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R. W. Wilson

R. W. Wilson publishes mostly in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Spectroscopy and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, on topics such as Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies, Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies and Spectroscopy and Laser Applications.

World rank
#27,295
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#12,801
of 358,040
Works
74
Citations
803
Citations per work
10.9

What does R. W. Wilson research?

Astronomy and Astrophysics: 42.6%Spectroscopy: 10.2%Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 8.3%Atmospheric Science: 7.4%other fields: 31.5%43%top field
Astronomy and Astrophysics42.6%Spectroscopy10.2%Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics8.3%Atmospheric Science7.4%other fields31.5%

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

  1. 1Astronomy and Astrophysics43% of their works
  2. 2Spectroscopy10% of their works
  3. 3Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics8% of their works
  4. 4Atmospheric Science7% of their works
  5. 5Aerospace Engineering6% of their works
  6. 6Instrumentation4% of their works

Research topics

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

The keywords of their largest research topics: Accretion Disks, Magnetic Fields, Molecular Clouds, Star Formation, Exoplanets, Stellar Astrophysics, Spectroscopic Databases and Terahertz Quantum-Cascade Lasers.

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 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Accretion Disks202 topics
  2. Magnetic Fields202 topics
  3. Molecular Clouds171 topic
  4. Star Formation171 topic
  5. Exoplanets111 topic
  6. Stellar Astrophysics111 topic
  7. Spectroscopic Databases71 topic
  8. Terahertz Quantum-Cascade Lasers71 topic
  9. Ozone Depletion61 topic
  10. Stratospheric Water Vapor61 topic
  11. Astronomical Instrumentation41 topic
  12. Molecular Structure41 topic
  13. Rotational Spectroscopy41 topic
  14. Solar System Abundances41 topic
  15. Spectrograph41 topic
  16. Terrestrial Planets41 topic
  17. Black Holes31 topic
  18. X-Ray Astronomy31 topic

Where does R. W. Wilson work?

R. W. Wilson's main affiliation in the publication record is Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian, United States.

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

Science Explorer counts 74 works and 803 citations for R. W. Wilson, ranking #27,295 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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