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Researcher · University of Alberta · Canada

Robert W. Smith

Robert W. Smith publishes mostly in Astronomy and Astrophysics, History and Philosophy of Science and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, on topics such as History and Developments in Astronomy, History of Science and Medicine and Historical Astronomy and Related Studies.

ORCID 0009-0005-0759-6809 OpenAlex
World rank
#911,542
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in Canada
#26,817
of 38,960
Works
45
Citations
22
Citations per work
0.5

What does Robert W. Smith research?

Astronomy and Astrophysics: 49.1%History and Philosophy of Science: 21.8%Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 5.5%Aerospace Engineering: 3.6%other fields: 20.0%49%top field
Astronomy and Astrophysics49.1%History and Philosophy of Science21.8%Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics5.5%Aerospace Engineering3.6%other fields20.0%

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

  1. 1Astronomy and Astrophysics49% of their works
  2. 2History and Philosophy of Science22% of their works
  3. 3Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics6% of their works
  4. 4Aerospace Engineering4% of their works
  5. 5Statistics and Probability2% of their works
  6. 6Sociology and Political Science2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Robert W. Smith's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Radio Astronomy, Transits of Venus, History, Science, Antikythera Mechanism, Astronomical Calculator, Space Policy and Space Tourism.

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 16 words, with their numbers
  1. Radio Astronomy151 topic
  2. Transits of Venus151 topic
  3. History71 topic
  4. Science71 topic
  5. Antikythera Mechanism31 topic
  6. Astronomical Calculator31 topic
  7. Space Policy31 topic
  8. Space Tourism31 topic
  9. Astrobiology21 topic
  10. Cosmological Parameters21 topic
  11. Dark Energy21 topic
  12. Extraterrestrial Life21 topic
  13. Global History21 topic
  14. Relativity21 topic
  15. Science Circulation21 topic
  16. Unified Field Theories21 topic

Where does Robert W. Smith work?

Robert W. Smith's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Alberta, Canada.

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

Science Explorer counts 45 works and 22 citations for Robert W. Smith, ranking #911,542 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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