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Robert A. Crain

Robert A. Crain publishes mostly in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Nuclear and High Energy Physics, on topics such as Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena, Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies and Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies.

World rank
#18,788
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United Kingdom
#1,744
of 90,785
Works
48
Citations
868
Citations per work
18.1

What does Robert A. Crain research?

Astronomy and Astrophysics: 69.4%Instrumentation: 14.3%Nuclear and High Energy Physics: 8.2%Electrical and Electronic Engineering: 4.1%other fields: 4.0%69%top field
Astronomy and Astrophysics69.4%Instrumentation14.3%Nuclear and High Energy Physics8.2%Electrical and Electronic Engineering4.1%other fields4.0%

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

  1. 1Astronomy and Astrophysics69% of their works
  2. 2Instrumentation14% of their works
  3. 3Nuclear and High Energy Physics8% of their works
  4. 4Electrical and Electronic Engineering4% of their works
  5. 5Aerospace Engineering2% of their works
  6. 6Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Robert A. Crain's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Star Formation, Black Holes, Cosmology, Galaxies, Accretion Disks, Magnetic Fields, Astronomical Instrumentation and Exoplanets.

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 20 words, with their numbers
  1. Star Formation222 topics
  2. Black Holes172 topics
  3. Cosmology151 topic
  4. Galaxies151 topic
  5. Accretion Disks92 topics
  6. Magnetic Fields92 topics
  7. Astronomical Instrumentation71 topic
  8. Exoplanets71 topic
  9. Molecular Clouds71 topic
  10. Protoplanetary Disks71 topic
  11. Spectrograph71 topic
  12. Stellar Astrophysics71 topic
  13. High-Energy Astrophysics31 topic
  14. Particle Acceleration31 topic
  15. Event Horizon Telescope21 topic
  16. X-Ray Astronomy21 topic
  17. CMOS Image Sensors11 topic
  18. High-Speed Imaging11 topic
  19. Negative Ion Sources11 topic
  20. Superconducting Cavities11 topic

Where does Robert A. Crain work?

Robert A. Crain's main affiliation in the publication record is Liverpool John Moores University, United Kingdom.

How many publications and citations does Robert A. Crain have?

Science Explorer counts 48 works and 868 citations for Robert A. Crain, ranking #18,788 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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