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W. A. Hiltner

W. A. Hiltner publishes mostly in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Computational Mechanics and Instrumentation, on topics such as Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies, Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation and Astronomy and Astrophysical Research.

World rank
#669,353
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in Chile
#1,182
of 3,393
Works
61
Citations
130
Citations per work
2.1

What does W. A. Hiltner research?

Astronomy and Astrophysics: 35.7%Computational Mechanics: 11.9%Instrumentation: 10.7%Radiation: 6.0%other fields: 35.7%36%top field
Astronomy and Astrophysics35.7%Computational Mechanics11.9%Instrumentation10.7%Radiation6.0%other fields35.7%

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

  1. 1Astronomy and Astrophysics36% of their works
  2. 2Computational Mechanics12% of their works
  3. 3Instrumentation11% of their works
  4. 4Radiation6% of their works
  5. 5Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics4% of their works
  6. 6Nuclear and High Energy Physics4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe W. A. Hiltner's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Exoplanets, Stellar Astrophysics, Optical 3D Laser Measurement, Position-Sensitive Detector, Astronomical Instrumentation, Spectrograph, Accretion Disks and Magnetic Fields.

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. Exoplanets121 topic
  2. Stellar Astrophysics121 topic
  3. Optical 3D Laser Measurement101 topic
  4. Position-Sensitive Detector101 topic
  5. Astronomical Instrumentation91 topic
  6. Spectrograph91 topic
  7. Accretion Disks82 topics
  8. Magnetic Fields82 topics
  9. Black Holes41 topic
  10. Molecular Clouds41 topic
  11. Star Formation41 topic
  12. X-Ray Astronomy41 topic
  13. Coronal Mass Ejections31 topic
  14. Solar Dynamics Observatory31 topic
  15. Solar System Abundances31 topic
  16. Terrestrial Planets31 topic
  17. Spectroscopic Databases21 topic
  18. Terahertz Quantum-Cascade Lasers21 topic

Where does W. A. Hiltner work?

W. A. Hiltner's main affiliation in the publication record is Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory, Chile.

How many publications and citations does W. A. Hiltner have?

Science Explorer counts 61 works and 130 citations for W. A. Hiltner, ranking #669,353 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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