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Gerd Jakob

Gerd Jakob publishes mostly in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Instrumentation, on topics such as Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing, Astronomy and Astrophysical Research and Superconducting and THz Device Technology.

World rank
#360,397
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in Germany
#21,543
of 86,443
Works
20
Citations
135
Citations per work
6.8

What does Gerd Jakob research?

Astronomy and Astrophysics: 32.4%Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 20.6%Instrumentation: 14.7%Mechanical Engineering: 11.8%other fields: 20.5%32%top field
Astronomy and Astrophysics32.4%Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics20.6%Instrumentation14.7%Mechanical Engineering11.8%other fields20.5%

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

  1. 1Astronomy and Astrophysics32% of their works
  2. 2Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics21% of their works
  3. 3Instrumentation15% of their works
  4. 4Mechanical Engineering12% of their works
  5. 5Electrical and Electronic Engineering6% of their works
  6. 6Physical and Theoretical Chemistry3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Gerd Jakob's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Adaptive Optics, Wavefront Sensing, Astronomical Instrumentation, Spectrograph, Superconducting Detectors, Terahertz, Exoplanets and Stellar Astrophysics.

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. Adaptive Optics61 topic
  2. Wavefront Sensing61 topic
  3. Astronomical Instrumentation51 topic
  4. Spectrograph51 topic
  5. Superconducting Detectors41 topic
  6. Terahertz41 topic
  7. Exoplanets31 topic
  8. Stellar Astrophysics31 topic
  9. Solar System Abundances21 topic
  10. Stirling Engines21 topic
  11. Terrestrial Planets21 topic
  12. Thermoacoustic21 topic
  13. Isothermal Titration Calorimetry11 topic
  14. Spectroscopic Databases11 topic
  15. Terahertz Quantum-Cascade Lasers11 topic
  16. Thermodynamics11 topic

Where does Gerd Jakob work?

Gerd Jakob's main affiliation in the publication record is Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Germany.

How many publications and citations does Gerd Jakob have?

Science Explorer counts 20 works and 135 citations for Gerd Jakob, ranking #360,397 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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