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, Astronomy and Astrophysical Research and Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies.
- World rank
- #10,171 of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
- Rank in United Kingdom
- #654 of 367,258
- Works
- 224
- Citations
- 22k
- Citations per work
- 97.4
What does Robert A. Crain research?
Robert A. Crain's work is mostly in Physics and Astronomy (94%), Engineering (2%).
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
- Physical Sciences21595.9%
- Physics and Astronomy21194.4%
- Engineering31.5%
- Everything else94.1%
- 1Astronomy and Astrophysics65% of their works
- 2Instrumentation22% of their works
- 3Nuclear and High Energy Physics5% of their works
- 4Electrical and Electronic Engineering2% of their works
- 5Statistical and Nonlinear Physics1% of their works
- 6Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics1% 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, Astronomical Instrumentation, Spectrograph, Accretion Disks and Magnetic Fields.
- High-Energy Astrophysics
- Cosmological Parameters
- Gamma-Ray Bursts
- Event Horizon Telescope
- Protoplanetary Disks
- Stellar Astrophysics
- Magnetic Fields
- Spectrograph
- Galaxies
- Black Holes
- Star Formation
- Cosmology
- Astronomical Instrumentation
- Accretion Disks
- Exoplanets
- Molecular Clouds
- Supernovae
- X-Ray Astronomy
- Neutron Stars
- Dark Energy
- Particle Acceleration
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 21 words, with their numbers
- Star Formation2652 topics
- Black Holes2332 topics
- Cosmology2031 topic
- Galaxies2031 topic
- Astronomical Instrumentation1421 topic
- Spectrograph1421 topic
- Accretion Disks922 topics
- Magnetic Fields922 topics
- Exoplanets701 topic
- Stellar Astrophysics701 topic
- Molecular Clouds621 topic
- Protoplanetary Disks621 topic
- Supernovae442 topics
- Event Horizon Telescope301 topic
- X-Ray Astronomy301 topic
- Gamma-Ray Bursts231 topic
- Neutron Stars231 topic
- Cosmological Parameters211 topic
- Dark Energy211 topic
- High-Energy Astrophysics181 topic
- Particle Acceleration181 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?
OpenAlex counts 224 works and 21,818 citations for Robert A. Crain, an h-index of 78, ranking #10,171 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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