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W. A. Holmes

W. A. Holmes publishes mostly in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Electrical and Electronic Engineering, on topics such as Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena, Cosmology and Gravitation Theories and Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies.

World rank
#9,165
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#4,420
of 358,040
Works
68
Citations
1.6k
Citations per work
23.7

What does W. A. Holmes research?

Astronomy and Astrophysics: 46.0%Nuclear and High Energy Physics: 8.0%Electrical and Electronic Engineering: 7.1%Instrumentation: 7.1%other fields: 31.8%46%top field
Astronomy and Astrophysics46.0%Nuclear and High Energy Physics8.0%Electrical and Electronic Engineering7.1%Instrumentation7.1%other fields31.8%

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

  1. 1Astronomy and Astrophysics46% of their works
  2. 2Nuclear and High Energy Physics8% of their works
  3. 3Electrical and Electronic Engineering7% of their works
  4. 4Instrumentation7% of their works
  5. 5Aerospace Engineering5% of their works
  6. 6Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics5% of their works

Research topics

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

The keywords of their largest research topics: Star Formation, Cosmology, Galaxies, Astronomical Instrumentation, Cosmological Parameters, Dark Energy, Molecular Clouds and Protoplanetary Disks.

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 17 words, with their numbers
  1. Star Formation232 topics
  2. Cosmology151 topic
  3. Galaxies151 topic
  4. Astronomical Instrumentation81 topic
  5. Cosmological Parameters81 topic
  6. Dark Energy81 topic
  7. Molecular Clouds81 topic
  8. Protoplanetary Disks81 topic
  9. Spectrograph81 topic
  10. Superconducting Detectors61 topic
  11. Terahertz61 topic
  12. Epoch of Reionization51 topic
  13. Radio Astronomy51 topic
  14. Exoplanets41 topic
  15. High-Energy Astrophysics41 topic
  16. Particle Acceleration41 topic
  17. Stellar Astrophysics41 topic

Where does W. A. Holmes work?

W. A. Holmes's main affiliation in the publication record is California Institute of Technology, United States.

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

Science Explorer counts 68 works and 1,612 citations for W. A. Holmes, ranking #9,165 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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