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Researcher · Royal Institution of Great Britain · United Kingdom

Rayleigh

Rayleigh publishes mostly in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, Astronomy and Astrophysics and History and Philosophy of Science, on topics such as Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics, Elasticity and Wave Propagation and Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques.

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World rank
#4,450,750
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United Kingdom
#276,791
of 367,258
Works
31
Citations
2.8k
Citations per work
89.7
h-index
9
i10-index 8Top 57% in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics
Rayleigh

What does Rayleigh research?

Rayleigh's work is mostly in Physics and Astronomy (17%), Arts and Humanities (8%), Engineering (5%).

Everything else: 21 works · 66.6% of their workPhysical Sciences: 8 works · 25.4% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 5 works · 17.4% of their workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 3 works · 11.1% of their workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 2 works · 6.3% of their workEngineering: 1 works · 4.8% of their workOcean Engineering: 1 works · 4.8% of their workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 works · 3.2% of their workEarth-Surface Processes: 1 works · 3.2% of their workSocial Sciences: 2 works · 8.0% of their workArts and Humanities: 2 works · 8.0% of their workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 works · 4.8% of their workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 works · 3.2% of their workTHEIR WORKRayleigh31works
Physical Sciences25%Social Sciences8%

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. Everything else2166.6%
    1. Physics and Astronomy517.4%
    2. Engineering14.8%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences13.2%
    1. Arts and Humanities28.0%
  1. 1Statistical and Nonlinear Physics11% of their works
  2. 2Astronomy and Astrophysics6% of their works
  3. 3History and Philosophy of Science5% of their works
  4. 4Ocean Engineering5% of their works
  5. 5Earth-Surface Processes3% of their works
  6. 6Visual Arts and Performing Arts3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Rayleigh's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Fluctuation Theorems, Stochastic Thermodynamics, Anaesthesia, Architectural Geometry, Artistic Representation, Experimental Tools, Historical Sources and Mathematics Education.

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. Fluctuation Theorems41 topic
  2. Stochastic Thermodynamics41 topic
  3. Anaesthesia21 topic
  4. Architectural Geometry21 topic
  5. Artistic Representation21 topic
  6. Experimental Tools21 topic
  7. Historical Sources21 topic
  8. Mathematics Education21 topic
  9. Mechanics21 topic
  10. Medical Gases21 topic
  11. Nanomaterials21 topic
  12. Pore-scale Modeling21 topic
  13. Radio Astronomy21 topic
  14. Smartphones21 topic
  15. Transits of Venus21 topic
  16. X-ray Computed Tomography21 topic

Where does Rayleigh work?

Rayleigh's main affiliation in the publication record is Royal Institution of Great Britain, United Kingdom.

How many publications and citations does Rayleigh have?

OpenAlex counts 31 works and 2,782 citations for Rayleigh, an h-index of 9, ranking #4,450,750 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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