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R. Paul Butler

R. Paul Butler publishes mostly in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, on topics such as Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies, Astro and Planetary Science and Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies.

World rank
#23,885
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#11,221
of 358,040
Works
90
Citations
1.3k
Citations per work
14.7

What does R. Paul Butler research?

Astronomy and Astrophysics: 78.6%Instrumentation: 13.2%Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 3.1%Computational Mechanics: 3.1%other fields: 2.0%79%top field
Astronomy and Astrophysics78.6%Instrumentation13.2%Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics3.1%Computational Mechanics3.1%other fields2.0%

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

  1. 1Astronomy and Astrophysics79% of their works
  2. 2Instrumentation13% of their works
  3. 3Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics3% of their works
  4. 4Computational Mechanics3% of their works
  5. 5Molecular Biology1% of their works
  6. 6Mechanical Engineering1% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe R. Paul Butler's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Exoplanets, Stellar Astrophysics, Solar System Abundances, Terrestrial Planets, Molecular Clouds, Star Formation, Astronomical Instrumentation and Spectrograph.

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. Exoplanets511 topic
  2. Stellar Astrophysics511 topic
  3. Solar System Abundances361 topic
  4. Terrestrial Planets361 topic
  5. Molecular Clouds271 topic
  6. Star Formation271 topic
  7. Astronomical Instrumentation211 topic
  8. Spectrograph211 topic
  9. Optical 3D Laser Measurement51 topic
  10. Position-Sensitive Detector51 topic
  11. Adaptive Optics41 topic
  12. Gamma-Ray Bursts41 topic
  13. Supernovae41 topic
  14. Wavefront Sensing41 topic
  15. Coronal Mass Ejections31 topic
  16. Solar Dynamics Observatory31 topic

Where does R. Paul Butler work?

R. Paul Butler's main affiliation in the publication record is Carnegie Institution for Science, United States.

How many publications and citations does R. Paul Butler have?

Science Explorer counts 90 works and 1,320 citations for R. Paul Butler, ranking #23,885 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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