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Researcher · Institute for Advanced Study · United States

Scott D. Tremaine

Scott D. Tremaine publishes mostly in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, on topics such as Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies, Astro and Planetary Science and Astronomy and Astrophysical Research.

ORCID 0000-0002-0278-7180 OpenAlex
World rank
#20,679
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#7,532
of 1,627,098
Works
350
Citations
40k
Citations per work
113.5
h-index
90
i10-index 183Top 1% in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Scott D. Tremaine

What does Scott D. Tremaine research?

Scott D. Tremaine's work is mostly in Physics and Astronomy (81%), Engineering (2%).

Physical Sciences: 293 works · 83.7% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 285 works · 81.3% of their workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 210 works · 59.9% of their workInstrumentation: 35 works · 10.0% of their workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 20 works · 5.8% of their workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 11 works · 3.2% of their workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 8 works · 2.4% of their workEngineering: 8 works · 2.4% of their workAerospace Engineering: 8 works · 2.4% of their workEverything else: 57 works · 16.3% of their workTHEIR WORKScott D. Tremaine350works
Physical Sciences84%

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 Astronomy28581.3%
    2. Engineering82.4%
  2. Everything else5716.3%
  1. 1Astronomy and Astrophysics60% of their works
  2. 2Instrumentation10% of their works
  3. 3Statistical and Nonlinear Physics6% of their works
  4. 4Nuclear and High Energy Physics3% of their works
  5. 5Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics2% of their works
  6. 6Aerospace Engineering2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Scott D. Tremaine's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Exoplanets, Stellar Astrophysics, Star Formation, Black Holes, Accretion Disks, Magnetic Fields, Solar System Abundances and Terrestrial Planets.

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. Exoplanets1451 topic
  2. Stellar Astrophysics1451 topic
  3. Star Formation1362 topics
  4. Black Holes1212 topics
  5. Accretion Disks1172 topics
  6. Magnetic Fields1172 topics
  7. Solar System Abundances1161 topic
  8. Terrestrial Planets1161 topic
  9. Astronomical Instrumentation951 topic
  10. Spectrograph951 topic
  11. Cosmology701 topic
  12. Galaxies701 topic
  13. Molecular Clouds661 topic
  14. Protoplanetary Disks661 topic
  15. Event Horizon Telescope511 topic
  16. X-Ray Astronomy511 topic
  17. Mars261 topic
  18. Martian Surface261 topic
  19. Optics261 topic
  20. Spectroscopy261 topic

Where does Scott D. Tremaine work?

Scott D. Tremaine's main affiliation in the publication record is Institute for Advanced Study, United States.

How many publications and citations does Scott D. Tremaine have?

OpenAlex counts 350 works and 39,742 citations for Scott D. Tremaine, an h-index of 90, ranking #20,679 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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