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Researcher · University of Portsmouth · United Kingdom

R. C. Nichol

R. C. Nichol publishes mostly in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Computational Mechanics, on topics such as Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena, Astronomy and Astrophysical Research and Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae.

ORCID 0000-0003-0939-6518 OpenAlex
World rank
#11,042
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United Kingdom
#995
of 90,785
Works
200
Citations
3.4k
Citations per work
16.8

What does R. C. Nichol research?

Astronomy and Astrophysics: 50.0%Instrumentation: 15.6%Computational Mechanics: 6.8%Nuclear and High Energy Physics: 5.1%other fields: 22.5%50%top field
Astronomy and Astrophysics50.0%Instrumentation15.6%Computational Mechanics6.8%Nuclear and High Energy Physics5.1%other fields22.5%

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

  1. 1Astronomy and Astrophysics50% of their works
  2. 2Instrumentation16% of their works
  3. 3Computational Mechanics7% of their works
  4. 4Nuclear and High Energy Physics5% of their works
  5. 5Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics2% of their works
  6. 6Statistical and Nonlinear Physics2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe R. C. Nichol's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Black Holes, Cosmology, Galaxies, Supernovae, Astronomical Instrumentation, Spectrograph, Gravitational Waves and Gamma-Ray Bursts.

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 19 words, with their numbers
  1. Black Holes572 topics
  2. Cosmology491 topic
  3. Galaxies491 topic
  4. Supernovae482 topics
  5. Astronomical Instrumentation461 topic
  6. Spectrograph461 topic
  7. Gravitational Waves392 topics
  8. Gamma-Ray Bursts321 topic
  9. Neutron Stars321 topic
  10. Exoplanets291 topic
  11. Stellar Astrophysics291 topic
  12. Optical 3D Laser Measurement191 topic
  13. Position-Sensitive Detector191 topic
  14. Cosmological Parameters161 topic
  15. Dark Energy161 topic
  16. Accretion Disks81 topic
  17. X-Ray Astronomy81 topic
  18. Binary Black Hole71 topic
  19. Neutron Star71 topic

Where does R. C. Nichol work?

R. C. Nichol's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Portsmouth, United Kingdom.

How many publications and citations does R. C. Nichol have?

Science Explorer counts 200 works and 3,355 citations for R. C. Nichol, ranking #11,042 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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