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Researcher · Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory · Chile

R. C. Smith

R. C. Smith publishes mostly in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Instrumentation, on topics such as Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae, Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena and Astronomy and Astrophysical Research.

ORCID 0000-0001-9989-2149 OpenAlex
World rank
#154,632
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in Chile
#150
of 3,393
Works
122
Citations
877
Citations per work
7.2

What does R. C. Smith research?

Astronomy and Astrophysics: 50.3%Nuclear and High Energy Physics: 10.3%Instrumentation: 9.2%Electrical and Electronic Engineering: 3.6%other fields: 26.6%50%top field
Astronomy and Astrophysics50.3%Nuclear and High Energy Physics10.3%Instrumentation9.2%Electrical and Electronic Engineering3.6%other fields26.6%

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. 2Nuclear and High Energy Physics10% of their works
  3. 3Instrumentation9% of their works
  4. 4Electrical and Electronic Engineering4% of their works
  5. 5Atmospheric Science4% of their works
  6. 6Materials Chemistry2% of their works

Research topics

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

The keywords of their largest research topics: Supernovae, Gamma-Ray Bursts, Neutron Stars, Cosmology, Galaxies, Astronomical Instrumentation, Spectrograph and High-Energy 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.

All 17 words, with their numbers
  1. Supernovae402 topics
  2. Gamma-Ray Bursts311 topic
  3. Neutron Stars311 topic
  4. Cosmology191 topic
  5. Galaxies191 topic
  6. Astronomical Instrumentation171 topic
  7. Spectrograph171 topic
  8. High-Energy Astrophysics161 topic
  9. Particle Acceleration161 topic
  10. Cosmological Parameters91 topic
  11. Dark Energy91 topic
  12. Exoplanets81 topic
  13. Stellar Astrophysics81 topic
  14. Coronal Mass Ejections51 topic
  15. Solar Dynamics Observatory51 topic
  16. Mars41 topic
  17. Martian Surface41 topic

Where does R. C. Smith work?

R. C. Smith's main affiliation in the publication record is Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory, Chile.

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

Science Explorer counts 122 works and 877 citations for R. C. Smith, ranking #154,632 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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