W. E. Kunkel

2.8k total citations
95 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

W. E. Kunkel is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Computational Mechanics. According to data from OpenAlex, W. E. Kunkel has authored 95 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 78 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 33 papers in Instrumentation and 23 papers in Computational Mechanics. Recurrent topics in W. E. Kunkel's work include Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (63 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (33 papers) and Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation (23 papers). W. E. Kunkel is often cited by papers focused on Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (63 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (33 papers) and Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation (23 papers). W. E. Kunkel collaborates with scholars based in United States, Chile and Canada. W. E. Kunkel's co-authors include S. Demers, M. J. Irwin, Steven R. Majewski, Richard J. Patterson, Arlin Crotts, Kathryn V. Johnston, James C. Ostheimer, P. Battinelli, Loïc Albert and Peter M. Frinchaboy and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, The Astrophysical Journal and Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.

In The Last Decade

W. E. Kunkel

89 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
W. E. Kunkel United States	22	1.6k	573	155	85	63	95	1.6k
Yervant Terzian United States	23	1.7k 1.1×	510 0.9×	211 1.4×	129 1.5×	93 1.5×	149	1.8k
R. D. McClure Canada	25	1.9k 1.2×	838 1.5×	231 1.5×	90 1.1×	104 1.7×	105	1.9k
K. A. Janes United States	27	2.5k 1.6×	1.2k 2.1×	110 0.7×	111 1.3×	78 1.2×	82	2.6k
J. W. Menzies South Africa	24	1.7k 1.1×	641 1.1×	103 0.7×	90 1.1×	137 2.2×	89	1.8k
M. J. Disney United Kingdom	18	1.3k 0.8×	314 0.5×	216 1.4×	35 0.4×	63 1.0×	46	1.3k
Alfred Gautschy Switzerland	16	1.9k 1.2×	577 1.0×	133 0.9×	126 1.5×	68 1.1×	40	2.0k
A. Blaauw Netherlands	10	1.4k 0.9×	286 0.5×	91 0.6×	72 0.8×	45 0.7×	43	1.5k
I. S. Glass South Africa	24	1.9k 1.2×	543 0.9×	210 1.4×	143 1.7×	82 1.3×	136	2.0k
B. F. Jones United States	31	2.6k 1.7×	741 1.3×	91 0.6×	113 1.3×	86 1.4×	70	2.7k
G. F. Benedict United States	27	2.3k 1.5×	815 1.4×	132 0.9×	125 1.5×	178 2.8×	91	2.3k

Countries citing papers authored by W. E. Kunkel

Since Specialization

Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of W. E. Kunkel's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by W. E. Kunkel with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites W. E. Kunkel more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by W. E. Kunkel

Since Specialization

Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by W. E. Kunkel. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by W. E. Kunkel. The network helps show where W. E. Kunkel may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of W. E. Kunkel

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

All Works

Sort: Min cites: Since: Top N: Style:

20 of 20 papers shown

Battinelli, P., S. Demers, & W. E. Kunkel. (2006). Photometric survey of the polar ring galaxy NGC 6822. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 20 indexed citations

Sohn, Sangmo Tony, Steven R. Majewski, James C. Ostheimer, et al.. (2005). Dark matter or tidal disruption? The case for the Leo I dSph. Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union. 1(C198). 263–264.

Majewski, Steven R., W. E. Kunkel, David R. Law, et al.. (2004). A Two Micron All Sky Survey View of the Sagittarius Dwarf Galaxy. II. Swope Telescope Spectroscopy of M Giant Stars in the Dynamically Cold Sagittarius Tidal Stream. The Astronomical Journal. 128(1). 245–259. 90 indexed citations

Majewski, Steven R., James C. Ostheimer, W. E. Kunkel, & Richard J. Patterson. (2000). Exploring Halo Substructure with Giant Stars. I. Survey Description and Calibration of the Photometric Search Technique. The Astronomical Journal. 120(5). 2550–2568. 72 indexed citations

Majewski, Steven R., Richard J. Patterson, Dana I. Dinescu, et al.. (1999). Omega Centauri: Nucleus of a Milky Way Dwarf Spheroidal?. CERN Bulletin. 35. 619. 1 indexed citations

Patterson, Richard J., Steven R. Majewski, W. E. Kunkel, et al.. (1999). The Grid Giant Star Survey for the SIM Astrometric Grid. American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts. 195.

Demers, S. & W. E. Kunkel. (1999). The Aftermaths of the SMC/LMC Encounter. Symposium - International Astronomical Union. 190. 487–491.

Ostheimer, James C., Steven R. Majewski, W. E. Kunkel, & Kathryn V. Johnston. (1998). A Search for Tidal Star Streams from the Magellanic Clouds. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 191.

Turnshek, David A., R. J. Weymann, Eric M. Monier, et al.. (1998). First Results from the Las Campanas QSO Brightness Monitoring Program. The Astrophysical Journal. 495(2). 659–671. 10 indexed citations

10.

Kunkel, W. E., S. Demers, M. J. Irwin, & Loïc Albert. (1997). The Dynamics of the Large Magellanic Cloud Periphery: Mass Limit and Polar Ring. The Astrophysical Journal. 488(2). L129–L132. 44 indexed citations

11.

Kunkel, W. E., S. Demers, & M. Irwin. (1996). The mass of the Large Magellanic Cloud.. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 28(2). 931. 1 indexed citations

12.

Demers, S., M. J. Irwin, & W. E. Kunkel. (1993). Very red stars between the Magellanic Clouds: discovery of carbon stars in the outer LMC and SMC haloes. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 260(1). 103–110. 12 indexed citations

13.

Kunkel, W. E. & S. Demers. (1977). The sculptor dwarf galaxy. Photoelectric sequence and a preliminary colour-magnitude diagram.. The Astrophysical Journal. 214. 21–21. 18 indexed citations

14.

Peterson, C. J. & W. E. Kunkel. (1977). The Structure of the Reticulum Cluster. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. 89. 634–634. 2 indexed citations

15.

Lasker, B. M., S. B. Bracker, & W. E. Kunkel. (1973). Lunar Occultations from Cerro Tololo I. The Carbon Star TX PISCIUM. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. 85. 109–109. 4 indexed citations

16.

Kunkel, W. E., et al.. (1972). EVIDENCE FOR A SUSPECTED PERIOD CHANGE OF SX PHOENICIS.. 21(2). 249–82. 1 indexed citations

17.

Kunkel, W. E.. (1971). A Search for Periodic Phenomena in the Activity of Solar Neighborhood Flare Stars. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 3. 13. 2 indexed citations

18.

Kunkel, W. E.. (1969). Large Flare on YZ Canis Minoris. Nature. 222(5199). 1129–1130. 16 indexed citations

19.

Walker, Merle F., V. M. Blanco, & W. E. Kunkel. (1969). Two-Color Composite Photographs of the Magellanic Clouds. The Astronomical Journal. 74. 44–44. 4 indexed citations

20.

Kunkel, W. E.. (1967). On the Spectra of Stellar Flares.. The Astronomical Journal. 72. 810–810. 6 indexed citations

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact