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Richard D. Alexander

Richard D. Alexander publishes mostly in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Spectroscopy, on topics such as Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies, Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies and Astro and Planetary Science.

World rank
#11,374
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United Kingdom
#1,025
of 90,785
Works
61
Citations
1.2k
Citations per work
20.4

What does Richard D. Alexander research?

Astronomy and Astrophysics: 44.6%Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 9.8%Spectroscopy: 5.4%Sociology and Political Science: 5.4%other fields: 34.8%45%top field
Astronomy and Astrophysics44.6%Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics9.8%Spectroscopy5.4%Sociology and Political Science5.4%other fields34.8%

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

  1. 1Astronomy and Astrophysics45% of their works
  2. 2Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics10% of their works
  3. 3Spectroscopy5% of their works
  4. 4Sociology and Political Science5% of their works
  5. 5Instrumentation3% of their works
  6. 6Genetics3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Richard D. Alexander's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Molecular Clouds, Star Formation, Exoplanets, Stellar Astrophysics, Solar System Abundances, Terrestrial Planets, Ecosystem Services and Molecular Structure.

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. Molecular Clouds161 topic
  2. Star Formation161 topic
  3. Exoplanets141 topic
  4. Stellar Astrophysics141 topic
  5. Solar System Abundances81 topic
  6. Terrestrial Planets81 topic
  7. Ecosystem Services51 topic
  8. Molecular Structure51 topic
  9. Pollinator Decline51 topic
  10. Rotational Spectroscopy51 topic
  11. Altruism31 topic
  12. Astronomical Instrumentation31 topic
  13. Cooperation31 topic
  14. Spectrograph31 topic
  15. Evolution21 topic
  16. Orthoptera21 topic

Where does Richard D. Alexander work?

Richard D. Alexander's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Leicester, United Kingdom.

How many publications and citations does Richard D. Alexander have?

Science Explorer counts 61 works and 1,243 citations for Richard D. Alexander, ranking #11,374 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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