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R. Chris Smith

R. Chris Smith publishes mostly in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, on topics such as Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae, Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies and Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations.

World rank
#59,491
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in Chile
#44
of 3,393
Works
29
Citations
510
Citations per work
17.6

What does R. Chris Smith research?

Astronomy and Astrophysics: 57.1%Nuclear and High Energy Physics: 8.6%Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 5.7%Instrumentation: 5.7%other fields: 22.9%57%top field
Astronomy and Astrophysics57.1%Nuclear and High Energy Physics8.6%Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine5.7%Instrumentation5.7%other fields22.9%

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

  1. 1Astronomy and Astrophysics57% of their works
  2. 2Nuclear and High Energy Physics9% of their works
  3. 3Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine6% of their works
  4. 4Instrumentation6% of their works
  5. 5Philosophy3% of their works
  6. 6Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe R. Chris Smith's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Accretion Disks, Magnetic Fields, Black Holes, Gamma-Ray Bursts, Star Formation, Supernovae, Exoplanets and Stellar 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 20 words, with their numbers
  1. Accretion Disks62 topics
  2. Magnetic Fields62 topics
  3. Black Holes52 topics
  4. Gamma-Ray Bursts51 topic
  5. Star Formation52 topics
  6. Supernovae51 topic
  7. Exoplanets41 topic
  8. Stellar Astrophysics41 topic
  9. Event Horizon Telescope31 topic
  10. High-Energy Astrophysics31 topic
  11. Molecular Clouds31 topic
  12. Particle Acceleration31 topic
  13. Protoplanetary Disks31 topic
  14. X-Ray Astronomy31 topic
  15. Astronomical Instrumentation21 topic
  16. Cosmology21 topic
  17. Galaxies21 topic
  18. Spectrograph21 topic
  19. Sense of Agency11 topic
  20. Voluntary Action11 topic

Where does R. Chris Smith work?

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

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

Science Explorer counts 29 works and 510 citations for R. Chris Smith, ranking #59,491 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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