James E. Gunn
James E. Gunn publishes mostly in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, on topics such as Astronomy and Astrophysical Research, Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena and Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies.
- World rank
- #1,219 of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
- Rank in United States
- #524 of 358,040
- Works
- 135
- Citations
- 3.8k
- Citations per work
- 28.5
What does James E. Gunn research?
Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.
- 1Astronomy and Astrophysics51% of their works
- 2Instrumentation19% of their works
- 3Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics3% of their works
- 4Nuclear and High Energy Physics3% of their works
- 5Ecology3% of their works
- 6Statistical and Nonlinear Physics3% of their works
Research topics
Which keywords describe James E. Gunn's research?
The keywords of their largest research topics: Star Formation, Black Holes, Astronomical Instrumentation, Spectrograph, Cosmology, Galaxies, Exoplanets and Stellar Astrophysics.
- Vegetation Monitoring
- Remote Sensing
- X-Ray Astronomy
- Protoplanetary Disks
- Supernovae
- Magnetic Fields
- Stellar Astrophysics
- Galaxies
- Spectrograph
- Black Holes
- Star Formation
- Astronomical Instrumentation
- Cosmology
- Exoplanets
- Accretion Disks
- Gamma-Ray Bursts
- Molecular Clouds
- Event Horizon Telescope
- Radio Astronomy
- Transits of Venus
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
- Star Formation442 topics
- Black Holes432 topics
- Astronomical Instrumentation371 topic
- Spectrograph371 topic
- Cosmology351 topic
- Galaxies351 topic
- Exoplanets261 topic
- Stellar Astrophysics261 topic
- Accretion Disks172 topics
- Magnetic Fields172 topics
- Gamma-Ray Bursts131 topic
- Supernovae131 topic
- Molecular Clouds91 topic
- Protoplanetary Disks91 topic
- Event Horizon Telescope81 topic
- X-Ray Astronomy81 topic
- Radio Astronomy51 topic
- Remote Sensing51 topic
- Transits of Venus51 topic
- Vegetation Monitoring51 topic
Where does James E. Gunn work?
James E. Gunn's main affiliation in the publication record is Princeton University, United States.
How many publications and citations does James E. Gunn have?
Science Explorer counts 135 works and 3,847 citations for James E. Gunn, ranking #1,219 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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