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Researcher · University of Cape Town · South Africa

W. J. G. de Blok

W. J. G. de Blok 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.

ORCID 0000-0001-8957-4518 OpenAlex
World rank
#252,668
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in South Africa
#654
of 5,570
Works
82
Citations
534
Citations per work
6.5

What does W. J. G. de Blok research?

Astronomy and Astrophysics: 51.9%Instrumentation: 22.1%Computational Mechanics: 7.6%Statistical and Nonlinear Physics: 6.9%other fields: 11.5%52%top field
Astronomy and Astrophysics51.9%Instrumentation22.1%Computational Mechanics7.6%Statistical and Nonlinear Physics6.9%other fields11.5%

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

  1. 1Astronomy and Astrophysics52% of their works
  2. 2Instrumentation22% of their works
  3. 3Computational Mechanics8% of their works
  4. 4Statistical and Nonlinear Physics7% of their works
  5. 5Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics2% of their works
  6. 6Spectroscopy2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe W. J. G. de Blok's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Star Formation, Astronomical Instrumentation, Black Holes, 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 20 words, with their numbers
  1. Star Formation342 topics
  2. Astronomical Instrumentation291 topic
  3. Black Holes292 topics
  4. Spectrograph291 topic
  5. Cosmology251 topic
  6. Galaxies251 topic
  7. Exoplanets191 topic
  8. Stellar Astrophysics191 topic
  9. Accretion Disks132 topics
  10. Magnetic Fields132 topics
  11. Optical 3D Laser Measurement101 topic
  12. Position-Sensitive Detector101 topic
  13. Molecular Clouds91 topic
  14. Protoplanetary Disks91 topic
  15. Optics61 topic
  16. Spectroscopy61 topic
  17. Gamma-Ray Bursts51 topic
  18. Supernovae51 topic
  19. Event Horizon Telescope41 topic
  20. X-Ray Astronomy41 topic

Where does W. J. G. de Blok work?

W. J. G. de Blok's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Cape Town, South Africa.

How many publications and citations does W. J. G. de Blok have?

Science Explorer counts 82 works and 534 citations for W. J. G. de Blok, ranking #252,668 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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