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Researcher · European Southern Observatory · Germany

R. N. Wilson

R. N. Wilson publishes mostly in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Instrumentation and Biomedical Engineering, on topics such as Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing, Astronomy and Astrophysical Research and Advanced optical system design.

OpenAlex
World rank
#5,528,676
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Germany
#285,282
of 364,343
Works
52
Citations
307
Citations per work
5.9
h-index
10
i10-index 10Top 59% in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
R. N. Wilson

What does R. N. Wilson research?

R. N. Wilson's work is mostly in Physics and Astronomy (47%), Engineering (25%).

Physical Sciences: 37 works · 71.9% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 24 works · 46.9% of their workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 12 works · 22.7% of their workInstrumentation: 8 works · 14.8% of their workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 5 works · 9.4% of their workEngineering: 13 works · 25.0% of their workBiomedical Engineering: 7 works · 13.3% of their workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 4 works · 7.8% of their workMechanical Engineering: 2 works · 3.9% of their workEverything else: 15 works · 28.1% of their workTHEIR WORKR. N. Wilson52works
Physical Sciences72%

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 Astronomy2446.9%
    2. Engineering1325.0%
  2. Everything else1528.1%
  1. 1Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics23% of their works
  2. 2Instrumentation15% of their works
  3. 3Biomedical Engineering13% of their works
  4. 4Astronomy and Astrophysics9% of their works
  5. 5Electrical and Electronic Engineering8% of their works
  6. 6Mechanical Engineering4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe R. N. Wilson's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Adaptive Optics, Wavefront Sensing, Astronomical Instrumentation, Spectrograph, Compound Eyes, Freeform Optics, Radio Astronomy and Transits of Venus.

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 16 words, with their numbers
  1. Adaptive Optics291 topic
  2. Wavefront Sensing291 topic
  3. Astronomical Instrumentation191 topic
  4. Spectrograph191 topic
  5. Compound Eyes141 topic
  6. Freeform Optics141 topic
  7. Radio Astronomy91 topic
  8. Transits of Venus91 topic
  9. Dimensional Metrology41 topic
  10. Error Compensation41 topic
  11. Laser41 topic
  12. Optical Interconnects41 topic
  13. Semiconductor41 topic
  14. Semiconductor Lasers41 topic
  15. Optical 3D Laser Measurement31 topic
  16. Position-Sensitive Detector31 topic

Where does R. N. Wilson work?

R. N. Wilson's main affiliation in the publication record is European Southern Observatory, Germany.

How many publications and citations does R. N. Wilson have?

OpenAlex counts 52 works and 307 citations for R. N. Wilson, an h-index of 10, ranking #5,528,676 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality 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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