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John McKinney

John McKinney publishes mostly in Aerospace Engineering, Astronomy and Astrophysics and History and Philosophy of Science, on topics such as History and Developments in Astronomy, Spacecraft Dynamics and Control and Aerospace Engineering and Energy Systems.

OpenAlex
World rank
#1,756,839
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Australia
#52,932
of 140,210
Works
29
Citations
59
Citations per work
2.0
h-index
4
i10-index 1Top 71% in Aerospace Engineering
John McKinney

What does John McKinney research?

John McKinney's work is mostly in Engineering (51%), Physics and Astronomy (14%), Arts and Humanities (9%).

Physical Sciences: 19 works · 65.7% of their workEngineering: 15 works · 51.4% of their workAerospace Engineering: 10 works · 35.7% of their workCivil and Structural Engineering: 2 works · 7.1% of their workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 works · 4.3% of their workMechanical Engineering: 1 works · 4.3% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 4 works · 14.3% of their workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 4 works · 14.3% of their workEverything else: 7 works · 25.7% of their workSocial Sciences: 2 works · 8.6% of their workArts and Humanities: 2 works · 8.6% of their workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 2 works · 8.6% of their workTHEIR WORKJohn McKinney29works
Physical Sciences66%Social Sciences9%

Their six largest subfields, inside their fields and domains; the grey slice is everything else they publish. The interactive view splits every one of their works down to single topics.

The fields and subfields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering1551.4%
    2. Physics and Astronomy414.3%
  2. Everything else725.7%
    1. Arts and Humanities28.6%
  1. 1Aerospace Engineering36% of their works
  2. 2Astronomy and Astrophysics14% of their works
  3. 3History and Philosophy of Science9% of their works
  4. 4Civil and Structural Engineering7% of their works
  5. 5Mechanical Engineering4% of their works
  6. 6Electrical and Electronic Engineering4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe John McKinney's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Radio Astronomy, Transits of Venus, Airborne Wind Energy, High Altitude Wind Power, Spacecraft Formation Flying, Trajectory Optimization, CubeSat and History.

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. The words come from the keyword list OpenAlex gives each topic, not from the text of the papers, so a word can appear that none of the papers uses.

All 16 words, with their numbers
  1. Radio Astronomy71 topic
  2. Transits of Venus71 topic
  3. Airborne Wind Energy51 topic
  4. High Altitude Wind Power51 topic
  5. Spacecraft Formation Flying51 topic
  6. Trajectory Optimization51 topic
  7. CubeSat41 topic
  8. History41 topic
  9. Science41 topic
  10. small satellite41 topic
  11. Cryogenic Storage31 topic
  12. Hybrid Rocket Propulsion31 topic
  13. Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG)31 topic
  14. Regression Rate Behavior31 topic
  15. Extravehicular Activity21 topic
  16. Space Suit21 topic

Where does John McKinney work?

John McKinney's main affiliation in the publication record is Boeing (Australia), Australia.

How many publications and citations does John McKinney have?

OpenAlex counts 29 works and 59 citations for John McKinney, an h-index of 4, ranking #1,756,839 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised citation 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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