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Researcher · NSF NCAR High Altitude Observatory · United States

Sydney Chapman

Sydney Chapman publishes mostly in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Molecular Biology and Oceanography, on topics such as Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics, Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies and Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics.

OpenAlex
World rank
#496,412
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#165,504
of 358,040
Works
42
Citations
114
Citations per work
2.7

What does Sydney Chapman research?

Astronomy and Astrophysics: 34.3%Molecular Biology: 11.9%Oceanography: 7.5%Computational Mechanics: 4.5%other fields: 41.8%34%top field
Astronomy and Astrophysics34.3%Molecular Biology11.9%Oceanography7.5%Computational Mechanics4.5%other fields41.8%

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

  1. 1Astronomy and Astrophysics34% of their works
  2. 2Molecular Biology12% of their works
  3. 3Oceanography8% of their works
  4. 4Computational Mechanics4% of their works
  5. 5Statistical and Nonlinear Physics4% of their works
  6. 6Political Science and International Relations3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Sydney Chapman's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Solar Wind, Coronal Mass Ejections, Solar Dynamics Observatory, Geomagnetic Field, Magnetosome Formation, Climate Change, Ionosphere and Magnetosphere.

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 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Solar Wind152 topics
  2. Coronal Mass Ejections91 topic
  3. Solar Dynamics Observatory91 topic
  4. Geomagnetic Field81 topic
  5. Magnetosome Formation81 topic
  6. Climate Change73 topics
  7. Ionosphere61 topic
  8. Magnetosphere61 topic
  9. GRACE31 topic
  10. Optics31 topic
  11. Sea Level Rise31 topic
  12. Solar System Abundances31 topic
  13. Spectroscopy31 topic
  14. Terrestrial Planets31 topic
  15. Thermodiffusion21 topic
  16. Thermophoresis21 topic
  17. Livestock Farming11 topic
  18. Sustainability11 topic

Where does Sydney Chapman work?

Sydney Chapman's main affiliation in the publication record is NSF NCAR High Altitude Observatory, United States.

How many publications and citations does Sydney Chapman have?

Science Explorer counts 42 works and 114 citations for Sydney Chapman, ranking #496,412 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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