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Researcher · California Institute of Technology · United States

Dan McKenna

Dan McKenna publishes mostly in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Electrical and Electronic Engineering, on topics such as Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies, Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing and Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae.

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World rank
#2,415,657
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#715,836
of 1,627,098
Works
45
Citations
2.3k
Citations per work
51.4
h-index
13
i10-index 14Top 45% in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Dan McKenna

What does Dan McKenna research?

Dan McKenna's work is mostly in Physics and Astronomy (54%), Engineering (19%).

Physical Sciences: 33 works · 73.3% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 24 works · 54.2% of their workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 16 works · 35.0% of their workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 5 works · 11.7% of their workInstrumentation: 3 works · 7.5% of their workEngineering: 9 works · 19.1% of their workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 4 works · 8.3% of their workOcean Engineering: 3 works · 5.8% of their workAerospace Engineering: 2 works · 5.0% of their workEverything else: 12 works · 26.7% of their workTHEIR WORKDan McKenna45works
Physical Sciences73%

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 Astronomy2454.2%
    2. Engineering919.1%
  2. Everything else1226.7%
  1. 1Astronomy and Astrophysics35% of their works
  2. 2Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics12% of their works
  3. 3Electrical and Electronic Engineering8% of their works
  4. 4Instrumentation8% of their works
  5. 5Ocean Engineering6% of their works
  6. 6Aerospace Engineering5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Dan McKenna's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Exoplanets, Stellar Astrophysics, Adaptive Optics, Wavefront Sensing, Gamma-Ray Bursts, Supernovae, Astronomical Instrumentation and Laser.

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. Exoplanets141 topic
  2. Stellar Astrophysics141 topic
  3. Adaptive Optics131 topic
  4. Wavefront Sensing131 topic
  5. Gamma-Ray Bursts121 topic
  6. Supernovae121 topic
  7. Astronomical Instrumentation71 topic
  8. Laser71 topic
  9. Semiconductor71 topic
  10. Spectrograph71 topic
  11. Molecular Clouds61 topic
  12. Star Formation61 topic
  13. Infrared51 topic
  14. Small Target51 topic
  15. Optical 3D Laser Measurement41 topic
  16. Position-Sensitive Detector41 topic

Where does Dan McKenna work?

Dan McKenna's main affiliation in the publication record is California Institute of Technology, United States.

How many publications and citations does Dan McKenna have?

OpenAlex counts 45 works and 2,315 citations for Dan McKenna, an h-index of 13, ranking #2,415,657 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality 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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