Keith Hawkins

5.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
87 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Keith Hawkins is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Ocean Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Keith Hawkins has authored 87 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 50 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 26 papers in Instrumentation and 13 papers in Ocean Engineering. Recurrent topics in Keith Hawkins's work include Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (48 papers), Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (33 papers) and Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (26 papers). Keith Hawkins is often cited by papers focused on Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (48 papers), Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (33 papers) and Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (26 papers). Keith Hawkins collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Chile. Keith Hawkins's co-authors include P. Jofré, T. Masseron, G. Gilmore, Payel Das, Adrian M. Price-Whelan, Melissa Ness, Bridget M. Hutter, Chervin F. P. Laporte, Yuan-Sen Ting and Denis Erkal and has published in prestigious journals such as The Astrophysical Journal, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society and The Economic Journal.

In The Last Decade

Keith Hawkins

81 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

  1. The total mass of the Large Magellanic Cloud from its perturbation on the Orphan stream
    2019 217 citations Denis Erkal, Vasily Belokurov et al. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society profile →

Peers

Keith Hawkins
D. Downes France
Ken Rice United Kingdom
Paul Hirst United Kingdom
John A. Booth United States
Barbara Jones United States
O. Stahl Germany
S. M. Dougherty Canada
Ian S. McLean United States
H. Rickman Sweden
G. A. Fuller United Kingdom
D. Downes France
Keith Hawkins
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Countries citing papers authored by Keith Hawkins

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Fields of papers citing papers by Keith Hawkins

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Keith Hawkins

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Keith Hawkins. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Keith Hawkins 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 Keith Hawkins. Keith Hawkins is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Hermes, J. J., et al.. (2025). Sporadic Dips from Extended Debris Transiting the Metal-rich White Dwarf SBSS 1232+563. The Astrophysical Journal. 980(1). 56–56. 5 indexed citations
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Hawkins, Keith, et al.. (2024). Chemical Doppelgangers in GALAH DR3: The Distinguishing Power of Neutron-capture Elements among Milky Way Disk Stars. The Astrophysical Journal. 972(1). 69–69. 8 indexed citations
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Das, Payel, et al.. (2024). The chemical diversity of the metal-poor Milky Way. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 534(3). 1985–2005. 2 indexed citations
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Carrillo, Andreia, et al.. (2023). The Relationship between Age, Metallicity, and Abundances for Disk Stars in a Simulated Milky Way. The Astrophysical Journal. 942(1). 35–35. 17 indexed citations
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Hawkins, Keith, Yuan-Sen Ting, Nesar Ramachandra, et al.. (2023). Carbon-enhanced metal-poor star candidates from BP/RP spectra in Gaia DR3. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 523(3). 4049–4066. 16 indexed citations
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Martell, Sarah L., Sven Buder, Dennis Stello, et al.. (2023). CN and CO features: key indicators of red giant evolutionary phase in moderate-resolution X-shooter spectra. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Letters. 523(1). L80–L85. 2 indexed citations
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Hawkins, Keith, Adrian M. Price-Whelan, Rachael L. Beaton, et al.. (2023). On the Hunt for the Origins of the Orphan–Chenab Stream: Detailed Element Abundances with APOGEE and Gaia. The Astrophysical Journal. 948(2). 123–123. 6 indexed citations
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Sneden, C., Melike Afşar, M. Adamów, et al.. (2022). The Active Chromospheres of Lithium-rich Red Giant Stars*. The Astrophysical Journal. 940(1). 12–12. 16 indexed citations
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Jofré, P., et al.. (2021). J01020100−7122208: an accreted evolved blue straggler that was not ejected from a supermassive black hole. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 509(3). 4637–4652. 3 indexed citations
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Sneden, C., Melike Afşar, Gregory R. Zeimann, et al.. (2021). Chemical Compositions of Red Giant Stars from Habitable Zone Planet Finder Spectroscopy. The Astronomical Journal. 161(3). 128–128. 9 indexed citations
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Hawkins, Keith, Melissa Ness, Tyler Nelson, et al.. (2021). The COMBS Survey -- III. The Chemodynamical Origins of Metal-Poor Bulge Stars. arXiv (Cornell University). 16 indexed citations
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Koposov, S. E., Vasily Belokurov, T S Li, et al.. (2019). Piercing the Milky Way: an all-sky view of the Orphan Stream. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 485(4). 4726–4742. 71 indexed citations
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Erkal, Denis, Vasily Belokurov, Chervin F. P. Laporte, et al.. (2019). The total mass of the Large Magellanic Cloud from its perturbation on the Orphan stream. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 487(2). 2685–2700. 217 indexed citations breakdown →
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Masseron, T. & Keith Hawkins. (2016). The spectroscopic indistinguishability of red giant branch and red clump stars. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 5 indexed citations
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Hawkins, Keith, P. Jofré, U. Heiter, et al.. (2016). GaiaFGK benchmark stars: new candidates at low metallicities. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 592. A70–A70. 29 indexed citations
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Hawkins, Keith. (1992). The uses of discretion. Clarendon Press eBooks. 104 indexed citations
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Hawkins, Keith. (1986). On Legal Decision-Making. Washington and Lee law review. 43(4). 1161. 15 indexed citations
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Hawkins, Keith, et al.. (1976). SOME ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF THE SETTLEMENT PROCESS: A STUDY OF PERSONAL INJURY CLAIMS. Modern Law Review. 39(5). 497–515. 6 indexed citations

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