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Researcher · Harvard College Observatory · United States

Simon Newcomb

Simon Newcomb publishes mostly in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Economics and Econometrics and Literature and Literary Theory, on topics such as History and Developments in Astronomy, Historical Astronomy and Related Studies and Astro and Planetary Science.

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World rank
#283,395
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#108,121
of 358,040
Works
68
Citations
77
Citations per work
1.1

What does Simon Newcomb research?

Astronomy and Astrophysics: 54.8%Economics and Econometrics: 4.8%Literature and Literary Theory: 4.8%Accounting: 3.2%other fields: 32.4%55%top field
Astronomy and Astrophysics54.8%Economics and Econometrics4.8%Literature and Literary Theory4.8%Accounting3.2%other fields32.4%

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

  1. 1Astronomy and Astrophysics55% of their works
  2. 2Economics and Econometrics5% of their works
  3. 3Literature and Literary Theory5% of their works
  4. 4Accounting3% of their works
  5. 5Political Science and International Relations3% of their works
  6. 6Aerospace Engineering3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Simon Newcomb's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Radio Astronomy, Transits of Venus, Antikythera Mechanism, Astronomical Calculator, Solar System Abundances, Terrestrial Planets, Coronal Mass Ejections and Mars.

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 Astronomy111 topic
  2. Transits of Venus111 topic
  3. Antikythera Mechanism81 topic
  4. Astronomical Calculator81 topic
  5. Solar System Abundances61 topic
  6. Terrestrial Planets61 topic
  7. Coronal Mass Ejections21 topic
  8. Mars21 topic
  9. Martian Surface21 topic
  10. Solar Dynamics Observatory21 topic
  11. Absolute Configuration11 topic
  12. Chirality11 topic
  13. Chiroptical Spectroscopy11 topic
  14. On-Orbit Servicing11 topic
  15. Space Debris11 topic
  16. Stereoisomers11 topic

Where does Simon Newcomb work?

Simon Newcomb's main affiliation in the publication record is Harvard College Observatory, United States.

How many publications and citations does Simon Newcomb have?

Science Explorer counts 68 works and 77 citations for Simon Newcomb, ranking #283,395 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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