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Researcher · Lowell Observatory · United States

Thomas A. Bida

Thomas A. Bida publishes mostly in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, on topics such as Astro and Planetary Science, Planetary Science and Exploration and Astronomy and Astrophysical Research.

OpenAlex
World rank
#3,741,812
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#1,034,065
of 1,627,098
Works
74
Citations
874
Citations per work
11.8
h-index
12
i10-index 18Top 49% in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Thomas A. Bida

What does Thomas A. Bida research?

Thomas A. Bida's work is mostly in Physics and Astronomy (66%), Engineering (12%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (8%).

Physical Sciences: 64 works · 86.0% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 48 works · 65.5% of their workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 35 works · 47.0% of their workInstrumentation: 7 works · 10.0% of their workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 6 works · 8.5% of their workEngineering: 9 works · 12.0% of their workAerospace Engineering: 6 works · 7.5% of their workComputational Mechanics: 3 works · 4.5% of their workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 6 works · 8.5% of their workAtmospheric Science: 6 works · 8.5% of their workEverything else: 10 works · 14.0% of their workTHEIR WORKThomas A. Bida74works
Physical Sciences86%

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 Astronomy4865.5%
    2. Engineering912.0%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences68.5%
  2. Everything else1014.0%
  1. 1Astronomy and Astrophysics47% of their works
  2. 2Instrumentation10% of their works
  3. 3Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics8% of their works
  4. 4Atmospheric Science8% of their works
  5. 5Aerospace Engineering8% of their works
  6. 6Computational Mechanics4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Thomas A. Bida's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Solar System Abundances, Terrestrial Planets, Mars, Martian Surface, Astronomical Instrumentation, Spectrograph, Adaptive Optics and Wavefront Sensing.

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. The words come from the keyword list OpenAlex gives each topic, not from the text of the papers, so a word can appear that none of the papers uses.

All 16 words, with their numbers
  1. Solar System Abundances331 topic
  2. Terrestrial Planets331 topic
  3. Mars311 topic
  4. Martian Surface311 topic
  5. Astronomical Instrumentation201 topic
  6. Spectrograph201 topic
  7. Adaptive Optics161 topic
  8. Wavefront Sensing161 topic
  9. Extravehicular Activity111 topic
  10. Space Suit111 topic
  11. Ozone Depletion101 topic
  12. Stratospheric Water Vapor101 topic
  13. Coronal Mass Ejections91 topic
  14. Optical 3D Laser Measurement91 topic
  15. Position-Sensitive Detector91 topic
  16. Solar Dynamics Observatory91 topic

Where does Thomas A. Bida work?

Thomas A. Bida's main affiliation in the publication record is Lowell Observatory, United States.

How many publications and citations does Thomas A. Bida have?

OpenAlex counts 74 works and 874 citations for Thomas A. Bida, an h-index of 12, ranking #3,741,812 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised citation 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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