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Researcher · California Institute of Technology · United States

Kip S. Thorne

Kip S. Thorne publishes mostly in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Oceanography, on topics such as Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research, Cosmology and Gravitation Theories and Geophysics and Gravity Measurements.

OpenAlex
World rank
#15,090
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#7,230
of 358,040
Works
45
Citations
1k
Citations per work
22.4

What does Kip S. Thorne research?

Astronomy and Astrophysics: 43.6%Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 9.1%Oceanography: 9.1%Nuclear and High Energy Physics: 7.3%other fields: 30.9%44%top field
Astronomy and Astrophysics43.6%Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics9.1%Oceanography9.1%Nuclear and High Energy Physics7.3%other fields30.9%

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

  1. 1Astronomy and Astrophysics44% of their works
  2. 2Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics9% of their works
  3. 3Oceanography9% of their works
  4. 4Nuclear and High Energy Physics7% of their works
  5. 5Atmospheric Science2% of their works
  6. 6Philosophy2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Kip S. Thorne's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Gravitational Waves, Binary Black Hole, Neutron Star, Supernovae, Cosmological Parameters, Dark Energy, GRACE and Sea Level Rise.

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. Gravitational Waves92 topics
  2. Binary Black Hole71 topic
  3. Neutron Star71 topic
  4. Supernovae72 topics
  5. Cosmological Parameters51 topic
  6. Dark Energy51 topic
  7. GRACE41 topic
  8. Sea Level Rise41 topic
  9. Bell Inequality21 topic
  10. Decoherence21 topic
  11. Electromagnetically Induced Transparency21 topic
  12. Gamma-Ray Bursts21 topic
  13. High-Energy Astrophysics21 topic
  14. Neutron Stars21 topic
  15. Particle Acceleration21 topic
  16. Slow Light21 topic
  17. Solar System Abundances21 topic
  18. Terrestrial Planets21 topic

Where does Kip S. Thorne work?

Kip S. Thorne's main affiliation in the publication record is California Institute of Technology, United States.

How many publications and citations does Kip S. Thorne have?

Science Explorer counts 45 works and 1,009 citations for Kip S. Thorne, ranking #15,090 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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