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Researcher · Institute of Applied Mathematics · Russia

Ya. B. Zel’dovich

Ya. B. Zel’dovich publishes mostly in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, on topics such as Cosmology and Gravitation Theories, Relativity and Gravitational Theory and Geophysics and Gravity Measurements.

OpenAlex
World rank
#332,175
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Russia
#673
of 179,717
Works
571
Citations
22k
Citations per work
38.8
h-index
67
i10-index 175Top 2.7% in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Ya. B. Zel’dovich

What does Ya. B. Zel’dovich research?

Ya. B. Zel’dovich's work is mostly in Physics and Astronomy (52%), Engineering (4%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (3%).

Physical Sciences: 336 works · 58.8% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 296 works · 51.9% of their workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 168 works · 29.5% of their workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 48 works · 8.4% of their workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 46 works · 8.0% of their workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 34 works · 6.0% of their workEngineering: 23 works · 4.0% of their workAerospace Engineering: 23 works · 4.0% of their workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 17 works · 2.9% of their workOceanography: 17 works · 2.9% of their workEverything else: 235 works · 41.2% of their workTHEIR WORKYa. B. Zel’dovich571works
Physical Sciences59%

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 Astronomy29651.9%
    2. Engineering234.0%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences172.9%
  2. Everything else23541.2%
  1. 1Astronomy and Astrophysics30% of their works
  2. 2Nuclear and High Energy Physics8% of their works
  3. 3Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics8% of their works
  4. 4Statistical and Nonlinear Physics6% of their works
  5. 5Aerospace Engineering4% of their works
  6. 6Oceanography3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Ya. B. Zel’dovich's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Cosmological Parameters, Dark Energy, Relativity, Unified Field Theories, GRACE, Sea Level Rise, Radio Astronomy and Transits of Venus.

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. Cosmological Parameters1071 topic
  2. Dark Energy1071 topic
  3. Relativity841 topic
  4. Unified Field Theories841 topic
  5. GRACE331 topic
  6. Sea Level Rise331 topic
  7. Radio Astronomy261 topic
  8. Transits of Venus261 topic
  9. Astronomical Instrumentation251 topic
  10. Coronal Mass Ejections251 topic
  11. Solar Dynamics Observatory251 topic
  12. Spectrograph251 topic
  13. Astrobiology231 topic
  14. Extraterrestrial Life231 topic
  15. Solar System Abundances211 topic
  16. Terrestrial Planets211 topic

Where does Ya. B. Zel’dovich work?

Ya. B. Zel’dovich's main affiliation in the publication record is Institute of Applied Mathematics, Russia.

How many publications and citations does Ya. B. Zel’dovich have?

OpenAlex counts 571 works and 22,152 citations for Ya. B. Zel’dovich, an h-index of 67, ranking #332,175 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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