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W. Laun

W. Laun publishes mostly in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Instrumentation and Astronomy and Astrophysics, on topics such as Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing, Astronomy and Astrophysical Research and Calibration and Measurement Techniques.

World rank
#315,048
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in Germany
#18,869
of 86,443
Works
26
Citations
119
Citations per work
4.6

What does W. Laun research?

Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 29.3%Instrumentation: 22.0%Astronomy and Astrophysics: 14.6%Electrical and Electronic Engineering: 12.2%other fields: 21.9%29%top field
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics29.3%Instrumentation22.0%Astronomy and Astrophysics14.6%Electrical and Electronic Engineering12.2%other fields21.9%

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

  1. 1Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics29% of their works
  2. 2Instrumentation22% of their works
  3. 3Astronomy and Astrophysics15% of their works
  4. 4Electrical and Electronic Engineering12% of their works
  5. 5Aerospace Engineering10% of their works
  6. 6Computational Mechanics7% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe W. Laun's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Adaptive Optics, Wavefront Sensing, Astronomical Instrumentation, Spectrograph, Exoplanets, On-Orbit Performance, Radiometric Calibration 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 16 words, with their numbers
  1. Adaptive Optics121 topic
  2. Wavefront Sensing121 topic
  3. Astronomical Instrumentation91 topic
  4. Spectrograph91 topic
  5. Exoplanets41 topic
  6. On-Orbit Performance41 topic
  7. Radiometric Calibration41 topic
  8. Stellar Astrophysics41 topic
  9. Optical 3D Laser Measurement31 topic
  10. Position-Sensitive Detector31 topic
  11. Compound Eyes21 topic
  12. Freeform Optics21 topic
  13. Laser21 topic
  14. Molecular Clouds21 topic
  15. Semiconductor21 topic
  16. Star Formation21 topic

Where does W. Laun work?

W. Laun's main affiliation in the publication record is Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, Germany.

How many publications and citations does W. Laun have?

Science Explorer counts 26 works and 119 citations for W. Laun, ranking #315,048 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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