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Researcher · Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory · Chile

R. C. Smith

R. C. Smith publishes mostly in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Nuclear and High Energy Physics, 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
#160,131
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Chile
#143
of 20,642
Works
524
Citations
28k
Citations per work
52.9
h-index
84
i10-index 205Top 1.3% in Astronomy and Astrophysics
R. C. Smith

What does R. C. Smith research?

R. C. Smith's work is mostly in Physics and Astronomy (65%), Engineering (5%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (2%).

Physical Sciences: 381 works · 72.7% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 342 works · 65.3% of their workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 249 works · 47.5% of their workInstrumentation: 52 works · 9.9% of their workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 41 works · 7.9% of their workEngineering: 28 works · 5.3% of their workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 15 works · 2.8% of their workAerospace Engineering: 13 works · 2.5% of their workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 11 works · 2.1% of their workAtmospheric Science: 11 works · 2.1% of their workEverything else: 143 works · 27.3% of their workTHEIR WORKR. C. Smith524works
Physical Sciences73%

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 Astronomy34265.3%
    2. Engineering285.3%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences112.1%
  2. Everything else14327.3%
  1. 1Astronomy and Astrophysics48% of their works
  2. 2Instrumentation10% of their works
  3. 3Nuclear and High Energy Physics8% of their works
  4. 4Electrical and Electronic Engineering3% of their works
  5. 5Aerospace Engineering2% of their works
  6. 6Atmospheric Science2% of their works

Research topics

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

The keywords of their largest research topics: Supernovae, Black Holes, Star Formation, Gamma-Ray Bursts, Neutron Stars, Cosmology, Galaxies and Astronomical Instrumentation.

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 21 words, with their numbers
  1. Supernovae2132 topics
  2. Black Holes1642 topics
  3. Star Formation1642 topics
  4. Gamma-Ray Bursts1571 topic
  5. Neutron Stars1571 topic
  6. Cosmology1371 topic
  7. Galaxies1371 topic
  8. Astronomical Instrumentation1291 topic
  9. Spectrograph1291 topic
  10. Exoplanets801 topic
  11. Stellar Astrophysics801 topic
  12. High-Energy Astrophysics701 topic
  13. Particle Acceleration701 topic
  14. Cosmological Parameters561 topic
  15. Dark Energy561 topic
  16. Accretion Disks542 topics
  17. Magnetic Fields542 topics
  18. Event Horizon Telescope271 topic
  19. Molecular Clouds271 topic
  20. Protoplanetary Disks271 topic
  21. X-Ray Astronomy271 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?

OpenAlex counts 524 works and 27,709 citations for R. C. Smith, an h-index of 84, ranking #160,131 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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