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Researcher · University of KwaZulu-Natal · South Africa

Kenda Knowles

Kenda Knowles publishes mostly in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Nuclear and High Energy Physics, on topics such as Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena, Radio Astronomy Observations and Technology and Astronomy and Astrophysical Research.

ORCID 0000-0002-8452-0825 OpenAlex
World rank
#298,826
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in South Africa
#809
of 5,570
Works
21
Citations
182
Citations per work
8.7

What does Kenda Knowles research?

Astronomy and Astrophysics: 57.1%Instrumentation: 14.3%Nuclear and High Energy Physics: 10.7%Molecular Biology: 3.6%other fields: 14.3%57%top field
Astronomy and Astrophysics57.1%Instrumentation14.3%Nuclear and High Energy Physics10.7%Molecular Biology3.6%other fields14.3%

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

  1. 1Astronomy and Astrophysics57% of their works
  2. 2Instrumentation14% of their works
  3. 3Nuclear and High Energy Physics11% of their works
  4. 4Molecular Biology4% of their works
  5. 5Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging4% of their works
  6. 6Statistical and Nonlinear Physics4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Kenda Knowles's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Black Holes, Cosmology, Galaxies, Astronomical Instrumentation, Epoch of Reionization, Radio Astronomy, Spectrograph and High-Energy Astrophysics.

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. Black Holes82 topics
  2. Cosmology61 topic
  3. Galaxies61 topic
  4. Astronomical Instrumentation41 topic
  5. Epoch of Reionization41 topic
  6. Radio Astronomy41 topic
  7. Spectrograph41 topic
  8. High-Energy Astrophysics31 topic
  9. Particle Acceleration31 topic
  10. Accretion Disks21 topic
  11. Gamma-Ray Bursts21 topic
  12. Supernovae21 topic
  13. X-Ray Astronomy21 topic
  14. Geomagnetic Field11 topic
  15. Magnetosome Formation11 topic
  16. Optical 3D Laser Measurement11 topic
  17. Position-Sensitive Detector11 topic

Where does Kenda Knowles work?

Kenda Knowles's main affiliation in the publication record is University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

How many publications and citations does Kenda Knowles have?

Science Explorer counts 21 works and 182 citations for Kenda Knowles, ranking #298,826 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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