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Researcher · The University of Adelaide · Australia

R. O'Brien

R. O'Brien publishes mostly in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Atmospheric Science and Global and Planetary Change, on topics such as Atmospheric Ozone and Climate, Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae and Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols.

OpenAlex
World rank
#5,625,279
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Australia
#124,402
of 140,210
Works
36
Citations
154
Citations per work
4.3
h-index
7
i10-index 7Top 73% in Astronomy and Astrophysics
R. O'Brien

What does R. O'Brien research?

R. O'Brien's work is mostly in Physics and Astronomy (36%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (20%), Environmental Science (8%).

Physical Sciences: 25 works · 69.3% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 13 works · 36.4% of their workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 13 works · 36.4% of their workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 7 works · 20.4% of their workAtmospheric Science: 6 works · 17.0% of their workOceanography: 1 works · 3.4% of their workEnvironmental Science: 3 works · 8.0% of their workGlobal and Planetary Change: 3 works · 8.0% of their workEngineering: 2 works · 4.5% of their workAerospace Engineering: 2 works · 4.5% of their workEverything else: 9 works · 26.2% of their workSocial Sciences: 2 works · 4.5% of their workSocial Sciences: 2 works · 4.5% of their workSociology and Political Science: 2 works · 4.5% of their workTHEIR WORKR. O'Brien36works
Physical Sciences69%Social Sciences4%

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 Astronomy1336.4%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences720.4%
    3. Environmental Science38.0%
    4. Engineering24.5%
  2. Everything else926.2%
    1. Social Sciences24.5%
  1. 1Astronomy and Astrophysics36% of their works
  2. 2Atmospheric Science17% of their works
  3. 3Global and Planetary Change8% of their works
  4. 4Aerospace Engineering4% of their works
  5. 5Sociology and Political Science4% of their works
  6. 6Oceanography3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe R. O'Brien's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Ozone Depletion, Stratospheric Water Vapor, Gamma-Ray Bursts, Supernovae, Atmospheric Aerosols, Black Carbon, Emissions and Methane.

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. Ozone Depletion91 topic
  2. Stratospheric Water Vapor91 topic
  3. Gamma-Ray Bursts71 topic
  4. Supernovae71 topic
  5. Atmospheric Aerosols61 topic
  6. Black Carbon61 topic
  7. Emissions61 topic
  8. Methane61 topic
  9. Radio Astronomy51 topic
  10. Solar System Abundances51 topic
  11. Terrestrial Planets51 topic
  12. Transits of Venus51 topic
  13. Mars31 topic
  14. Martian Surface31 topic
  15. On-Orbit Performance31 topic
  16. Radiometric Calibration31 topic

Where does R. O'Brien work?

R. O'Brien's main affiliation in the publication record is The University of Adelaide, Australia.

How many publications and citations does R. O'Brien have?

OpenAlex counts 36 works and 154 citations for R. O'Brien, an h-index of 7, ranking #5,625,279 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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