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Robert M. Wald

Robert M. Wald publishes mostly in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, on topics such as Cosmology and Gravitation Theories, Black Holes and Theoretical Physics and Relativity and Gravitational Theory.

World rank
#7,273
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#3,518
of 358,040
Works
76
Citations
1.5k
Citations per work
20.2

What does Robert M. Wald research?

Astronomy and Astrophysics: 46.6%Nuclear and High Energy Physics: 18.2%Statistical and Nonlinear Physics: 12.5%Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 10.2%other fields: 12.5%47%top field
Astronomy and Astrophysics46.6%Nuclear and High Energy Physics18.2%Statistical and Nonlinear Physics12.5%Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics10.2%other fields12.5%

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. 2Nuclear and High Energy Physics18% of their works
  3. 3Statistical and Nonlinear Physics12% of their works
  4. 4Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics10% of their works
  5. 5Applied Mathematics6% of their works
  6. 6Mathematical Physics2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Robert M. Wald's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Quantum Gravity, Cosmological Parameters, Dark Energy, Black Holes, Field Theories, Holographic, Relativity and Unified Field Theories.

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. Quantum Gravity373 topics
  2. Cosmological Parameters201 topic
  3. Dark Energy201 topic
  4. Black Holes192 topics
  5. Field Theories161 topic
  6. Holographic161 topic
  7. Relativity121 topic
  8. Unified Field Theories121 topic
  9. Lorentz Violation91 topic
  10. Noncommutative Field Theory91 topic
  11. Casimir Effect71 topic
  12. Quantum Vacuum71 topic
  13. Accretion Disks31 topic
  14. Geometric Algebra31 topic
  15. Quaternionic Analysis31 topic
  16. X-Ray Astronomy31 topic
  17. Optimal Transport21 topic
  18. Ricci Curvature21 topic

Where does Robert M. Wald work?

Robert M. Wald's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Chicago, United States.

How many publications and citations does Robert M. Wald have?

Science Explorer counts 76 works and 1,538 citations for Robert M. Wald, ranking #7,273 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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