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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 Aerospace Engineering, on topics such as Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae, Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena and CCD and CMOS Imaging Sensors.

OpenAlex
World rank
#892,547
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in Chile
#1,751
of 3,393
Works
22
Citations
45
Citations per work
2.0

What does R. C. Smith research?

Astronomy and Astrophysics: 40.0%Nuclear and High Energy Physics: 16.0%Aerospace Engineering: 16.0%Electrical and Electronic Engineering: 8.0%other fields: 20.0%40%top field
Astronomy and Astrophysics40.0%Nuclear and High Energy Physics16.0%Aerospace Engineering16.0%Electrical and Electronic Engineering8.0%other fields20.0%

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

  1. 1Astronomy and Astrophysics40% of their works
  2. 2Nuclear and High Energy Physics16% of their works
  3. 3Aerospace Engineering16% of their works
  4. 4Electrical and Electronic Engineering8% of their works
  5. 5Instrumentation8% of their works
  6. 6Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics4% of their works

Research topics

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

The keywords of their largest research topics: Gravitational Waves, Gamma-Ray Bursts, Supernovae, High-Energy Astrophysics, Particle Acceleration, Astronomical Instrumentation, Binary Black Hole and CMOS Image Sensors.

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. Gravitational Waves72 topics
  2. Gamma-Ray Bursts51 topic
  3. Supernovae51 topic
  4. High-Energy Astrophysics41 topic
  5. Particle Acceleration41 topic
  6. Astronomical Instrumentation21 topic
  7. Binary Black Hole21 topic
  8. CMOS Image Sensors21 topic
  9. High-Speed Imaging21 topic
  10. Neutron Star21 topic
  11. Spectrograph21 topic
  12. Negative Ion Sources11 topic
  13. On-Orbit Performance11 topic
  14. On-Orbit Servicing11 topic
  15. Radiometric Calibration11 topic
  16. Space Debris11 topic
  17. Superconducting Cavities11 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 22 works and 45 citations for R. C. Smith, ranking #892,547 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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