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R. Elston

R. Elston publishes mostly in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, on topics such as Astronomy and Astrophysical Research, Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies and Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena.

World rank
#265,735
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#102,765
of 358,040
Works
57
Citations
302
Citations per work
5.3

What does R. Elston research?

Astronomy and Astrophysics: 47.4%Instrumentation: 17.9%Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 7.7%Computational Mechanics: 7.7%other fields: 19.3%47%top field
Astronomy and Astrophysics47.4%Instrumentation17.9%Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics7.7%Computational Mechanics7.7%other fields19.3%

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

  1. 1Astronomy and Astrophysics47% of their works
  2. 2Instrumentation18% of their works
  3. 3Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics8% of their works
  4. 4Computational Mechanics8% of their works
  5. 5Nuclear and High Energy Physics6% of their works
  6. 6Electrical and Electronic Engineering4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe R. Elston's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Star Formation, Astronomical Instrumentation, Spectrograph, Black Holes, Exoplanets, Stellar Astrophysics, Accretion Disks and Cosmology.

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. Star Formation172 topics
  2. Astronomical Instrumentation141 topic
  3. Spectrograph141 topic
  4. Black Holes132 topics
  5. Exoplanets111 topic
  6. Stellar Astrophysics111 topic
  7. Accretion Disks102 topics
  8. Cosmology101 topic
  9. Galaxies101 topic
  10. Magnetic Fields102 topics
  11. Molecular Clouds71 topic
  12. Protoplanetary Disks71 topic
  13. Optical 3D Laser Measurement61 topic
  14. Position-Sensitive Detector61 topic
  15. Adaptive Optics41 topic
  16. High-Energy Astrophysics41 topic
  17. Particle Acceleration41 topic
  18. Wavefront Sensing41 topic
  19. Event Horizon Telescope31 topic
  20. X-Ray Astronomy31 topic

Where does R. Elston work?

R. Elston's main affiliation in the publication record is Kitt Peak National Observatory, United States.

How many publications and citations does R. Elston have?

Science Explorer counts 57 works and 302 citations for R. Elston, ranking #265,735 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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