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Gerhard Schäfer

Gerhard Schäfer publishes mostly in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Nuclear and High Energy Physics, on topics such as Cosmology and Gravitation Theories, Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research and Relativity and Gravitational Theory.

World rank
#135,189
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in Germany
#8,443
of 86,443
Works
64
Citations
502
Citations per work
7.8

What does Gerhard Schäfer research?

Astronomy and Astrophysics: 52.0%Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 10.0%Nuclear and High Energy Physics: 10.0%Statistical and Nonlinear Physics: 5.0%other fields: 23.0%52%top field
Astronomy and Astrophysics52.0%Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics10.0%Nuclear and High Energy Physics10.0%Statistical and Nonlinear Physics5.0%other fields23.0%

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. 2Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics10% of their works
  3. 3Nuclear and High Energy Physics10% of their works
  4. 4Statistical and Nonlinear Physics5% of their works
  5. 5Oceanography5% of their works
  6. 6Surgery2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Gerhard Schäfer's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Gravitational Waves, Supernovae, Quantum Gravity, Binary Black Hole, Cosmological Parameters, Dark Energy, Neutron Star 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 20 words, with their numbers
  1. Gravitational Waves182 topics
  2. Supernovae182 topics
  3. Quantum Gravity172 topics
  4. Binary Black Hole151 topic
  5. Cosmological Parameters151 topic
  6. Dark Energy151 topic
  7. Neutron Star151 topic
  8. Black Holes112 topics
  9. Relativity91 topic
  10. Unified Field Theories91 topic
  11. Field Theories81 topic
  12. Holographic81 topic
  13. GRACE51 topic
  14. Sea Level Rise51 topic
  15. Accretion Disks31 topic
  16. Gamma-Ray Bursts31 topic
  17. Neutron Stars31 topic
  18. Solar System Abundances31 topic
  19. Terrestrial Planets31 topic
  20. X-Ray Astronomy31 topic

Where does Gerhard Schäfer work?

Gerhard Schäfer's main affiliation in the publication record is Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany.

How many publications and citations does Gerhard Schäfer have?

Science Explorer counts 64 works and 502 citations for Gerhard Schäfer, ranking #135,189 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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