D. E. Kaufmann

2.8k citations

50 papers · 2.1k · 1 hit paper · h-index 21

Impact in

Astronomy and Astrophysics top 5%
- Astro and Planetary Science
- Planetary Science and Exploration
- Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
- Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies
- Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics
- Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life
Atmospheric Science top 5%
- Geology and Paleoclimatology Research

Papers in

Astronomy and Astrophysics 39
- Planetary Science and Exploration 31
- Astro and Planetary Science 30
- Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies 11
- Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics 6
Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 8
- Scientific Research and Discoveries 5

Co-authors: Kurt Retherford (21 shared papers)Randy Gladstone (17 shared papers)Thomas Greathouse (19 shared papers)P. D. Feldman (15 shared papers)S. A. Stern (15 shared papers)G. Contopoulos (3 shared papers)Dana M. Hurley (15 shared papers)Wayne Pryor (15 shared papers)
Journals: Science (8 papers)Icarus (7 papers)Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres (3 papers)Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences (2 papers)The Astrophysical Journal (2 papers)
Partner nations: United States Austria Greece

In The Last Decade

D. E. Kaufmann

48 papers receiving 2.0k citations

D. E. Kaufmann's Hit Papers

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The Pluto system: Initial results from its exploration by New Horizons 2015 · 340 citations

What are hit papers?

Paper score: A paper's citations measured against the top-1% bar of its own field and year: the square root of citations ÷ bar, so 1 means right at the bar and 2 means four times its citations. The bar blends the citation counts that enter the top 1% of the paper's subfields in its year (weighted 89.5%), of those subfields over all years (0.5%) and of its year across all fields (10%); a subfield and year with fewer than 400 papers takes its year's bar. Papers from 2026 are not scored yet: in an unfinished year, when a paper appeared matters more than how it is cited.

Hit paper: A paper cited at least 1.5× the top-1% bar of its field and year: a paper score of at least √1.5.

