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Researcher · Space Telescope Science Institute · United States

Karl D. Gordon

Karl D. Gordon publishes mostly in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Computational Mechanics, on topics such as Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies, Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies and Astronomy and Astrophysical Research.

ORCID 0000-0001-5340-6774 OpenAlex
World rank
#232,218
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#91,858
of 358,040
Works
164
Citations
933
Citations per work
5.7

What does Karl D. Gordon research?

Astronomy and Astrophysics: 59.7%Instrumentation: 16.0%Computational Mechanics: 3.8%Aerospace Engineering: 3.4%other fields: 17.1%60%top field
Astronomy and Astrophysics59.7%Instrumentation16.0%Computational Mechanics3.8%Aerospace Engineering3.4%other fields17.1%

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

  1. 1Astronomy and Astrophysics60% of their works
  2. 2Instrumentation16% of their works
  3. 3Computational Mechanics4% of their works
  4. 4Aerospace Engineering3% of their works
  5. 5Atmospheric Science3% of their works
  6. 6Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Karl D. Gordon's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Star Formation, Exoplanets, Stellar Astrophysics, Molecular Clouds, Protoplanetary Disks, Astronomical Instrumentation, Spectrograph and Cosmology.

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. Star Formation632 topics
  2. Exoplanets471 topic
  3. Stellar Astrophysics471 topic
  4. Molecular Clouds431 topic
  5. Protoplanetary Disks431 topic
  6. Astronomical Instrumentation371 topic
  7. Spectrograph371 topic
  8. Cosmology201 topic
  9. Galaxies201 topic
  10. Solar System Abundances111 topic
  11. Terrestrial Planets111 topic
  12. Optical 3D Laser Measurement91 topic
  13. Position-Sensitive Detector91 topic
  14. Ozone Depletion71 topic
  15. Stratospheric Water Vapor71 topic
  16. Gamma-Ray Bursts51 topic
  17. Supernovae51 topic

Where does Karl D. Gordon work?

Karl D. Gordon's main affiliation in the publication record is Space Telescope Science Institute, United States.

How many publications and citations does Karl D. Gordon have?

Science Explorer counts 164 works and 933 citations for Karl D. Gordon, ranking #232,218 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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