John Gribbin
Impact in
- Astronomy and Astrophysics top 5%
- Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
- Astro and Planetary Science
- Atmospheric Science top 10%
- Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
- Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
- Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
Papers in
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- Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life 9
- Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics 8
- Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies 7
- Astro and Planetary Science 7
- History and Developments in Astronomy 6
- Relativity and Gravitational Theory 3
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- Astronomy and Astrophysical Research 8
- Co-authors
- J. S. Faulkner (2 shared papers)P. C. W. Davies (2 shared papers)Jeremy Cherfas (5 shared papers)M. J. Rees (2 shared papers)P. A. Feldman (3 shared papers)Michael White (1 shared paper)S. P. Goodwin (3 shared papers)I. W. Roxburgh (1 shared paper)
- Journals
- Nature (42 papers)Physics Today (3 papers)Food Policy (2 papers)Geographical Journal (2 papers)Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (2 papers)
- Partner nations
- United KingdomRussiaUnited States
In The Last Decade
John Gribbin
126 papers receiving 959 citations
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 172
- Astronomy and Astrophysics 246
- Atmospheric Science 225
- Global and Planetary Change 267
- History and Philosophy of Science 30
- Oceanography 71
Countries citing papers authored by John Gribbin
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Fields of papers citing papers by John Gribbin
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Co-authors
The 21 scholars most cited alongside John Gribbin, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.
All Works
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| # | Work | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1976 | 347 | |
| 2 | 1977 | 68 | |
| 3 | In Search of Schrödinger's Cat | 1984 | 67 |
| 4 | Deep Simplicity: Chaos, Complexity and the Emergence of Life | 2004 | 62 |
| 5 | 1985 | 35 | |
| 6 | Almost Everyone's Guide to Science : The Universe, Life and Everything | 1998 | 34 |
| 7 | Science: A History 1543-2001 | 2002 | 33 |
| 8 | 1973 | 25 | |
| 9 | 1968 | 24 | |
| 10 | Richard Feynman: a life in science | 1998 | 22 |
| 11 | In Search of Schrodinger's Cat: Quantum Physics And Reality | 2011 | 22 |
| 12 | Schrodinger's kittens: and the search for reality | 1995 | 21 |
| 13 | The matter myth : beyond chaos and complexity | 1992 | 18 |
| 14 | The search for superstrings, symmetry, and the theory of everything | 1999 | 18 |
| 15 | 1973 | 17 | |
| 16 | Q is for quantum | 1998 | 17 |
| 17 | Schrödinger's kittens and the search for reality : solving the quantum mysteries | 1995 | 15 |
| 18 | Cosmic Coincidences: Dark Matter, Mankind, and Anthropic Cosmology | 1989 | 15 |
| 19 | The Jupiter Effect | 1974 | 15 |
| 20 | 1969 | 14 |
About John Gribbin
John Gribbin is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation, Oceanography, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Computational Mechanics, having authored 154 papers that have together received 1.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life (9 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (8 papers), Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics (8 papers), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (7 papers), Astro and Planetary Science (7 papers), History and Developments in Astronomy (6 papers), Geophysics and Gravity Measurements (5 papers) and Relativity and Gravitational Theory (3 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Astronomy and Astrophysics (246 citations), Atmospheric Science (225 citations), Global and Planetary Change (267 citations), History and Philosophy of Science (30 citations) and Oceanography (71 citations). John Gribbin has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, Russia and United States. Frequent co-authors include J. S. Faulkner, P. C. W. Davies, Jeremy Cherfas, M. J. Rees, P. A. Feldman, Michael White, S. P. Goodwin, I. W. Roxburgh, M. Hendry and M. A. Hendry. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, Physics Today, Food Policy, Geographical Journal and Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.
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