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Researcher · UNSW Sydney · Australia

W. J. Couch

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

World rank
#20,550
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in Australia
#485
of 35,497
Works
92
Citations
1.1k
Citations per work
11.8

What does W. J. Couch research?

Astronomy and Astrophysics: 59.8%Instrumentation: 25.5%Computational Mechanics: 6.9%Nuclear and High Energy Physics: 3.9%other fields: 3.9%60%top field
Astronomy and Astrophysics59.8%Instrumentation25.5%Computational Mechanics6.9%Nuclear and High Energy Physics3.9%other fields3.9%

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

  1. 1Astronomy and Astrophysics60% of their works
  2. 2Instrumentation26% of their works
  3. 3Computational Mechanics7% of their works
  4. 4Nuclear and High Energy Physics4% of their works
  5. 5Statistical and Nonlinear Physics1% of their works
  6. 6Oceanography1% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe W. J. Couch's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Star Formation, Black Holes, Astronomical Instrumentation, Spectrograph, Cosmology, Galaxies, 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 21 words, with their numbers
  1. Star Formation292 topics
  2. Black Holes272 topics
  3. Astronomical Instrumentation261 topic
  4. Spectrograph261 topic
  5. Cosmology231 topic
  6. Galaxies231 topic
  7. Exoplanets171 topic
  8. Stellar Astrophysics171 topic
  9. Accretion Disks102 topics
  10. Magnetic Fields102 topics
  11. Supernovae82 topics
  12. Optical 3D Laser Measurement71 topic
  13. Position-Sensitive Detector71 topic
  14. Gamma-Ray Bursts61 topic
  15. Molecular Clouds61 topic
  16. Neutron Stars61 topic
  17. Protoplanetary Disks61 topic
  18. Event Horizon Telescope41 topic
  19. X-Ray Astronomy41 topic
  20. Cosmological Parameters21 topic
  21. Dark Energy21 topic

Where does W. J. Couch work?

W. J. Couch's main affiliation in the publication record is UNSW Sydney, Australia.

How many publications and citations does W. J. Couch have?

Science Explorer counts 92 works and 1,088 citations for W. J. Couch, ranking #20,550 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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