James Kirk

5.2k total citations
137 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

James Kirk is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Control and Systems Engineering and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. According to data from OpenAlex, James Kirk has authored 137 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 31 papers in Control and Systems Engineering and 19 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Recurrent topics in James Kirk's work include Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (31 papers), Magnetic Bearings and Levitation Dynamics (29 papers) and Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (17 papers). James Kirk is often cited by papers focused on Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (31 papers), Magnetic Bearings and Levitation Dynamics (29 papers) and Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (17 papers). James Kirk collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Nepal. James Kirk's co-authors include William M. Gray, E.R. Watson, T. E. Wheldon, P. J. Wheatley, Tom Louden, M. J. Coe, A. S. Michalowski, Jayne Orr, D. K. Anand and I. Skillen and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, New England Journal of Medicine and The Lancet.

In The Last Decade

James Kirk

124 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
James Kirk 657 276 251 228 188 137 1.8k
Martin D. Altschuler 1.7k 2.5× 388 1.4× 65 0.3× 274 1.2× 336 1.8× 73 2.7k
Robert D. Peters 103 0.2× 551 2.0× 36 0.1× 66 0.3× 33 0.2× 50 1.2k
Tomohisa Uchida 139 0.2× 72 0.3× 71 0.3× 537 2.4× 213 1.1× 154 3.1k
Satoshi Nozawa 874 1.3× 27 0.1× 69 0.3× 836 3.7× 29 0.2× 158 3.3k
Jianfeng Wu 653 1.0× 191 0.7× 87 0.3× 683 3.0× 7 0.0× 119 4.3k
Nebojsa Duric 746 1.1× 1.1k 3.9× 54 0.2× 365 1.6× 15 0.1× 111 2.6k
Giancarlo Parodi 141 0.2× 46 0.2× 26 0.1× 35 0.2× 122 0.6× 110 865
M. Henderson 484 0.7× 713 2.6× 5 0.0× 1.4k 6.2× 1.1k 5.7× 202 3.8k
Christian Marchal 405 0.6× 46 0.2× 16 0.1× 343 1.5× 33 0.2× 55 1.4k
Fei Shi 100 0.2× 1.6k 5.8× 42 0.2× 83 0.4× 12 0.1× 174 2.8k

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Fields of papers citing papers by James Kirk

