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Rudolf Kippenhahn

Rudolf Kippenhahn publishes mostly in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Instrumentation, on topics such as Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies, Astro and Planetary Science and Astronomy and Astrophysical Research.

World rank
#1,012,347
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in Germany
#58,736
of 86,443
Works
66
Citations
65
Citations per work
1.0

What does Rudolf Kippenhahn research?

Astronomy and Astrophysics: 53.7%Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 9.0%Instrumentation: 9.0%Aerospace Engineering: 6.0%other fields: 22.3%54%top field
Astronomy and Astrophysics53.7%Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics9.0%Instrumentation9.0%Aerospace Engineering6.0%other fields22.3%

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

  1. 1Astronomy and Astrophysics54% of their works
  2. 2Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics9% of their works
  3. 3Instrumentation9% of their works
  4. 4Aerospace Engineering6% of their works
  5. 5Computational Mechanics3% of their works
  6. 6Geophysics3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Rudolf Kippenhahn's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Exoplanets, Stellar Astrophysics, Astronomical Instrumentation, Solar System Abundances, Spectrograph, Terrestrial Planets, Molecular Clouds and Radio Astronomy.

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 16 words, with their numbers
  1. Exoplanets111 topic
  2. Stellar Astrophysics111 topic
  3. Astronomical Instrumentation61 topic
  4. Solar System Abundances61 topic
  5. Spectrograph61 topic
  6. Terrestrial Planets61 topic
  7. Molecular Clouds51 topic
  8. Radio Astronomy51 topic
  9. Star Formation51 topic
  10. Transits of Venus51 topic
  11. Crystal Structure Prediction21 topic
  12. Mantle Dynamics21 topic
  13. Optical 3D Laser Measurement21 topic
  14. Position-Sensitive Detector21 topic
  15. Spacecraft Formation Flying21 topic
  16. Trajectory Optimization21 topic

Where does Rudolf Kippenhahn work?

Rudolf Kippenhahn's main affiliation in the publication record is Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics, Germany.

How many publications and citations does Rudolf Kippenhahn have?

Science Explorer counts 66 works and 65 citations for Rudolf Kippenhahn, ranking #1,012,347 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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