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Researcher · Atacama Large Millimeter Submillimeter Array · Chile

W. R. F. Dent

W. R. F. Dent publishes mostly in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Spectroscopy and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, on topics such as Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies, Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies and Astro and Planetary Science.

OpenAlex
World rank
#196,882
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Chile
#183
of 20,642
Works
159
Citations
7.6k
Citations per work
47.5
h-index
51
i10-index 99Top 5.7% in Astronomy and Astrophysics
W. R. F. Dent

What does W. R. F. Dent research?

W. R. F. Dent's work is mostly in Physics and Astronomy (76%), Chemistry (11%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (4%).

Physical Sciences: 147 works · 92.7% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 121 works · 76.3% of their workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 110 works · 69.0% of their workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 7 works · 4.5% of their workInstrumentation: 4 works · 2.8% of their workChemistry: 18 works · 11.2% of their workSpectroscopy: 18 works · 11.2% of their workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 6 works · 3.7% of their workAtmospheric Science: 6 works · 3.7% of their workEngineering: 2 works · 1.5% of their workComputational Mechanics: 2 works · 1.5% of their workEverything else: 12 works · 7.3% of their workTHEIR WORKW. R. F. Dent159works
Physical Sciences93%

Their six largest subfields, inside their fields and domains; the grey slice is everything else they publish. The interactive view splits every one of their works down to single topics.

The fields and subfields, with their numbers
    1. Physics and Astronomy12176.3%
    2. Chemistry1811.2%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences63.7%
    4. Engineering21.5%
  2. Everything else127.3%
  1. 1Astronomy and Astrophysics69% of their works
  2. 2Spectroscopy11% of their works
  3. 3Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics4% of their works
  4. 4Atmospheric Science4% of their works
  5. 5Instrumentation3% of their works
  6. 6Computational Mechanics2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe W. R. F. Dent's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Molecular Clouds, Star Formation, Exoplanets, Stellar Astrophysics, Solar System Abundances, Terrestrial Planets, Molecular Structure and Rotational Spectroscopy.

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. The words come from the keyword list OpenAlex gives each topic, not from the text of the papers, so a word can appear that none of the papers uses.

All 16 words, with their numbers
  1. Molecular Clouds1321 topic
  2. Star Formation1321 topic
  3. Exoplanets1021 topic
  4. Stellar Astrophysics1021 topic
  5. Solar System Abundances631 topic
  6. Terrestrial Planets631 topic
  7. Molecular Structure281 topic
  8. Rotational Spectroscopy281 topic
  9. Spectroscopic Databases231 topic
  10. Terahertz Quantum-Cascade Lasers231 topic
  11. DNA Strand Breaks161 topic
  12. Low-Energy Electrons161 topic
  13. Ozone Depletion151 topic
  14. Stratospheric Water Vapor151 topic
  15. Astronomical Instrumentation131 topic
  16. Spectrograph131 topic

Where does W. R. F. Dent work?

W. R. F. Dent's main affiliation in the publication record is Atacama Large Millimeter Submillimeter Array, Chile.

How many publications and citations does W. R. F. Dent have?

OpenAlex counts 159 works and 7,558 citations for W. R. F. Dent, an h-index of 51, ranking #196,882 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised citation 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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