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Researcher · The Ohio State University · United States

Shawn Poindexter

Shawn Poindexter publishes mostly in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Computational Mechanics, on topics such as Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies, Astronomy and Astrophysical Research and Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena.

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World rank
#1,464,104
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#460,204
of 1,627,098
Works
23
Citations
1.8k
Citations per work
79.7
h-index
13
i10-index 13Top 45% in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Shawn Poindexter

What does Shawn Poindexter research?

Shawn Poindexter's work is mostly in Physics and Astronomy (87%), Engineering (6%), Mathematics (2%).

Physical Sciences: 22 works · 95.0% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 20 works · 87.0% of their workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 16 works · 67.7% of their workInstrumentation: 4 works · 16.1% of their workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 works · 3.2% of their workEngineering: 1 works · 6.4% of their workComputational Mechanics: 1 works · 4.8% of their workAerospace Engineering: 0 works · 1.6% of their workMathematics: 0 works · 1.6% of their workApplied Mathematics: 0 works · 1.6% of their workEverything else: 1 works · 5.0% of their workTHEIR WORKShawn Poindexter23works
Physical Sciences95%

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 Astronomy2087.0%
    2. Engineering16.4%
    3. Mathematics01.6%
  2. Everything else15.0%
  1. 1Astronomy and Astrophysics68% of their works
  2. 2Instrumentation16% of their works
  3. 3Computational Mechanics5% of their works
  4. 4Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics3% of their works
  5. 5Aerospace Engineering2% of their works
  6. 6Applied Mathematics2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Shawn Poindexter's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Black Holes, Exoplanets, Stellar Astrophysics, Astronomical Instrumentation, Spectrograph, Star Formation, Accretion Disks and Magnetic Fields.

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 20 words, with their numbers
  1. Black Holes152 topics
  2. Exoplanets111 topic
  3. Stellar Astrophysics111 topic
  4. Astronomical Instrumentation101 topic
  5. Spectrograph101 topic
  6. Star Formation102 topics
  7. Accretion Disks92 topics
  8. Magnetic Fields92 topics
  9. Cosmology81 topic
  10. Galaxies81 topic
  11. Gamma-Ray Bursts81 topic
  12. Supernovae81 topic
  13. Event Horizon Telescope71 topic
  14. X-Ray Astronomy71 topic
  15. Optical 3D Laser Measurement31 topic
  16. Position-Sensitive Detector31 topic
  17. Molecular Clouds21 topic
  18. Protoplanetary Disks21 topic
  19. Solar System Abundances21 topic
  20. Terrestrial Planets21 topic

Where does Shawn Poindexter work?

Shawn Poindexter's main affiliation in the publication record is The Ohio State University, United States.

How many publications and citations does Shawn Poindexter have?

OpenAlex counts 23 works and 1,833 citations for Shawn Poindexter, an h-index of 13, ranking #1,464,104 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality 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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