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K. Kasturirangan

K. Kasturirangan publishes mostly in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Political Science and International Relations, on topics such as Space exploration and regulation, Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations and Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life.

World rank
#1,224,749
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in India
#25,240
of 44,512
Works
41
Citations
32
Citations per work
0.8

What does K. Kasturirangan research?

Astronomy and Astrophysics: 40.7%Nuclear and High Energy Physics: 8.5%Political Science and International Relations: 6.8%Geophysics: 5.1%other fields: 38.9%41%top field
Astronomy and Astrophysics40.7%Nuclear and High Energy Physics8.5%Political Science and International Relations6.8%Geophysics5.1%other fields38.9%

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

  1. 1Astronomy and Astrophysics41% of their works
  2. 2Nuclear and High Energy Physics8% of their works
  3. 3Political Science and International Relations7% of their works
  4. 4Geophysics5% of their works
  5. 5Radiation5% of their works
  6. 6Oceanography3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe K. Kasturirangan's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Space Policy, Space Tourism, Black Holes, X-Ray Astronomy, Astrobiology, Extraterrestrial Life, Particle Detectors and Silicon Detectors.

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 16 words, with their numbers
  1. Space Policy61 topic
  2. Space Tourism61 topic
  3. Black Holes51 topic
  4. X-Ray Astronomy51 topic
  5. Astrobiology41 topic
  6. Extraterrestrial Life41 topic
  7. Particle Detectors41 topic
  8. Silicon Detectors41 topic
  9. Coronal Mass Ejections21 topic
  10. Crystal Structure Prediction21 topic
  11. Mantle Dynamics21 topic
  12. Optical 3D Laser Measurement21 topic
  13. Position-Sensitive Detector21 topic
  14. Radio Astronomy21 topic
  15. Solar Dynamics Observatory21 topic
  16. Transits of Venus21 topic

Where does K. Kasturirangan work?

K. Kasturirangan's main affiliation in the publication record is Indian Space Research Organisation, India.

How many publications and citations does K. Kasturirangan have?

Science Explorer counts 41 works and 32 citations for K. Kasturirangan, ranking #1,224,749 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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