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D. W. Kurtz

D-Index & Metrics

Physics

D-Index
77
Citations
19339
World Ranking
3251
National Ranking
287

D. W. Kurtz publication distribution in Physics in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Physics in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where D. W. Kurtz sits on this spectrum.

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103 publications 1,469+

This scientist: 492 publications — 55th percentile

55% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,469 publications or more.

D. W. Kurtz D-index placement in Physics in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Physics scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where D. W. Kurtz sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 185+

This scientist: 77 D-Index — 13th percentile

13% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 185 D-Index or more.

Overview

D. W. Kurtz is a researcher affiliated with the University of Central Lancashire in the United Kingdom, working primarily in the field of Physics and Astronomy. Their scholarly contributions span a diverse range of topics within astronomy and related sciences, with significant focus on stellar, planetary, and galactic studies.

Their research has been frequently published in several noted venues including:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • The Astrophysical Journal
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Kurtz's work is concentrated within subfields such as:

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Instrumentation
  • Computational Mechanics
  • General Health Professions
  • Oceanography

The main topics of their research include:

  • Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
  • Astronomy and Astrophysical Research
  • Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies
  • Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation
  • Astro and Planetary Science
  • Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae
  • Geophysics and Gravity Measurements

The scientist has authored several recent papers, notable examples are:

  • Asteroseismology Across the Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram, 2022, Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • The single-sided pulsator CO Camelopardalis, 2020, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • Tidally trapped pulsations in binary stars, 2020, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • On the first δ Sct-roAp hybrid pulsator and the stability of p and g modes in chemically peculiar A/F stars, 2020, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • TESS cycle 1 observations of roAp stars with 2-min cadence data, 2021, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Throughout their career, Kurtz has collaborated regularly with other researchers. Frequent co-authors include:

  • G. Handler
  • S. Rappaport
  • Daniel L. Holdsworth
  • Rahul Jayaraman
  • Hideyuki Saio

Best Publications

  • Kepler Asteroseismology Program: Introduction and First Results

    Ronald L. Gilliland;T. M. Brown;J. Christensen-Dalsgaard;H. Kjeldsen

  • Rapidly oscillating AP stars.

    D. W. Kurtz

  • Kepler Asteroseismology Program: Introduction and First Results

    Ronald L. Gilliland;Timothy M. Brown;Jørgen Christensen-Dalsgaard;Hans Kjeldsen

  • Asteroseismology of the DOV star PG 1159 - 035 with the Whole Earth Telescope

    Donald E Winget;Donald E Winget;R. E. Nather;J. C. Clemens;J. Provencal

  • Asteroseismic measurement of surface-to-core rotation in a main-sequence A star, KIC 11145123

    Donald W. Kurtz;Hideyuki Saio;Masao Takata;Hiromoto Shibahashi

  • A giant planet orbiting the ‘extreme horizontal branch’ star V 391 Pegasi

    R Silvotti;S Schuh;R Janulis;J.-E Solheim

  • A CLASS OF ECCENTRIC BINARIES WITH DYNAMIC TIDAL DISTORTIONS DISCOVERED WITH KEPLER

    Susan E. Thompson;Susan E. Thompson;Mark Everett;Fergal Mullally;Fergal Mullally;Thomas Barclay

  • HYBRID γ DORADUS-δ SCUTI PULSATORS: NEW INSIGHTS INTO THE PHYSICS OF THE OSCILLATIONS FROM KEPLER OBSERVATIONS

    A. Grigahcène;V. Antoci;L. Balona;G. Catanzaro

  • Hybrid gamma Doradus - delta Scuti pulsators: New insights into the physics of the oscillations from Kepler observations

    A. Grigahcene;V. Antoci;L. Balona;G. Catanzaro

  • An algorithm for significantly reducing the time necessary to compute a Discrete Fourier Transform periodogram of unequally spaced data

    D. W. Kurtz

  • Asteroseismic measurement of slow, nearly uniform surface-to-core rotation in the main-sequence F star KIC 9244992

    Hideyuki Saio;Donald W. Kurtz;Masao Takata;Hiromoto Shibahashi

  • FM stars: a Fourier view of pulsating binary stars, a new technique for measuring radial velocities photometrically

    Hiromoto Shibahashi;Donald W. Kurtz

  • NOMINAL VALUES FOR SELECTED SOLAR AND PLANETARY QUANTITIES: IAU 2015 RESOLUTION B3

    Andrej Prša;Petr Harmanec;Guillermo Torres;Eric Mamajek

  • KOI-54: The Kepler Discovery of Tidally Excited Pulsations and Brightenings in a Highly Eccentric Binary

    William F. Welsh;Jerome A. Orosz;Conny Aerts;Conny Aerts;Timothy M. Brown;Timothy M. Brown

  • New Eyes to See Inside the Sun and Stars

    Franz-Ludwig Deubner;Joergen Christensen-Dalsgaard;Don Kurtz

  • Does Kepler unveil the mystery of the Blazhko effect? First detection of period doubling in Kepler Blazhko RR Lyrae stars

    R. Szabó;Z. Kolláth;L. Molnár;K. Kolenberg

  • LAMOST observations in the Kepler field. Database of low-resolution spectra

    P. De Cat;J. N. Fu;A. B. Ren;X. H. Yang

  • Pulsating red giant stars in eccentric binary systems discovered fromKeplerspace-based photometry

    P. G. Beck;K. Hambleton;J. Vos;T. Kallinger

  • KIC 4544587: an eccentric, short-period binary system with δ Sct pulsations and tidally excited modes

    K. M. Hambleton;K. M. Hambleton;K. M. Hambleton;Donald Wayne Kurtz;A. Prsa;J. A. Guzik

  • Super-Nyquist Asteroseismology with the Kepler Space Telescope*

    Simon J. Murphy;Hiromoto Shibahashi;Donald W. Kurtz

Frequent Co-Authors

Conny Aerts
Conny Aerts KU Leuven
Jørgen Christensen-Dalsgaard
Jørgen Christensen-Dalsgaard Aarhus University
Hans Kjeldsen
Hans Kjeldsen Aarhus University
Timothy R. Bedding
Timothy R. Bedding University of Sydney
Barry Smalley
Barry Smalley Keele University
John Southworth
John Southworth Keele University
Jon M. Jenkins
Jon M. Jenkins Ames Research Center
Dennis Stello
Dennis Stello University of New South Wales
Timothy M. Brown
Timothy M. Brown Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network
Marcella Marconi
Marcella Marconi National Institute for Astrophysics

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