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Robert S. Ball

Robert S. Ball publishes mostly in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Archeology and Political Science and International Relations, on topics such as History and Developments in Astronomy, Historical Astronomy and Related Studies and Historical and Architectural Studies.

World rank
#768,091
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in Ireland
#2,371
of 4,477
Works
42
Citations
15
Citations per work
0.4

What does Robert S. Ball research?

Astronomy and Astrophysics: 19.6%Archeology: 10.9%Political Science and International Relations: 10.9%Music: 6.5%other fields: 52.1%20%top field
Astronomy and Astrophysics19.6%Archeology10.9%Political Science and International Relations10.9%Music6.5%other fields52.1%

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

  1. 1Astronomy and Astrophysics20% of their works
  2. 2Archeology11% of their works
  3. 3Political Science and International Relations11% of their works
  4. 4Music6% of their works
  5. 5Oceanography6% of their works
  6. 6Aerospace Engineering6% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Robert S. Ball's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Historical Astronomy, Antikythera Mechanism, Archaeoastronomy, Astronomical Calculator, Cultural Landscapes, Radio Astronomy, Transits of Venus and Ancient Rome.

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 17 words, with their numbers
  1. Historical Astronomy62 topics
  2. Antikythera Mechanism31 topic
  3. Archaeoastronomy31 topic
  4. Astronomical Calculator31 topic
  5. Cultural Landscapes31 topic
  6. Radio Astronomy31 topic
  7. Transits of Venus31 topic
  8. Ancient Rome21 topic
  9. Corrective Justice21 topic
  10. GRACE21 topic
  11. Greek Literature21 topic
  12. Musical Theory21 topic
  13. Musicology21 topic
  14. On-Orbit Performance21 topic
  15. Radiometric Calibration21 topic
  16. Remedies21 topic
  17. Sea Level Rise21 topic

Where does Robert S. Ball work?

Robert S. Ball's main affiliation in the publication record is Government of Ireland, Ireland.

How many publications and citations does Robert S. Ball have?

Science Explorer counts 42 works and 15 citations for Robert S. Ball, ranking #768,091 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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