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Researcher · W.M. Keck Observatory · United States

Sam Ragland

Sam Ragland publishes mostly in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Electrical and Electronic Engineering, on topics such as Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing, Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies and Optical Systems and Laser Technology.

ORCID 0000-0002-0696-1780 OpenAlex
World rank
#777,541
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#224,847
of 358,040
Works
47
Citations
79
Citations per work
1.7

What does Sam Ragland research?

Astronomy and Astrophysics: 31.3%Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 18.8%Electrical and Electronic Engineering: 12.5%Instrumentation: 10.9%other fields: 26.5%31%top field
Astronomy and Astrophysics31.3%Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics18.8%Electrical and Electronic Engineering12.5%Instrumentation10.9%other fields26.5%

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

  1. 1Astronomy and Astrophysics31% of their works
  2. 2Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics19% of their works
  3. 3Electrical and Electronic Engineering12% of their works
  4. 4Instrumentation11% of their works
  5. 5Aerospace Engineering8% of their works
  6. 6Biomedical Engineering6% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Sam Ragland's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Adaptive Optics, Wavefront Sensing, Exoplanets, Stellar Astrophysics, Astronomical Instrumentation, Laser, Semiconductor and Spectrograph.

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. Adaptive Optics121 topic
  2. Wavefront Sensing121 topic
  3. Exoplanets101 topic
  4. Stellar Astrophysics101 topic
  5. Astronomical Instrumentation61 topic
  6. Laser61 topic
  7. Semiconductor61 topic
  8. Spectrograph61 topic
  9. Gamma-Ray Bursts41 topic
  10. Supernovae41 topic
  11. Compound Eyes31 topic
  12. Freeform Optics31 topic
  13. On-Orbit Performance21 topic
  14. Radiometric Calibration21 topic
  15. Spectroscopic Databases21 topic
  16. Terahertz Quantum-Cascade Lasers21 topic

Where does Sam Ragland work?

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

How many publications and citations does Sam Ragland have?

Science Explorer counts 47 works and 79 citations for Sam Ragland, ranking #777,541 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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