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1	The Pluto system: Initial results from its exploration by New Horizons Science ·S. A. Stern, Fran Bagenal, Kimberly Ennico, Randy Gladstone, Will Grundy, William McKinnon, Jeffrey Moore, Catherine B. Olkin Hit paper breakdown →	2015	340
2	The geology of Pluto and Charon through the eyes of New Horizons Science ·Jeffrey Moore, William McKinnon, John Spencer, Alan D. Howard, Paul Michael Schenk, Ross A. Beyer, Francis Nimmo, Kelsi N. Singer	2016	208
3	The atmosphere of Pluto as observed by New Horizons Science ·Randy Gladstone, S. A. Stern, Kimberly Ennico, Catherine B. Olkin, Harold Weaver, L. A. Young, M. E. Summers, Darrell Strobel	2016	178
4	Far‐ultraviolet reflectance properties of the Moon's permanently shadowed regions Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·Randy Gladstone, Kurt Retherford, Anthony F. Egan, D. E. Kaufmann, Paul F. Miles, Joel Wm. Parker, D. G. Horvath, Maarten H. Versteeg	2011	140
5	LRO-LAMP Observations of the LCROSS Impact Plume Science ·Randy Gladstone, Dana M. Hurley, Kurt Retherford, P. D. Feldman, Wayne Pryor, Jean‐Yves Chaufray, Maarten H. Versteeg, Thomas Greathouse	2010	138
6	Capture of the Sun's Oort Cloud from Stars in Its Birth Cluster Science ·Harold F. Levison, Martin J. Duncan, Ramon Brasser, D. E. Kaufmann	2010	124
7	Initial results from the New Horizons exploration of 2014 MU 69 , a small Kuiper Belt object Science ·S. A. Stern, Harold Weaver, John Spencer, Catherine B. Olkin, Randy Gladstone, Will Grundy, Jeffrey Moore, Dale Cruikshank	2019	122
8	Long-term tamoxifen citrate use and potential ocular toxicity American Journal of Ophthalmology ·Michael B. Gorin, Richard Day, Joseph P. Costantino, Bernard Fisher, Carol K. Redmond, Lawrence D. Wickerham, Julius E.S. Gomolin, Richard G. Margolese	1998	114
9	LAMP: The Lyman Alpha Mapping Project on NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Mission Space Science Reviews ·Randy Gladstone, S. A. Stern, Kurt Retherford, Ronald K. Black, D. C. Slater, Michael Davis, Maarten H. Versteeg, Kristian B. Persson	2009	82
10	The lunar far‐UV albedo: Indicator of hydration and weathering Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·Kurt Retherford, Randy Gladstone, Dana M. Hurley, P. D. Feldman, Anthony F. Egan, D. E. Kaufmann, Paul F. Miles, Joel Wm. Parker	2012	70
11	The small satellites of Pluto as observed by New Horizons Science ·Harold Weaver, Marc Buie, Bonnie Buratti, Will Grundy, Tod R. Lauer, Catherine B. Olkin, Alex H. Parker, Simon B. Porter	2016	63
12	Pluto’s interaction with its space environment: Solar wind, energetic particles, and dust Science ·Fran Bagenal, Mihaly Horanyi, David J. McComas, Ralph McNutt, Heather Elliott, Matthew Hill, Lawrence Brown, Peter Delamere	2016	54
13	Fractal properties of escape from a two-dimensional potential Physica D Nonlinear Phenomena ·G. Contopoulos, Henry E. Kandrup, D. E. Kaufmann	1993	51
14	Upper limits for a lunar dust exosphere from far-ultraviolet spectroscopy by LRO/LAMP Icarus ·P. D. Feldman, David A. Glenar, Timothy Stubbs, Kurt Retherford, Randy Gladstone, Paul F. Miles, Thomas Greathouse, D. E. Kaufmann	2014	48
15	Contributions of solar wind and micrometeoroids to molecular hydrogen in the lunar exosphere Icarus ·Dana M. Hurley, J. C. Cook, Kurt Retherford, Thomas Greathouse, Randy Gladstone, Kathleen E. Mandt, Cesare Grava, D. E. Kaufmann	2016	41
16	Types of escapes in a simple Hamiltonian system G. Contopoulos, D. E. Kaufmann	1992	35
17	Temporal variability of lunar exospheric helium during January 2012 from LRO/LAMP Icarus ·P. D. Feldman, Dana M. Hurley, Kurt Retherford, Randy Gladstone, S. A. Stern, Wayne Pryor, Joel Wm. Parker, D. E. Kaufmann	2012	29
18	Lunar swirls: Far-UV characteristics Icarus ·Amanda Hendrix, Thomas Greathouse, Kurt Retherford, Kathleen E. Mandt, Randy Gladstone, D. E. Kaufmann, Dana M. Hurley, P. D. Feldman	2016	29
19	A contact binary satellite of the asteroid (152830) Dinkinesh Nature ·Harold F. Levison, Simone Marchi, Keith Noll, John Spencer, Thomas S. Statler, James F. Bell III, Edward Bierhaus, Richard Binzel	2024	25
20	Understanding temporal and spatial variability of the lunar helium atmosphere using simultaneous observations from LRO, LADEE, and ARTEMIS Icarus ·Dana M. Hurley, J. C. Cook, Mehdi Benna, Jasper Halekas, P. D. Feldman, Kurt Retherford, R. R. Hodges, Cesare Grava	2015	23

About D. E. Kaufmann

D. E. Kaufmann is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, Instrumentation, Aerospace Engineering and Software, having authored 50 papers that have together received 2.1k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Planetary Science and Exploration (31 papers), Astro and Planetary Science (30 papers), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (11 papers), Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics (6 papers), Scientific Research and Discoveries (5 papers), Space Exploration and Technology (5 papers), AI-based Problem Solving and Planning (4 papers) and Isotope Analysis in Ecology (3 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Astronomy and Astrophysics (1.8k citations), Atmospheric Science (407 citations), Statistical and Nonlinear Physics (165 citations), Geophysics (124 citations) and Aerospace Engineering (228 citations). D. E. Kaufmann has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Austria and Greece. Frequent co-authors include Kurt Retherford, Randy Gladstone, Thomas Greathouse, P. D. Feldman, S. A. Stern, G. Contopoulos, Dana M. Hurley, Wayne Pryor, Harold F. Levison and Joel Wm. Parker. Their work appears in journals such as Science, Icarus, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences and The Astrophysical Journal.

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