophysics18% of their works
  2. 2Spectroscopy17% of their works
  3. 3Atmospheric Science11% of their works
  4. 4Global and Planetary Change11% of their works
  5. 5Aerospace Engineering9% of their works
  6. 6Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics7% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe R. B. Wattson's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Spectroscopic Databases, Terahertz Quantum-Cascade Lasers, Emissions, Methane, Ozone Depletion, Stratospheric Water Vapor, Mars and Martian Surface.

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. Spectroscopic Databases241 topic
  2. Terahertz Quantum-Cascade Lasers241 topic
  3. Emissions161 topic
  4. Methane161 topic
  5. Ozone Depletion151 topic
  6. Stratospheric Water Vapor151 topic
  7. Mars131 topic
  8. Martian Surface131 topic
  9. Solar System Abundances71 topic
  10. Terrestrial Planets71 topic
  11. On-Orbit Performance61 topic
  12. Radiometric Calibration61 topic
  13. Extravehicular Activity51 topic
  14. Space Suit51 topic
  15. Acousto-Optic41 topic
  16. Crystals41 topic

Where does R. B. Wattson work?

R. B. Wattson's main affiliation in the publication record is Visidyne (United States), United States.

How many publications and citations does R. B. Wattson have?

OpenAlex counts 58 works and 3,864 citations for R. B. Wattson, an h-index of 16, ranking #1,979,042 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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