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D. Pfenniger

D. Pfenniger publishes mostly in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Nuclear and High Energy Physics, on topics such as Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies, Astronomy and Astrophysical Research and Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena.

World rank
#1,342,915
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in Switzerland
#17,377
of 19,404
Works
40
Citations
30
Citations per work
0.8

What does D. Pfenniger research?

Astronomy and Astrophysics: 46.3%Instrumentation: 11.1%Nuclear and High Energy Physics: 9.3%Statistical and Nonlinear Physics: 7.4%other fields: 25.9%46%top field
Astronomy and Astrophysics46.3%Instrumentation11.1%Nuclear and High Energy Physics9.3%Statistical and Nonlinear Physics7.4%other fields25.9%

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

  1. 1Astronomy and Astrophysics46% of their works
  2. 2Instrumentation11% of their works
  3. 3Nuclear and High Energy Physics9% of their works
  4. 4Statistical and Nonlinear Physics7% of their works
  5. 5Molecular Biology7% of their works
  6. 6Oceanography4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe D. Pfenniger's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Cosmology, Dark Matter, Exoplanets, Stellar Astrophysics, Star Formation, Astronomical Instrumentation, Spectrograph and Black Holes.

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 19 words, with their numbers
  1. Cosmology92 topics
  2. Dark Matter92 topics
  3. Exoplanets91 topic
  4. Stellar Astrophysics91 topic
  5. Star Formation82 topics
  6. Astronomical Instrumentation61 topic
  7. Spectrograph61 topic
  8. Black Holes51 topic
  9. Galaxies51 topic
  10. Axions41 topic
  11. Cosmic Rays41 topic
  12. Cosmological Parameters41 topic
  13. Dark Energy41 topic
  14. Molecular Clouds31 topic
  15. Optics31 topic
  16. Protoplanetary Disks31 topic
  17. Solar System Abundances31 topic
  18. Spectroscopy31 topic
  19. Terrestrial Planets31 topic

Where does D. Pfenniger work?

D. Pfenniger's main affiliation in the publication record is Global Social Observatory, Switzerland.

How many publications and citations does D. Pfenniger have?

Science Explorer counts 40 works and 30 citations for D. Pfenniger, ranking #1,342,915 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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