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Researcher · Fox Valley Technical College · United States

Virendra Nath Sharma

Virendra Nath Sharma publishes mostly in Astronomy and Astrophysics, History and Philosophy of Science and Archeology, on topics such as History and Developments in Astronomy, Historical Astronomy and Related Studies and History of Science and Medicine.

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World rank
#4,677,518
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#1,233,403
of 1,627,098
Works
16
Citations
29
Citations per work
1.8
h-index
3
i10-index 1Top 94% in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Virendra Nath Sharma

What does Virendra Nath Sharma research?

Virendra Nath Sharma's work is mostly in Physics and Astronomy (46%), Arts and Humanities (27%), Materials Science (9%).

Physical Sciences: 9 works · 59.0% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 7 works · 45.5% of their workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 7 works · 45.5% of their workMaterials Science: 1 works · 9.0% of their workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 1 works · 4.5% of their workMaterials Chemistry: 1 works · 4.5% of their workEngineering: 1 works · 4.5% of their workComputational Mechanics: 1 works · 4.5% of their workSocial Sciences: 4 works · 27.3% of their workArts and Humanities: 4 works · 27.3% of their workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 3 works · 20.5% of their workArcheology: 1 works · 6.8% of their workEverything else: 2 works · 13.7% of their workTHEIR WORKVirendra NathSharma16works
Physical Sciences59%Social Sciences27%

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 Astronomy745.5%
    2. Materials Science19.0%
    3. Engineering14.5%
    1. Arts and Humanities427.3%
  3. Everything else213.7%
  1. 1Astronomy and Astrophysics46% of their works
  2. 2History and Philosophy of Science20% of their works
  3. 3Archeology7% of their works
  4. 4Materials Chemistry4% of their works
  5. 5Computational Mechanics4% of their works
  6. 6Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Virendra Nath Sharma's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Radio Astronomy, Transits of Venus, History, Science, Antikythera Mechanism, Astronomical Calculator, Innovation and Technology.

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 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Radio Astronomy101 topic
  2. Transits of Venus101 topic
  3. History92 topics
  4. Science92 topics
  5. Antikythera Mechanism81 topic
  6. Astronomical Calculator81 topic
  7. Innovation51 topic
  8. Technology51 topic
  9. Colonialism41 topic
  10. Knowledge Production41 topic
  11. Optical 3D Laser Measurement21 topic
  12. Position-Sensitive Detector21 topic
  13. Fluoride Ion Batteries11 topic
  14. Hematite11 topic
  15. Lanthanide Complexes11 topic
  16. Noble Gas Compounds11 topic
  17. Photoelectrodes11 topic
  18. Single-Molecule Magnets11 topic

Where does Virendra Nath Sharma work?

Virendra Nath Sharma's main affiliation in the publication record is Fox Valley Technical College, United States.

How many publications and citations does Virendra Nath Sharma have?

OpenAlex counts 16 works and 29 citations for Virendra Nath Sharma, an h-index of 3, ranking #4,677,518 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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