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of James Kirk

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of James Kirk. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of James Kirk based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with James Kirk. James Kirk is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Bennett, Katherine A., Ryan J. MacDonald, Sarah Peacock, et al.. (2025). Additional JWST/NIRSpec Transits of the Rocky M Dwarf Exoplanet GJ 1132 b Reveal a Featureless Spectrum. The Astronomical Journal. 170(4). 205–205.
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Alderson, Lili, Sarah E. Moran, Nicole L. Wallack, et al.. (2025). JWST COMPASS: NIRSpec/G395H Transmission Observations of the Super-Earth TOI-776 b. The Astronomical Journal. 169(3). 142–142. 7 indexed citations
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Teske, Johanna, Natasha E. Batalha, Nicole L. Wallack, et al.. (2025). JWST COMPASS: NIRSpec/G395H Transmission Observations of TOI-776 c, a 2 R ⊕ M Dwarf Planet. The Astronomical Journal. 169(5). 249–249. 3 indexed citations
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Ahrer, Eva-Maria, Jonathan Brande, Laura Kreidberg, et al.. (2025). Mapping the SO 2 Shoreline in Gas Giant Exoplanets. The Astrophysical Journal. 994(2). 184–184.
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Ahrer, Eva-Maria, Siddharth Gandhi, Lili Alderson, et al.. (2025). Tracing the formation and migration history: molecular signatures in the atmosphere of misaligned hot Jupiter WASP-94 A b using JWST NIRSpec/G395H. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 540(3). 2535–2554. 4 indexed citations
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López‐Morales, Mercedes, Sarah Peacock, L. Malavolta, et al.. (2025). The Magnetically Induced Radial Velocity Variation of Gliese 341 and an Upper Limit to the Mass of Its Transiting Earth-sized Planet. The Astrophysical Journal. 979(2). 214–214. 1 indexed citations
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Kirk, James, Kevin B. Stevenson, Guangwei Fu, et al.. (2024). JWST/NIRCam Transmission Spectroscopy of the Nearby Sub-Earth GJ 341b. The Astronomical Journal. 167(3). 90–90. 27 indexed citations
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Wallack, Nicole L., Natasha E. Batalha, Lili Alderson, et al.. (2024). JWST COMPASS: A NIRSpec/G395H Transmission Spectrum of the Sub-Neptune TOI-836c. The Astronomical Journal. 168(2). 77–77. 27 indexed citations
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Booth, Richard A, James Kirk, James E. Owen, et al.. (2024). BOWIE-ALIGN: how formation and migration histories of giant planets impact atmospheric compositions. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 535(1). 171–186. 9 indexed citations
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Alam, Munazza K., James Kirk, Leonardo A. Dos Santos, et al.. (2024). Nondetections of Helium in the Young Sub-Jovian Planets K2-100b, HD 63433b, and V1298 Tau c. The Astronomical Journal. 168(3). 102–102. 4 indexed citations
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Scarsdale, Nicholas, Nicholas F. Wogan, Hannah R. Wakeford, et al.. (2024). JWST COMPASS: The 3–5 μm Transmission Spectrum of the Super-Earth L 98-59 c. The Astronomical Journal. 168(6). 276–276. 13 indexed citations
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Ahrer, Eva-Maria, P. J. Wheatley, Siddharth Gandhi, et al.. (2023). LRG-BEASTS: evidence for clouds in the transmission spectrum of HATS-46 b. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 521(4). 5636–5644. 5 indexed citations
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McGruder, Chima, Mercedes López‐Morales, James Kirk, et al.. (2023). ACCESS, LRG-BEASTS, and MOPSS: Featureless Optical Transmission Spectra of WASP-25b and WASP-124b. The Astronomical Journal. 166(3). 120–120. 1 indexed citations
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McGruder, Chima, Mercedes López‐Morales, James Kirk, et al.. (2022). ACCESS: Confirmation of a Clear Atmosphere for WASP-96b and a Comparison of Light Curve Detrending Techniques. The Astronomical Journal. 164(4). 134–134. 12 indexed citations
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Allen, Natalie H., Néstor Espinoza, Andrés Jordán, et al.. (2022). ACCESS: Tentative Detection of H2O in the Ground-based Optical Transmission Spectrum of the Low-density Hot Saturn HATS-5b. The Astronomical Journal. 164(4). 153–153. 2 indexed citations
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Ahrer, Eva-Maria, P. J. Wheatley, James Kirk, et al.. (2022). LRG-BEASTS: Sodium absorption and Rayleigh scattering in the atmosphere of WASP-94A b using NTT/EFOSC2. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 510(4). 4857–4871. 18 indexed citations
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Zeng, Li, S. B. Jacobsen, A. Levi, et al.. (2021). New Perspectives on the Exoplanet Radius Gap from a Mathematica Tool and Visualized Water Equation of State. The Astrophysical Journal. 923(2). 247–247. 21 indexed citations
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Santos, Leonardo A. Dos, A. A. Vidotto, Shreyas Vissapragada, et al.. (2021). p-winds: An open-source Python code to model planetary outflows and upper atmospheres. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 659. A62–A62. 41 indexed citations
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Weaver, Ian C., Mercedes López‐Morales, Munazza K. Alam, et al.. (2021). ACCESS: An Optical Transmission Spectrum of the High-gravity Hot Jupiter HAT-P-23b. The Astronomical Journal. 161(6). 278–278. 10 indexed citations
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Kirk, James, Benjamin V. Rackham, Ryan J. MacDonald, et al.. (2021). ACCESS and LRG-BEASTS: A Precise New Optical Transmission Spectrum of the Ultrahot Jupiter WASP-103b. The Astronomical Journal. 162(1). 34–34. 37 indexed citations

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