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Researcher · Leiden Observatory · ??

W. B. Burton

W. B. Burton publishes mostly in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Computational Mechanics, on topics such as Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies, Astronomy and Astrophysical Research and Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena.

World rank
#62,153
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in ??
#50
of 3,358
Works
56
Citations
584
Citations per work
10.4

What does W. B. Burton research?

Astronomy and Astrophysics: 50.6%Instrumentation: 12.6%Computational Mechanics: 8.0%Statistical and Nonlinear Physics: 4.6%other fields: 24.2%51%top field
Astronomy and Astrophysics50.6%Instrumentation12.6%Computational Mechanics8.0%Statistical and Nonlinear Physics4.6%other fields24.2%

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

  1. 1Astronomy and Astrophysics51% of their works
  2. 2Instrumentation13% of their works
  3. 3Computational Mechanics8% of their works
  4. 4Statistical and Nonlinear Physics5% of their works
  5. 5Oceanography3% of their works
  6. 6Aerospace Engineering2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe W. B. Burton's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Star Formation, Exoplanets, Stellar Astrophysics, Astronomical Instrumentation, Spectrograph, Cosmology, Galaxies and Molecular Clouds.

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 19 words, with their numbers
  1. Star Formation182 topics
  2. Exoplanets151 topic
  3. Stellar Astrophysics151 topic
  4. Astronomical Instrumentation111 topic
  5. Spectrograph111 topic
  6. Cosmology91 topic
  7. Galaxies91 topic
  8. Molecular Clouds91 topic
  9. Protoplanetary Disks91 topic
  10. Climate Change72 topics
  11. Optical 3D Laser Measurement71 topic
  12. Position-Sensitive Detector71 topic
  13. Spectroscopy72 topics
  14. Optics41 topic
  15. Quantum Computing41 topic
  16. GRACE31 topic
  17. Radio Astronomy31 topic
  18. Sea Level Rise31 topic
  19. Transits of Venus31 topic

Where does W. B. Burton work?

W. B. Burton's main affiliation in the publication record is Leiden Observatory, ??.

How many publications and citations does W. B. Burton have?

Science Explorer counts 56 works and 584 citations for W. B. Burton, ranking #62,153 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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