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Researcher · KTH Royal Institute of Technology · Sweden

Hannes Alfvén

Hannes Alfvén publishes mostly in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Molecular Biology, on topics such as Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics, Astro and Planetary Science and Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies.

OpenAlex
World rank
#108,002
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in Sweden
#1,340
of 16,333
Works
70
Citations
256
Citations per work
3.7

What does Hannes Alfvén research?

Astronomy and Astrophysics: 58.6%Nuclear and High Energy Physics: 8.6%Molecular Biology: 5.7%Archeology: 2.9%other fields: 24.2%59%top field
Astronomy and Astrophysics58.6%Nuclear and High Energy Physics8.6%Molecular Biology5.7%Archeology2.9%other fields24.2%

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

  1. 1Astronomy and Astrophysics59% of their works
  2. 2Nuclear and High Energy Physics9% of their works
  3. 3Molecular Biology6% of their works
  4. 4Archeology3% of their works
  5. 5Inorganic Chemistry3% of their works
  6. 6Mechanics of Materials3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Hannes Alfvén's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Solar Wind, Coronal Mass Ejections, Solar Dynamics Observatory, Solar System Abundances, Terrestrial Planets, Geomagnetic Field, Magnetosome Formation and Astrobiology.

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 17 words, with their numbers
  1. Solar Wind132 topics
  2. Coronal Mass Ejections111 topic
  3. Solar Dynamics Observatory111 topic
  4. Solar System Abundances101 topic
  5. Terrestrial Planets101 topic
  6. Geomagnetic Field41 topic
  7. Magnetosome Formation41 topic
  8. Astrobiology31 topic
  9. Extraterrestrial Life31 topic
  10. Radio Astronomy31 topic
  11. Transits of Venus31 topic
  12. Cosmological Parameters21 topic
  13. Dark Energy21 topic
  14. Exoplanets21 topic
  15. Ionosphere21 topic
  16. Magnetosphere21 topic
  17. Stellar Astrophysics21 topic

Where does Hannes Alfvén work?

Hannes Alfvén's main affiliation in the publication record is KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden.

How many publications and citations does Hannes Alfvén have?

Science Explorer counts 70 works and 256 citations for Hannes Alfvén, ranking #108,002 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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