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Timothy M. Heckman

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

World rank
#9,753
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#4,703
of 358,040
Works
184
Citations
3k
Citations per work
16.2

What does Timothy M. Heckman research?

Astronomy and Astrophysics: 55.6%Instrumentation: 17.7%Computational Mechanics: 5.2%Nuclear and High Energy Physics: 3.6%other fields: 17.9%56%top field
Astronomy and Astrophysics55.6%Instrumentation17.7%Computational Mechanics5.2%Nuclear and High Energy Physics3.6%other fields17.9%

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

  1. 1Astronomy and Astrophysics56% of their works
  2. 2Instrumentation18% of their works
  3. 3Computational Mechanics5% of their works
  4. 4Nuclear and High Energy Physics4% of their works
  5. 5Electrical and Electronic Engineering3% of their works
  6. 6Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Timothy M. Heckman's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Star Formation, Black Holes, Cosmology, Galaxies, Astronomical Instrumentation, Spectrograph, Accretion Disks and Magnetic Fields.

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 Formation742 topics
  2. Black Holes682 topics
  3. Cosmology511 topic
  4. Galaxies511 topic
  5. Astronomical Instrumentation441 topic
  6. Spectrograph441 topic
  7. Accretion Disks402 topics
  8. Magnetic Fields402 topics
  9. Exoplanets261 topic
  10. Stellar Astrophysics261 topic
  11. Molecular Clouds231 topic
  12. Protoplanetary Disks231 topic
  13. Event Horizon Telescope171 topic
  14. X-Ray Astronomy171 topic
  15. Gamma-Ray Bursts131 topic
  16. Supernovae131 topic
  17. Optical 3D Laser Measurement101 topic
  18. Position-Sensitive Detector101 topic
  19. Electron Sources51 topic
  20. Photocathodes51 topic

Where does Timothy M. Heckman work?

Timothy M. Heckman's main affiliation in the publication record is Johns Hopkins University, United States.

How many publications and citations does Timothy M. Heckman have?

Science Explorer counts 184 works and 2,980 citations for Timothy M. Heckman, ranking #9,753 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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