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G. S. Hennessy

G. S. Hennessy publishes mostly in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, on topics such as Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena, Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies and Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae.

World rank
#55,789
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#25,476
of 358,040
Works
30
Citations
912
Citations per work
30.4

What does G. S. Hennessy research?

Astronomy and Astrophysics: 61.4%Instrumentation: 12.3%Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 7.0%Aerospace Engineering: 5.3%other fields: 14.0%61%top field
Astronomy and Astrophysics61.4%Instrumentation12.3%Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics7.0%Aerospace Engineering5.3%other fields14.0%

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

  1. 1Astronomy and Astrophysics61% of their works
  2. 2Instrumentation12% of their works
  3. 3Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics7% of their works
  4. 4Aerospace Engineering5% of their works
  5. 5Ecology4% of their works
  6. 6Electrical and Electronic Engineering4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe G. S. Hennessy's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Star Formation, Black Holes, Cosmology, Galaxies, Accretion Disks, Magnetic Fields, Astronomical Instrumentation and Exoplanets.

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 20 words, with their numbers
  1. Star Formation162 topics
  2. Black Holes132 topics
  3. Cosmology101 topic
  4. Galaxies101 topic
  5. Accretion Disks92 topics
  6. Magnetic Fields92 topics
  7. Astronomical Instrumentation71 topic
  8. Exoplanets71 topic
  9. Gamma-Ray Bursts71 topic
  10. Spectrograph71 topic
  11. Stellar Astrophysics71 topic
  12. Supernovae71 topic
  13. Molecular Clouds61 topic
  14. Protoplanetary Disks61 topic
  15. Adaptive Optics41 topic
  16. Wavefront Sensing41 topic
  17. Event Horizon Telescope31 topic
  18. X-Ray Astronomy31 topic
  19. Infrared21 topic
  20. Small Target21 topic

Where does G. S. Hennessy work?

G. S. Hennessy's main affiliation in the publication record is United States Naval Observatory, United States.

How many publications and citations does G. S. Hennessy have?

Science Explorer counts 30 works and 912 citations for G. S. Hennessy, ranking #55,789 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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