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Researcher · Lowell Observatory · United States

Ralph A. Nye

Ralph A. Nye publishes mostly in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Computational Mechanics and Atmospheric Science, on topics such as Astro and Planetary Science, Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation and Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies.

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World rank
#3,199,955
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#909,287
of 1,627,098
Works
22
Citations
305
Citations per work
13.9
h-index
7
i10-index 7Top 73% in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Ralph A. Nye

What does Ralph A. Nye research?

Ralph A. Nye's work is mostly in Physics and Astronomy (51%), Engineering (21%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (12%).

Physical Sciences: 18 works · 83.7% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 11 works · 50.8% of their workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 10 works · 45.9% of their workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 1 works · 4.9% of their workEngineering: 5 works · 21.4% of their workComputational Mechanics: 3 works · 14.8% of their workAerospace Engineering: 1 works · 6.6% of their workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3 works · 11.5% of their workAtmospheric Science: 2 works · 8.2% of their workGeophysics: 1 works · 3.3% of their workEverything else: 4 works · 16.3% of their workTHEIR WORKRalph A. Nye22works
Physical Sciences84%

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 Astronomy1150.8%
    2. Engineering521.4%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences311.5%
  2. Everything else416.3%
  1. 1Astronomy and Astrophysics46% of their works
  2. 2Computational Mechanics15% of their works
  3. 3Atmospheric Science8% of their works
  4. 4Aerospace Engineering7% of their works
  5. 5Nuclear and High Energy Physics5% of their works
  6. 6Geophysics3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Ralph A. Nye's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Solar System Abundances, Terrestrial Planets, Optical 3D Laser Measurement, Position-Sensitive Detector, Exoplanets, Stellar Astrophysics, Mars and Martian Surface.

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. The words come from the keyword list OpenAlex gives each topic, not from the text of the papers, so a word can appear that none of the papers uses.

All 16 words, with their numbers
  1. Solar System Abundances131 topic
  2. Terrestrial Planets131 topic
  3. Optical 3D Laser Measurement91 topic
  4. Position-Sensitive Detector91 topic
  5. Exoplanets41 topic
  6. Stellar Astrophysics41 topic
  7. Mars31 topic
  8. Martian Surface31 topic
  9. Ozone Depletion31 topic
  10. Stratospheric Water Vapor31 topic
  11. CMOS Image Sensors21 topic
  12. Extravehicular Activity21 topic
  13. High-Speed Imaging21 topic
  14. Radio Astronomy21 topic
  15. Space Suit21 topic
  16. Transits of Venus21 topic

Where does Ralph A. Nye work?

Ralph A. Nye's main affiliation in the publication record is Lowell Observatory, United States.

How many publications and citations does Ralph A. Nye have?

OpenAlex counts 22 works and 305 citations for Ralph A. Nye, an h-index of 7, ranking #3,199,955 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised citation 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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