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Researcher · W.M. Keck Observatory · United States

Robert W. Goodrich

Robert W. Goodrich publishes mostly in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, on topics such as Astronomy and Astrophysical Research, Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies and Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae.

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World rank
#594,010
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#203,959
of 1,627,098
Works
161
Citations
5.9k
Citations per work
36.6
h-index
39
i10-index 67Top 11% in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Robert W. Goodrich

What does Robert W. Goodrich research?

Robert W. Goodrich's work is mostly in Physics and Astronomy (65%), Engineering (10%).

Physical Sciences: 121 works · 74.9% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 105 works · 65.4% of their workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 73 works · 45.3% of their workInstrumentation: 23 works · 14.3% of their workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 9 works · 5.8% of their workEngineering: 15 works · 9.5% of their workComputational Mechanics: 6 works · 3.5% of their workAerospace Engineering: 5 works · 3.0% of their workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 5 works · 3.0% of their workEverything else: 40 works · 25.1% of their workTHEIR WORKRobert W.Goodrich161works
Physical Sciences75%

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
    1. Physics and Astronomy10565.4%
    2. Engineering159.5%
  2. Everything else4025.1%
  1. 1Astronomy and Astrophysics45% of their works
  2. 2Instrumentation14% of their works
  3. 3Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics6% of their works
  4. 4Computational Mechanics4% of their works
  5. 5Aerospace Engineering3% of their works
  6. 6Electrical and Electronic Engineering3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Robert W. Goodrich's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Astronomical Instrumentation, Spectrograph, Star Formation, Exoplanets, Stellar Astrophysics, Gamma-Ray Bursts, Supernovae and Cosmology.

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 17 words, with their numbers
  1. Astronomical Instrumentation611 topic
  2. Spectrograph611 topic
  3. Star Formation532 topics
  4. Exoplanets491 topic
  5. Stellar Astrophysics491 topic
  6. Gamma-Ray Bursts301 topic
  7. Supernovae301 topic
  8. Cosmology281 topic
  9. Galaxies281 topic
  10. Molecular Clouds251 topic
  11. Protoplanetary Disks251 topic
  12. Solar System Abundances231 topic
  13. Terrestrial Planets231 topic
  14. Adaptive Optics201 topic
  15. Wavefront Sensing201 topic
  16. Optical 3D Laser Measurement151 topic
  17. Position-Sensitive Detector151 topic

Where does Robert W. Goodrich work?

Robert W. Goodrich's main affiliation in the publication record is W.M. Keck Observatory, United States.

How many publications and citations does Robert W. Goodrich have?

OpenAlex counts 161 works and 5,885 citations for Robert W. Goodrich, an h-index of 39, ranking #594,010 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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