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Researcher · Pennsylvania State University · United States

James F. Kasting

James F. Kasting publishes mostly in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Atmospheric Science and Aerospace Engineering, on topics such as Astro and Planetary Science, Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies and Planetary Science and Exploration.

ORCID 0000-0003-4042-2067 OpenAlex
World rank
#17,723
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#8,424
of 358,040
Works
63
Citations
729
Citations per work
11.6

What does James F. Kasting research?

Astronomy and Astrophysics: 58.5%Atmospheric Science: 6.1%Aerospace Engineering: 6.1%Instrumentation: 6.1%other fields: 23.2%58%top field
Astronomy and Astrophysics58.5%Atmospheric Science6.1%Aerospace Engineering6.1%Instrumentation6.1%other fields23.2%

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

  1. 1Astronomy and Astrophysics58% of their works
  2. 2Atmospheric Science6% of their works
  3. 3Aerospace Engineering6% of their works
  4. 4Instrumentation6% of their works
  5. 5Statistical and Nonlinear Physics5% of their works
  6. 6Global and Planetary Change5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe James F. Kasting's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Solar System Abundances, Terrestrial Planets, Exoplanets, Mars, Martian Surface, Stellar Astrophysics, Climate Change and Astronomical Instrumentation.

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 System Abundances191 topic
  2. Terrestrial Planets191 topic
  3. Exoplanets101 topic
  4. Mars101 topic
  5. Martian Surface101 topic
  6. Stellar Astrophysics101 topic
  7. Climate Change72 topics
  8. Astronomical Instrumentation51 topic
  9. Spectrograph51 topic
  10. Emissions41 topic
  11. Methane41 topic
  12. Optics41 topic
  13. Spectroscopy41 topic
  14. Extravehicular Activity31 topic
  15. Glacial Cycles31 topic
  16. Paleoclimatology31 topic
  17. Space Suit31 topic

Where does James F. Kasting work?

James F. Kasting's main affiliation in the publication record is Pennsylvania State University, United States.

How many publications and citations does James F. Kasting have?

Science Explorer counts 63 works and 729 citations for James F. Kasting, ranking #17,723 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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