Science Explorer Interactive view Map

Thomas Herbst

Thomas Herbst publishes mostly in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Language and Linguistics and Astronomy and Astrophysics, on topics such as Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing, Astronomy and Astrophysical Research and Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies.

World rank
#183,619
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in Germany
#11,284
of 86,443
Works
76
Citations
278
Citations per work
3.7

What does Thomas Herbst research?

Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 18.9%Language and Linguistics: 18.0%Astronomy and Astrophysics: 15.3%Electrical and Electronic Engineering: 9.0%other fields: 38.8%19%top field
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics18.9%Language and Linguistics18.0%Astronomy and Astrophysics15.3%Electrical and Electronic Engineering9.0%other fields38.8%

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

  1. 1Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics19% of their works
  2. 2Language and Linguistics18% of their works
  3. 3Astronomy and Astrophysics15% of their works
  4. 4Electrical and Electronic Engineering9% of their works
  5. 5Instrumentation7% of their works
  6. 6Biomedical Engineering4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Thomas Herbst's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Adaptive Optics, Wavefront Sensing, Astronomical Instrumentation, Spectrograph, Molecular Clouds, Star Formation, Exoplanets and Stellar Astrophysics.

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. Adaptive Optics131 topic
  2. Wavefront Sensing131 topic
  3. Astronomical Instrumentation81 topic
  4. Spectrograph81 topic
  5. Molecular Clouds71 topic
  6. Star Formation71 topic
  7. Exoplanets61 topic
  8. Stellar Astrophysics61 topic
  9. Compound Eyes41 topic
  10. Dictionaries41 topic
  11. Discourse Analysis41 topic
  12. Freeform Optics41 topic
  13. Language Variation41 topic
  14. Laser41 topic
  15. Lexicography41 topic
  16. Semiconductor41 topic

Where does Thomas Herbst work?

Thomas Herbst's main affiliation in the publication record is Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, Germany.

How many publications and citations does Thomas Herbst have?

Science Explorer counts 76 works and 278 citations for Thomas Herbst, ranking #183,619 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.

Papers, co-authors, who cited this work and researchers on the nearest topics are in the interactive view on the map. Is this your page? Request a correction or removal.