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Robert J. Thacker

Robert J. Thacker publishes mostly in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, on topics such as Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena, Astronomy and Astrophysical Research and Scientific Research and Discoveries.

World rank
#1,221,519
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in Canada
#32,756
of 38,960
Works
20
Citations
80
Citations per work
4.0

What does Robert J. Thacker research?

Astronomy and Astrophysics: 47.1%Instrumentation: 17.6%Statistical and Nonlinear Physics: 11.8%Computational Mechanics: 5.9%other fields: 17.6%47%top field
Astronomy and Astrophysics47.1%Instrumentation17.6%Statistical and Nonlinear Physics11.8%Computational Mechanics5.9%other fields17.6%

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

  1. 1Astronomy and Astrophysics47% of their works
  2. 2Instrumentation18% of their works
  3. 3Statistical and Nonlinear Physics12% of their works
  4. 4Computational Mechanics6% of their works
  5. 5Nuclear and High Energy Physics3% of their works
  6. 6Materials Chemistry3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Robert J. Thacker's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Star Formation, Cosmology, Galaxies, Astronomical Instrumentation, Spectrograph, Optics, Spectroscopy and Supernovae.

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 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Star Formation92 topics
  2. Cosmology71 topic
  3. Galaxies71 topic
  4. Astronomical Instrumentation61 topic
  5. Spectrograph61 topic
  6. Optics41 topic
  7. Spectroscopy41 topic
  8. Supernovae42 topics
  9. Exoplanets31 topic
  10. Stellar Astrophysics31 topic
  11. Cosmological Parameters21 topic
  12. Dark Energy21 topic
  13. Gamma-Ray Bursts21 topic
  14. Molecular Clouds21 topic
  15. Neutron Stars21 topic
  16. Optical 3D Laser Measurement21 topic
  17. Position-Sensitive Detector21 topic
  18. Protoplanetary Disks21 topic

Where does Robert J. Thacker work?

Robert J. Thacker's main affiliation in the publication record is Saint Mary's University, Canada.

How many publications and citations does Robert J. Thacker have?

Science Explorer counts 20 works and 80 citations for Robert J. Thacker, ranking #1,221,519 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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