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Robert C. Kennicutt

Robert C. Kennicutt publishes mostly in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Computational Mechanics, on topics such as Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena, Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies and Astronomy and Astrophysical Research.

World rank
#10,606
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#5,097
of 358,040
Works
111
Citations
1.7k
Citations per work
15.6

What does Robert C. Kennicutt research?

Astronomy and Astrophysics: 61.4%Instrumentation: 17.2%Computational Mechanics: 2.8%Nuclear and High Energy Physics: 2.8%other fields: 15.8%61%top field
Astronomy and Astrophysics61.4%Instrumentation17.2%Computational Mechanics2.8%Nuclear and High Energy Physics2.8%other fields15.8%

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

  1. 1Astronomy and Astrophysics61% of their works
  2. 2Instrumentation17% of their works
  3. 3Computational Mechanics3% of their works
  4. 4Nuclear and High Energy Physics3% of their works
  5. 5Aerospace Engineering2% of their works
  6. 6Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Robert C. Kennicutt's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Star Formation, Black Holes, Cosmology, Galaxies, Exoplanets, Stellar Astrophysics, Astronomical Instrumentation and Spectrograph.

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 20 words, with their numbers
  1. Star Formation462 topics
  2. Black Holes282 topics
  3. Cosmology261 topic
  4. Galaxies261 topic
  5. Exoplanets251 topic
  6. Stellar Astrophysics251 topic
  7. Astronomical Instrumentation241 topic
  8. Spectrograph241 topic
  9. Accretion Disks222 topics
  10. Magnetic Fields222 topics
  11. Molecular Clouds201 topic
  12. Protoplanetary Disks201 topic
  13. Gamma-Ray Bursts81 topic
  14. Supernovae81 topic
  15. Optical 3D Laser Measurement41 topic
  16. Position-Sensitive Detector41 topic
  17. Event Horizon Telescope21 topic
  18. GRACE21 topic
  19. Sea Level Rise21 topic
  20. X-Ray Astronomy21 topic

Where does Robert C. Kennicutt work?

Robert C. Kennicutt's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Arizona, United States.

How many publications and citations does Robert C. Kennicutt have?

Science Explorer counts 111 works and 1,727 citations for Robert C. Kennicutt, ranking #10,606 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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