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Researcher · University of Northern Iowa · United States

Thomas A. Dobbins

Thomas A. Dobbins publishes mostly in Astronomy and Astrophysics, History and Philosophy of Science and Global and Planetary Change, on topics such as History and Developments in Astronomy, Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life and Astro and Planetary Science.

OpenAlex
World rank
#1,274,232
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#307,055
of 358,040
Works
39
Citations
2
Citations per work
0.1

What does Thomas A. Dobbins research?

Astronomy and Astrophysics: 48.9%History and Philosophy of Science: 11.1%Global and Planetary Change: 6.7%Economics and Econometrics: 4.4%other fields: 28.9%49%top field
Astronomy and Astrophysics48.9%History and Philosophy of Science11.1%Global and Planetary Change6.7%Economics and Econometrics4.4%other fields28.9%

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

  1. 1Astronomy and Astrophysics49% of their works
  2. 2History and Philosophy of Science11% of their works
  3. 3Global and Planetary Change7% of their works
  4. 4Economics and Econometrics4% of their works
  5. 5History4% of their works
  6. 6Literature and Literary Theory4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Thomas A. Dobbins's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Radio Astronomy, Transits of Venus, Astrobiology, Extraterrestrial Life, Solar System Abundances, Space Policy, Space Tourism and Terrestrial Planets.

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 Astronomy81 topic
  2. Transits of Venus81 topic
  3. Astrobiology41 topic
  4. Extraterrestrial Life41 topic
  5. Solar System Abundances31 topic
  6. Space Policy31 topic
  7. Space Tourism31 topic
  8. Terrestrial Planets31 topic
  9. Acceptance21 topic
  10. Climate Change21 topic
  11. Environmental Science21 topic
  12. Evolutionary Theory21 topic
  13. Mars21 topic
  14. Martian Surface21 topic
  15. Atmospheric Aerosols11 topic
  16. Black Carbon11 topic

Where does Thomas A. Dobbins work?

Thomas A. Dobbins's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Northern Iowa, United States.

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

Science Explorer counts 39 works and 2 citations for Thomas A. Dobbins, ranking #1,274,232 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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