Steven A. Balbus
Steven A. Balbus publishes mostly in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Biomedical Engineering, on topics such as Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies, Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics and Astro and Planetary Science.
- World rank
- #37,835 of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
- Rank in United States
- #17,506 of 358,040
- Works
- 52
- Citations
- 783
- Citations per work
- 15.1
What does Steven A. Balbus research?
Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.
- 1Astronomy and Astrophysics68% of their works
- 2Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics7% of their works
- 3Biomedical Engineering4% of their works
- 4Molecular Biology4% of their works
- 5Materials Chemistry2% of their works
- 6Computational Mechanics2% of their works
Research topics
Which keywords describe Steven A. Balbus's research?
The keywords of their largest research topics: Accretion Disks, Magnetic Fields, Star Formation, Molecular Clouds, Protoplanetary Disks, Coronal Mass Ejections, Solar Dynamics Observatory and Solar System Abundances.
- Vortex Dynamics
- Magnetosome Formation
- Galaxies
- X-Ray Astronomy
- Stellar Astrophysics
- Black Holes
- Solar System Abundances
- Coronal Mass Ejections
- Molecular Clouds
- Magnetic Fields
- Accretion Disks
- Star Formation
- Protoplanetary Disks
- Solar Dynamics Observatory
- Terrestrial Planets
- Exoplanets
- Event Horizon Telescope
- Cosmology
- Geomagnetic Field
- Turbulent Flows
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
- Accretion Disks222 topics
- Magnetic Fields222 topics
- Star Formation192 topics
- Molecular Clouds161 topic
- Protoplanetary Disks161 topic
- Coronal Mass Ejections101 topic
- Solar Dynamics Observatory101 topic
- Solar System Abundances101 topic
- Terrestrial Planets101 topic
- Black Holes92 topics
- Exoplanets71 topic
- Stellar Astrophysics71 topic
- Event Horizon Telescope61 topic
- X-Ray Astronomy61 topic
- Cosmology31 topic
- Galaxies31 topic
- Geomagnetic Field31 topic
- Magnetosome Formation31 topic
- Turbulent Flows21 topic
- Vortex Dynamics21 topic
Where does Steven A. Balbus work?
Steven A. Balbus's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Virginia, United States.
How many publications and citations does Steven A. Balbus have?
Science Explorer counts 52 works and 783 citations for Steven A. Balbus, ranking #37,835 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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