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Researcher · Optica · United States

Robert T. Sparks

Robert T. Sparks publishes mostly in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Computational Mechanics and Instrumentation, on topics such as History and Developments in Astronomy, Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation and Astronomy and Astrophysical Research.

World rank
#1,044,537
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#271,318
of 358,040
Works
20
Citations
7
Citations per work
0.4

What does Robert T. Sparks research?

Astronomy and Astrophysics: 27.8%Computational Mechanics: 16.7%Instrumentation: 11.1%Architecture: 5.6%other fields: 38.8%28%top field
Astronomy and Astrophysics27.8%Computational Mechanics16.7%Instrumentation11.1%Architecture5.6%other fields38.8%

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

  1. 1Astronomy and Astrophysics28% of their works
  2. 2Computational Mechanics17% of their works
  3. 3Instrumentation11% of their works
  4. 4Architecture6% of their works
  5. 5Media Technology6% of their works
  6. 6Education6% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Robert T. Sparks's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Radio Astronomy, Transits of Venus, Optical 3D Laser Measurement, Position-Sensitive Detector, Astronomical Instrumentation, Engineering Education, Spectrograph and Agricultural Education.

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. Radio Astronomy41 topic
  2. Transits of Venus41 topic
  3. Optical 3D Laser Measurement31 topic
  4. Position-Sensitive Detector31 topic
  5. Astronomical Instrumentation21 topic
  6. Engineering Education22 topics
  7. Spectrograph21 topic
  8. Agricultural Education11 topic
  9. Bioinformatics11 topic
  10. Curriculum Development11 topic
  11. Education11 topic
  12. Entrepreneurship11 topic
  13. Geometric Processing11 topic
  14. Remote Laboratories11 topic
  15. Remote Sensing11 topic
  16. School Gardens11 topic
  17. Virtual Labs11 topic

Where does Robert T. Sparks work?

Robert T. Sparks's main affiliation in the publication record is Optica, United States.

How many publications and citations does Robert T. Sparks have?

Science Explorer counts 20 works and 7 citations for Robert T. Sparks, ranking #1,044,537 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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