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Hans‐Walter Rix

Hans‐Walter Rix publishes mostly in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Computational Mechanics, on topics such as Astronomy and Astrophysical Research, Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies and Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena.

World rank
#29,279
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in Germany
#2,271
of 86,443
Works
190
Citations
2.4k
Citations per work
12.7

What does Hans‐Walter Rix research?

Astronomy and Astrophysics: 60.1%Instrumentation: 22.3%Computational Mechanics: 3.9%Statistical and Nonlinear Physics: 2.8%other fields: 10.9%60%top field
Astronomy and Astrophysics60.1%Instrumentation22.3%Computational Mechanics3.9%Statistical and Nonlinear Physics2.8%other fields10.9%

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

  1. 1Astronomy and Astrophysics60% of their works
  2. 2Instrumentation22% of their works
  3. 3Computational Mechanics4% of their works
  4. 4Statistical and Nonlinear Physics3% of their works
  5. 5Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics2% of their works
  6. 6Aerospace Engineering2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Hans‐Walter Rix's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Astronomical Instrumentation, Spectrograph, Black Holes, Star Formation, Exoplanets, Stellar Astrophysics, Cosmology and Galaxies.

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. Astronomical Instrumentation631 topic
  2. Spectrograph631 topic
  3. Black Holes602 topics
  4. Star Formation592 topics
  5. Exoplanets521 topic
  6. Stellar Astrophysics521 topic
  7. Cosmology431 topic
  8. Galaxies431 topic
  9. Accretion Disks332 topics
  10. Magnetic Fields332 topics
  11. Gamma-Ray Bursts261 topic
  12. Supernovae261 topic
  13. Event Horizon Telescope171 topic
  14. X-Ray Astronomy171 topic
  15. Molecular Clouds161 topic
  16. Protoplanetary Disks161 topic
  17. Optical 3D Laser Measurement111 topic
  18. Position-Sensitive Detector111 topic
  19. Optics81 topic
  20. Spectroscopy81 topic

Where does Hans‐Walter Rix work?

Hans‐Walter Rix's main affiliation in the publication record is Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, Germany.

How many publications and citations does Hans‐Walter Rix have?

Science Explorer counts 190 works and 2,414 citations for Hans‐Walter Rix, ranking #29,279 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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