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Researcher · Max Planck Institute for Astronomy · Germany

K. W. Smith

K. W. Smith publishes mostly in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Nuclear and High Energy Physics, on topics such as Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae, Astronomy and Astrophysical Research and Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies.

OpenAlex
World rank
#645,532
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in Germany
#38,207
of 86,443
Works
63
Citations
169
Citations per work
2.7

What does K. W. Smith research?

Astronomy and Astrophysics: 35.9%Instrumentation: 14.1%Nuclear and High Energy Physics: 9.8%Computational Mechanics: 8.7%other fields: 31.5%36%top field
Astronomy and Astrophysics35.9%Instrumentation14.1%Nuclear and High Energy Physics9.8%Computational Mechanics8.7%other fields31.5%

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

  1. 1Astronomy and Astrophysics36% of their works
  2. 2Instrumentation14% of their works
  3. 3Nuclear and High Energy Physics10% of their works
  4. 4Computational Mechanics9% of their works
  5. 5Oceanography3% of their works
  6. 6Computer Networks and Communications2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe K. W. Smith's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Gravitational Waves, Astronomical Instrumentation, Gamma-Ray Bursts, Spectrograph, Supernovae, Exoplanets, Stellar Astrophysics and Optical 3D Laser Measurement.

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. Gravitational Waves162 topics
  2. Astronomical Instrumentation131 topic
  3. Gamma-Ray Bursts131 topic
  4. Spectrograph131 topic
  5. Supernovae131 topic
  6. Exoplanets91 topic
  7. Stellar Astrophysics91 topic
  8. Optical 3D Laser Measurement81 topic
  9. Position-Sensitive Detector81 topic
  10. Coronal Mass Ejections41 topic
  11. High-Energy Astrophysics41 topic
  12. Particle Acceleration41 topic
  13. Solar Dynamics Observatory41 topic
  14. Binary Black Hole31 topic
  15. GRACE31 topic
  16. Neutron Star31 topic
  17. Sea Level Rise31 topic

Where does K. W. Smith work?

K. W. Smith's main affiliation in the publication record is Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, Germany.

How many publications and citations does K. W. Smith have?

Science Explorer counts 63 works and 169 citations for K. W. Smith, ranking #645,532 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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