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Researcher · Australian Defence Force Academy · Australia

D. K. Aitken

D. K. Aitken publishes mostly in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Spectroscopy, on topics such as Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies, Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies and Astro and Planetary Science.

OpenAlex
World rank
#784,711
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in Australia
#20,806
of 35,497
Works
44
Citations
124
Citations per work
2.8

What does D. K. Aitken research?

Astronomy and Astrophysics: 51.6%Instrumentation: 9.4%Spectroscopy: 6.3%Atmospheric Science: 4.7%other fields: 28.0%52%top field
Astronomy and Astrophysics51.6%Instrumentation9.4%Spectroscopy6.3%Atmospheric Science4.7%other fields28.0%

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. 2Instrumentation9% of their works
  3. 3Spectroscopy6% of their works
  4. 4Atmospheric Science5% of their works
  5. 5Nuclear and High Energy Physics5% of their works
  6. 6Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe D. K. Aitken's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Molecular Clouds, Star Formation, Exoplanets, Stellar Astrophysics, Solar System Abundances, Terrestrial Planets, Astronomical Instrumentation and Spectrograph.

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. Molecular Clouds91 topic
  2. Star Formation91 topic
  3. Exoplanets81 topic
  4. Stellar Astrophysics81 topic
  5. Solar System Abundances71 topic
  6. Terrestrial Planets71 topic
  7. Astronomical Instrumentation61 topic
  8. Spectrograph61 topic
  9. Gamma-Ray Bursts31 topic
  10. Molecular Structure31 topic
  11. Rotational Spectroscopy31 topic
  12. Supernovae31 topic
  13. Mars21 topic
  14. Martian Surface21 topic
  15. Ozone Depletion21 topic
  16. Stratospheric Water Vapor21 topic

Where does D. K. Aitken work?

D. K. Aitken's main affiliation in the publication record is Australian Defence Force Academy, Australia.

How many publications and citations does D. K. Aitken have?

Science Explorer counts 44 works and 124 citations for D. K. Aitken, ranking #784,711 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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