D. A. Kring

13.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
342 papers, 7.6k citations indexed

About

D. A. Kring is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Aerospace Engineering and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, D. A. Kring has authored 342 papers receiving a total of 7.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 285 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 84 papers in Aerospace Engineering and 78 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in D. A. Kring's work include Planetary Science and Exploration (256 papers), Astro and Planetary Science (235 papers) and Space Exploration and Technology (76 papers). D. A. Kring is often cited by papers focused on Planetary Science and Exploration (256 papers), Astro and Planetary Science (235 papers) and Space Exploration and Technology (76 papers). D. A. Kring collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Germany. D. A. Kring's co-authors include O. Abramov, W. V. Boynton, T. D. Swindle, B. A. Cohen, S. Marchi, W. F. Bottke, S. P. Schwenzer, A. R. Hildebrand, Mark Pilkington and G. T. Penfield and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

D. A. Kring

322 papers receiving 7.3k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Chicxulub Crater: A possible Cretaceous/Tertiary boundary impact crater on the Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico

1991 645 citations D. A. Kring et al. Geology profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
D. A. Kring	6.1k	2.7k	2.0k	842	749	342	7.6k
A. H. Treiman	5.5k 0.9×	1.6k 0.6×	2.2k 1.1×	496 0.6×	821 1.1×	240	6.9k
R. A. F. Grieve	5.3k 0.9×	3.5k 1.3×	3.2k 1.6×	411 0.5×	324 0.4×	250	7.1k
G. R. Osinski	4.1k 0.7×	2.1k 0.8×	969 0.5×	312 0.4×	450 0.6×	385	5.1k
B. L. Ehlmann	8.1k 1.3×	2.2k 0.8×	720 0.4×	1.0k 1.2×	973 1.3×	308	9.3k
R. E. Milliken	8.2k 1.3×	2.2k 0.8×	665 0.3×	942 1.1×	1.3k 1.7×	222	9.1k
R. Gellert	5.4k 0.9×	1.3k 0.5×	572 0.3×	852 1.0×	723 1.0×	210	6.2k
F. Poulet	10.7k 1.7×	2.4k 0.9×	783 0.4×	1.1k 1.3×	1.5k 2.0×	296	11.7k
Jean‐Pierre Bibring	8.8k 1.4×	1.9k 0.7×	601 0.3×	856 1.0×	1.4k 1.8×	202	9.4k
J. F. Bell	8.0k 1.3×	2.5k 0.9×	682 0.3×	697 0.8×	1.1k 1.5×	245	9.2k
B. C. Clark	6.9k 1.1×	1.6k 0.6×	605 0.3×	970 1.2×	894 1.2×	175	8.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of D. A. Kring

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Head, J. W., et al.. (2025). Geologic History of the Mons Malapert and Mons Mouton Regions Near the Lunar South Pole: Basis for Future Exploration. Journal of Geophysical Research Planets. 130(10).

Lee, S. L., Terry Bennett, Scott T. Smith, & D. A. Kring. (2025). Stability and form-finding of shelters subjected to moonquakes of the lunar south polar region. Acta Astronautica. 234. 106–116.

Marchi, S., et al.. (2024). Impact‐Generated Fragmentation, Porosity, and Permeability Within the Chicxulub Impact Structure. Earth and Space Science. 11(5). 5 indexed citations

Barrett, Thomas J., K. Nagashima, G. R. Huss, et al.. (2024). A chlorine isotope transect across Sudbury Basin (Canada) impact deposits reveals systematic isotope fractionation. Geology. 53(2). 155–160.

Kring, D. A., et al.. (2023). Buried Ice Deposits in Lunar Polar Cold Traps Were Disrupted by Ballistic Sedimentation. Journal of Geophysical Research Planets. 128(5). 10 indexed citations

Tikoo-Schantz, Sonia M., A. Wittmann, D. A. Kring, et al.. (2023). Significance of Secondary Fe-Oxide and Fe-Sulfide Minerals in Upper Peak Ring Suevite from the Chicxulub Impact Structure. Minerals. 13(3). 353–353. 2 indexed citations

Cockell, Charles S., et al.. (2023). Deep subsurface microbial life in impact‐altered Late Paleozoic granitoid rocks from the Chicxulub impact crater. Geobiology. 22(1). e12583–e12583.

Barrett, Thomas J., K. L. Robinson, Jessica Barnes, et al.. (2023). Deciphering the origin(s) of H and Cl in Apollo 15 quartz monzodiorites: Evidence for multiple processes and reservoirs. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 358. 192–206. 4 indexed citations

Bickel, Valentin, et al.. (2023). Automated astronaut traverses with minimum metabolic workload: Accessing permanently shadowed regions near the lunar south pole. Acta Astronautica. 214. 324–342. 7 indexed citations

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Bickel, Valentin, Ben Moseley, Ernst Hauber, et al.. (2022). Cryogeomorphic Characterization of Shadowed Regions in the Artemis Exploration Zone. Geophysical Research Letters. 49(16). 17 indexed citations

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Schmitt, Douglas R., et al.. (2022). Borehole Seismic Observations From the Chicxulub Impact Drilling: Implications for Seismic Reflectivity and Impact Damage. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems. 23(3). 2 indexed citations

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Ber, E. Le, Didier Loggia, Johanna Lofi, et al.. (2022). Petrophysics of Chicxulub Impact Crater's Peak Ring. Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth. 127(5). 5 indexed citations

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Meyer, Heather, et al.. (2020). Geologic context and potential EVA targets at the lunar south pole. Advances in Space Research. 66(6). 1247–1264. 34 indexed citations

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Simpson, Sarah, G. R. Osinski, Fred J. Longstaffe, M. Schmieder, & D. A. Kring. (2020). Hydrothermal alteration associated with the Chicxulub impact crater upper peak-ring breccias. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 547. 116425–116425. 24 indexed citations

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Joy, K. H., J. F. Snape, A. A. Nemchin, et al.. (2020). Timing of geological events in the lunar highlands recorded in shocked zircon-bearing clasts from Apollo 16. Royal Society Open Science. 7(6). 200236–200236. 6 indexed citations

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Bickel, Valentin, et al.. (2019). Determining the Bearing Capacity of Permanently Shadowed Regions of the Moon using Boulder Tracks. Open Research Online (The Open University). 2 indexed citations

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Bellucci, Jeremy J., A. A. Nemchin, M. L. Grange, et al.. (2019). Terrestrial-like zircon in a clast from an Apollo 14 breccia. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 510. 173–185. 29 indexed citations

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Neal, C. R., D. A. Kring, M. Schmieder, et al.. (2018). What Do Platinum Group Elements Reveal About the Formation of the Chicxulub Impact Basin. Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. 2067.

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Swindle, T. D. & D. A. Kring. (2015). Was There a Concentration of Lunar and Asteroidal Impacts at ~4000 Ma?. LPICo. 1826. 3030. 1 indexed citations

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Kring, D. A. & D. D. Durda. (2001). The Distribution of Wildfires Ignited by High-Energy Ejecta from the Chicxulub Impact Event. Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. 1447. 3 indexed citations

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