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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?

Astronomy and Astrophysics: 51.3%Instrumentation: 19.0%Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 3.1%Nuclear and High Energy Physics: 2.6%other fields: 24.0%51%top field
Astronomy and Astrophysics51.3%Instrumentation19.0%Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics3.1%Nuclear and High Energy Physics2.6%other fields24.0%

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

  1. 1Astronomy and Astrophysics51% of their works
  2. 2Instrumentation19% of their works
  3. 3Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics3% of their works
  4. 4Nuclear and High Energy Physics3% of their works
  5. 5Ecology3% of their works
  6. 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.

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. Star Formation442 topics
  2. Black Holes432 topics
  3. Astronomical Instrumentation371 topic
  4. Spectrograph371 topic
  5. Cosmology351 topic
  6. Galaxies351 topic
  7. Exoplanets261 topic
  8. Stellar Astrophysics261 topic
  9. Accretion Disks172 topics
  10. Magnetic Fields172 topics
  11. Gamma-Ray Bursts131 topic
  12. Supernovae131 topic
  13. Molecular Clouds91 topic
  14. Protoplanetary Disks91 topic
  15. Event Horizon Telescope81 topic
  16. X-Ray Astronomy81 topic
  17. Radio Astronomy51 topic
  18. Remote Sensing51 topic
  19. Transits of Venus51 topic
  20. 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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