R. P. Kerr

4.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
25 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

R. P. Kerr is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics and Applied Mathematics. According to data from OpenAlex, R. P. Kerr has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 8 papers in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics and 7 papers in Applied Mathematics. Recurrent topics in R. P. Kerr's work include Relativity and Gravitational Theory (10 papers), Cosmology and Gravitation Theories (9 papers) and Black Holes and Theoretical Physics (6 papers). R. P. Kerr is often cited by papers focused on Relativity and Gravitational Theory (10 papers), Cosmology and Gravitation Theories (9 papers) and Black Holes and Theoretical Physics (6 papers). R. P. Kerr collaborates with scholars based in New Zealand, United States and Italy. R. P. Kerr's co-authors include Alfred Schild, G. Debney, Joshua N. Goldberg, J. A. Rueda, R. Ruffini, W.B. Wilson, David L. Farnsworth, Graham Weir, Edward D. Fackerell and Fulvio Melia and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, The Astrophysical Journal and Journal of Mathematical Physics.

In The Last Decade

R. P. Kerr

24 papers receiving 2.4k citations

Hit Papers

Gravitational Field of a Spinning Mass as an Example of A... 1963 2026 1984 2005 1963 500 1000 1.5k
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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.

  1. Gravitational Field of a Spinning Mass as an Example of Algebraically Special Metrics
    1963 2.0k citations R. P. Kerr Physical Review Letters profile →

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
R. P. Kerr New Zealand 14 2.3k 1.7k 508 257 161 25 2.6k
Allen I. Janis United States 13 2.6k 1.1× 2.0k 1.2× 596 1.2× 341 1.3× 124 0.8× 36 2.9k
Joshua N. Goldberg United States 18 1.4k 0.6× 1.1k 0.6× 540 1.1× 262 1.0× 156 1.0× 53 1.8k
Frederick J. Ernst United States 20 1.7k 0.7× 1.6k 1.0× 848 1.7× 233 0.9× 136 0.8× 54 2.5k
W. B. Bonnor United Kingdom 33 3.1k 1.4× 2.1k 1.2× 625 1.2× 430 1.7× 171 1.1× 151 3.4k
Dieter R. Brill United States 28 2.4k 1.0× 1.9k 1.2× 785 1.5× 481 1.9× 252 1.6× 64 2.8k
Eduard Herlt Germany 9 2.9k 1.3× 2.4k 1.5× 781 1.5× 221 0.9× 297 1.8× 19 3.2k
William Kinnersley United States 13 1.2k 0.5× 1.1k 0.6× 613 1.2× 179 0.7× 112 0.7× 20 1.7k
C. Hoenselaers Germany 17 2.6k 1.2× 2.2k 1.3× 791 1.6× 195 0.8× 249 1.5× 64 3.0k
Jeffrey Winicour United States 34 2.9k 1.3× 2.3k 1.4× 389 0.8× 120 0.5× 85 0.5× 112 3.2k
Paul von der Heyde Germany 12 2.0k 0.9× 1.8k 1.1× 774 1.5× 226 0.9× 105 0.7× 14 2.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of R. P. Kerr

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Rueda, J. A., R. Ruffini, & R. P. Kerr. (2022). Gravitomagnetic Interaction of a Kerr Black Hole with a Magnetic Field as the Source of the Jetted GeV Radiation of Gamma-Ray Bursts. The Astrophysical Journal. 929(1). 56–56. 26 indexed citations
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Kerr, R. P. & Alfred Schild. (2009). Republication of: A new class of vacuum solutions of the Einstein field equations. General Relativity and Gravitation. 41(10). 2485–2499. 64 indexed citations
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Kerr, R. P., et al.. (2008). Rotating Black Holes and the Kerr Metric. AIP conference proceedings. 1059. 9–12. 1 indexed citations
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Kerr, R. P.. (2008). ON THE DISCOVERY OF THE KERR METRIC. 9–38.
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Fackerell, Edward D. & R. P. Kerr. (1991). Einstein vacuum field equations with a single non-null Killing vector. General Relativity and Gravitation. 23(8). 861–876. 3 indexed citations
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Kerr, R. P., et al.. (1980). Einstein spaces and homothetic motions. I. Journal of Mathematical Physics. 21(1). 120–128. 13 indexed citations
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Kerr, R. P. & W.B. Wilson. (1979). Singularities in the Kerr-Schild metrics. General Relativity and Gravitation. 10(4). 273–281. 15 indexed citations
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Weir, Graham & R. P. Kerr. (1977). Diverging type-D metrics. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 355(1680). 31–52. 15 indexed citations
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Kerr, R. P. & W.B. Wilson. (1977). Singularities in the Kerr-Schild metrics. 378. 1 indexed citations
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Kerr, R. P. & G. Debney. (1970). Einstein Spaces with Symmetry Groups. Journal of Mathematical Physics. 11(9). 2807–2817. 28 indexed citations
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Debney, G., R. P. Kerr, & Alfred Schild. (1969). Solutions of the Einstein and Einstein-Maxwell Equations. Journal of Mathematical Physics. 10(10). 1842–1854. 247 indexed citations
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Kerr, R. P.. (1965). Gravitational Collapse and Rotation. 99. 14 indexed citations
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Kerr, R. P. & Alfred Schild. (1965). A new class of vacuum solutions of the Einstein field equations. 222. 19 indexed citations
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Goldberg, Joshua N. & R. P. Kerr. (1964). Asymptotic Properties of the Electromagnetic Field. Journal of Mathematical Physics. 5(2). 172–176. 22 indexed citations
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Kerr, R. P.. (1963). Gravitational Field of a Spinning Mass as an Example of Algebraically Special Metrics. Physical Review Letters. 11(5). 237–238. 1961 indexed citations breakdown →
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Kerr, R. P. & Joshua N. Goldberg. (1961). Einstein Spaces With Four-Parameter Holonomy Groups. Journal of Mathematical Physics. 2(3). 332–336. 23 indexed citations
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Kerr, R. P.. (1959). THE LORENTZ-COVARIANT APPROXIMATION METHOD IN GENERAL RELATIVITY. PART I. Il Nuovo Cimento. 2 indexed citations
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Kerr, R. P.. (1959). On the lorentz-covariant approximation method in general relativity. Il Nuovo Cimento. 13(3). 492–502. 9 indexed citations
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Kerr, R. P.. (1959). On the lorentz-invariant approximation method in general relativity. Il Nuovo Cimento. 13(4). 673–689. 3 indexed citations
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Kerr, R. P.. (1958). On spherically symmetric solutions in Moffat’s unified field theory. Il Nuovo Cimento. 8(6). 789–797. 2 indexed citations

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