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Researcher · United States Geological Survey · United States

Kenneth L. Tanaka

Kenneth L. Tanaka publishes mostly in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Aerospace Engineering and Atmospheric Science, on topics such as Planetary Science and Exploration, Astro and Planetary Science and Space Exploration and Technology.

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World rank
#408,274
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#144,644
of 1,627,098
Works
304
Citations
8.9k
Citations per work
29.3
h-index
49
i10-index 82Top 6.4% in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Kenneth L. Tanaka

What does Kenneth L. Tanaka research?

Kenneth L. Tanaka's work is mostly in Physics and Astronomy (57%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (13%), Engineering (11%).

Physical Sciences: 262 works · 86.1% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 174 works · 57.4% of their workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 174 works · 57.4% of their workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 38 works · 12.6% of their workAtmospheric Science: 31 works · 10.1% of their workOceanography: 8 works · 2.5% of their workEngineering: 34 works · 11.1% of their workAerospace Engineering: 34 works · 11.1% of their workComputer Science: 8 works · 2.7% of their workArtificial Intelligence: 8 works · 2.7% of their workEnvironmental Science: 7 works · 2.3% of their workEnvironmental Chemistry: 7 works · 2.3% of their workEverything else: 42 works · 13.9% of their workTHEIR WORKKenneth L. Tanaka304works
Physical Sciences86%

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. Physics and Astronomy17457.4%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences3812.6%
    3. Engineering3411.1%
    4. Computer Science82.7%
    5. Environmental Science72.3%
  2. Everything else4213.9%
  1. 1Astronomy and Astrophysics57% of their works
  2. 2Aerospace Engineering11% of their works
  3. 3Atmospheric Science10% of their works
  4. 4Artificial Intelligence3% of their works
  5. 5Oceanography2% of their works
  6. 6Environmental Chemistry2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Kenneth L. Tanaka's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Mars, Martian Surface, Solar System Abundances, Terrestrial Planets, Holocene, Sea Level, Extravehicular Activity and Space Suit.

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 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Mars2551 topic
  2. Martian Surface2551 topic
  3. Solar System Abundances1531 topic
  4. Terrestrial Planets1531 topic
  5. Holocene962 topics
  6. Sea Level962 topics
  7. Extravehicular Activity821 topic
  8. Space Suit821 topic
  9. Climate Change771 topic
  10. Paleoclimatology771 topic
  11. Astrobiology441 topic
  12. Extraterrestrial Life441 topic
  13. Black Sea191 topic
  14. paleoceanography191 topic
  15. Anaerobic181 topic
  16. Methane Oxidation181 topic
  17. Paleoproductivity161 topic
  18. Paleoredox161 topic

Where does Kenneth L. Tanaka work?

Kenneth L. Tanaka's main affiliation in the publication record is United States Geological Survey, United States.

How many publications and citations does Kenneth L. Tanaka have?

OpenAlex counts 304 works and 8,917 citations for Kenneth L. Tanaka, an h-index of 49, ranking #408,274 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality 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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