K. Zacny

4.2k total citations
259 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

K. Zacny is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Aerospace Engineering and Civil and Structural Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, K. Zacny has authored 259 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 204 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 115 papers in Aerospace Engineering and 25 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering. Recurrent topics in K. Zacny's work include Planetary Science and Exploration (192 papers), Astro and Planetary Science (101 papers) and Space Exploration and Technology (66 papers). K. Zacny is often cited by papers focused on Planetary Science and Exploration (192 papers), Astro and Planetary Science (101 papers) and Space Exploration and Technology (66 papers). K. Zacny collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and France. K. Zacny's co-authors include G. Paulsen, J. Craft, B. Glass, Christopher P. McKay, Graham Cooper, G. A. Cooper, Magnus Hedlund, Kiel Davis, Alfonso F. Dávila and Yoseph Bar‐Cohen and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta and Earth and Planetary Science Letters.

In The Last Decade

K. Zacny

237 papers receiving 2.2k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
K. Zacny United States	24	1.7k	788	327	267	175	259	2.3k
Jianzhong Liu China	26	1.8k 1.0×	512 0.6×	126 0.4×	143 0.5×	66 0.4×	166	2.8k
Chunlai Li China	29	2.7k 1.6×	896 1.1×	79 0.2×	129 0.5×	424 2.4×	156	3.5k
Xin Ren China	25	1.3k 0.8×	475 0.6×	70 0.2×	67 0.3×	216 1.2×	114	2.2k
S. Haaland Germany	32	2.6k 1.5×	239 0.3×	433 1.3×	129 0.5×	152 0.9×	124	3.6k
Rui Xu China	20	822 0.5×	349 0.4×	151 0.5×	43 0.2×	63 0.4×	109	1.3k
Yongliao Zou China	21	1.5k 0.9×	455 0.6×	39 0.1×	85 0.3×	161 0.9×	96	1.8k
C. Stoker United States	24	1.7k 1.0×	409 0.5×	77 0.2×	45 0.2×	158 0.9×	138	2.3k
Yongchun Zheng China	17	868 0.5×	341 0.4×	50 0.2×	92 0.3×	47 0.3×	70	1.2k
J. P. Williams United States	28	2.8k 1.7×	898 1.1×	53 0.2×	42 0.2×	36 0.2×	110	3.1k
M. Ohtake Japan	32	2.9k 1.7×	716 0.9×	41 0.1×	45 0.2×	72 0.4×	159	3.1k

Countries citing papers authored by K. Zacny

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Fields of papers citing papers by K. Zacny

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of K. Zacny

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Mueller, Robert P., et al.. (2024). Evaluation of a standard analytical model and definition of efficiency metrics for lunar and planetary excavation. Acta Astronautica. 225. 16–26. 2 indexed citations

Zacny, K., et al.. (2022). RedWater: Water Mining System for Mars. New Space. 10(2). 166–186. 8 indexed citations

Kawakatsu, Yasuhiro, Kiyoshi Kuramoto, Tomohiro Usui, et al.. (2022). Preliminary design of Martian Moons eXploration (MMX). Acta Astronautica. 202. 715–728. 21 indexed citations

Choukroun, Mathieu, Paul Backes, Morgan L. Cable, et al.. (2021). Sampling Plume Deposits on Enceladus’ Surface to Explore Ocean Materials and Search for Traces of Life or Biosignatures. The Planetary Science Journal. 2(3). 100–100. 10 indexed citations

Dachwald, Bernd, Stephan Ulamec, Frank Postberg, et al.. (2020). Key Technologies and Instrumentation for Subsurface Exploration of Ocean Worlds. Space Science Reviews. 216(5). 19 indexed citations

Austin, Alex, Brent Sherwood, A. Colaprete, et al.. (2020). Robotic Lunar Surface Operations 2. Acta Astronautica. 176. 424–437. 28 indexed citations

Blake, D. F., T. F. Bristow, Przemysław Dera, et al.. (2019). XTRA: An eXtraTerrestrial Regolith Analyzer for Lunar Soil. LPI. 1144. 2 indexed citations

Bădescu, Mircea, et al.. (2019). Auto-Gopher-2 (AG2) - Autonomous Wireline Rotary Piezo-Percussive for Deep Drilling. LPICo. 2152. 5104. 1 indexed citations

Nagihara, S., et al.. (2019). Heat Flow Probe for Short-Duration Lunar Missions on Small Landers. Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. 1557.

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Willis, Peter A., Antonio J. Ricco, D. P. Glavin, et al.. (2018). A universal approach in the search for life at the molecular level. 42.

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Turtle, E. P., Jason W. Barnes, M. G. Trainer, et al.. (2017). Dragonfly: In Situ Exploration of Titan's Prebiotic Organic Chemistry and Habitability. European Planetary Science Congress. 4 indexed citations

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Wanger, Greg, K. Manatt, Michael J. Malaska, et al.. (2017). WATSON: Detecting organic material in subsurface ice using deep-UV fluorescence and Raman spectroscopy. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2017. 1 indexed citations

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Teodoro, L. F. A., A. Colaprete, T. Roush, et al.. (2017). Modeling of Volatiles Loss During Lunar Resource Prospector Mission Sample Acquisition. Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. 1894.

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Zacny, K., Stephen Indyk, & R. D. Lorenz. (2017). Integrated Sampling System (ISS) for Ocean Worlds. LPI. 1366. 1 indexed citations

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Glass, B., et al.. (2014). LITA Drill Tests at Haughton Crater. LPI. 2891. 1 indexed citations

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Zacny, K., et al.. (2014). The IceBreaker3: One Meter Mars Drill and Triple Redundant Sample Delivery System. LPICo. 1791. 1004. 1 indexed citations

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Zacny, K., Paul K. Chu, G. Paulsen, & J. Craft. (2013). Core Acquisition and Caching for the 2020 Mars Mission. LPI. 1331. 1 indexed citations

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Moreschini, Paolo, K. Zacny, & G. Paulsen. (2011). Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy for Downhole Analysis of Lunar Regolith. Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. 1318. 1 indexed citations

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Zacny, K., et al.. (2010). Heat Flow Probes for Small Lunar Lander. Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. 2128. 6 indexed citations

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Zacny, K., et al.. (2008). Percussive Dynamic Cone Penetrometer for Geotechnical Surface Assessment with a Planetary Rover. LPICo. 1415(1415). 2138. 4 indexed citations

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