2026 Hans Kjeldsen: Physics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Physics	130	562	541	4	4	475	68295

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Physics

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68295

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Physics in Denmark Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Physics in Denmark Leader Award
2023 - Research.com Physics in Denmark Leader Award
2022 - Research.com Physics in Denmark Leader Award

Overview

Hans Kjeldsen is affiliated with Aarhus University in Denmark and has a research focus within Physics and Astronomy. Their work encompasses subfields such as Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation, Computational Mechanics, General Health Professions, and Spectroscopy.

The scientist's primary topics of research include Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies, Astronomy and Astrophysical Research, Astro and Planetary Science, Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies, Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae, Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation, and Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics.

Hans Kjeldsen has contributed to multiple research publications, some of the recent notable papers include:

Age dating of an early Milky Way merger via asteroseismology of the naked-eye star ν Indi (2020), published in Nature Astronomy
The PLATO mission (2025), published in Experimental Astronomy
A 20 Second Cadence View of Solar-type Stars and Their Planets with TESS: Asteroseismology of Solar Analogs and a Recharacterization of π Men c (2022), published in The Astronomical Journal
Detection and Characterization of Oscillating Red Giants: First Results from the TESS Satellite (2020), published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters
First Results on RR Lyrae Stars with the TESS Space Telescope: Untangling the Connections between Mode Content, Colors, and Distances (2021), published in The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series

The scientist has frequently published in venues such as arXiv (Cornell University), Astronomy and Astrophysics, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, The Astrophysical Journal, and UNC Libraries.

Hans Kjeldsen has collaborated extensively with several coauthors, including T. R. Bedding, Daniel Huber, Sarbani Basu, J. Christensen-Dalsgaard, and V. Silva Aguirre.

Best Publications

Kepler Planet-Detection Mission: Introduction and First Results

William J. Borucki;David Koch;Gibor Basri;Natalie Batalha

4498
Citations
The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite

George R. Ricker;Joshua N. Winn;Roland Vanderspek;David W. Latham

2813
Citations
Planetary Candidates Observed by Kepler, III: Analysis of the First 16 Months of Data

Natalie M. Batalha;Jason F. Rowe;Stephen T. Bryson;Thomas Barclay

1758
Citations
Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite

George R. Ricker;Joshua N. Winn;Roland Vanderspek;David Winslow Latham

1707
Citations
Characteristics of planetary candidates observed by Kepler, II: Analysis of the first four months of data

William J. Borucki;David G. Koch;Gibor Basri;Natalie Batalha

1658
Citations
Planet Occurrence within 0.25 AU of Solar-type Stars from Kepler

Andrew W. Howard;Geoffrey W. Marcy;Stephen T. Bryson;Jon M. Jenkins

1658
Citations
Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)

George R. Ricker;Joshua N. Winn;Roland Vanderspek;David W. Latham

1303
Citations
Characteristics of planetary candidates observed by Kepler. II. Analysis of the first four months of data

William J. Borucki;David G. Koch;Gibor Basri;Natalie Batalha

1224
Citations
Kepler Mission Design, Realized Photometric Performance, and Early Science

David G. Koch;William J. Borucki;Gibor Basri;Natalie M. Batalha

1154
Citations
Planetary Candidates Observed by Kepler. III. Analysis of the First 16 Months of Data

Natalie M. Batalha;Natalie M. Batalha;Jason F. Rowe;Stephen T. Bryson;Thomas Barclay

1091
Citations
Planet Occurrence within 0.25 AU of Solar-Type Stars from Kepler

Andrew W. Howard;Geoffrey W. Marcy;Stephen T. Bryson;Jon M. Jenkins

1040
Citations
Masses, Radii, and Orbits of Small Kepler Planets: The Transition from Gaseous to Rocky Planets

Geoffrey W. Marcy;Howard Isaacson;Andrew W. Howard;Jason F. Rowe

759
Citations
Gravity modes as a way to distinguish between hydrogen- and helium-burning red giant stars

Timothy R. Bedding;Benoit Mosser;Daniel Huber;Josefina Montalbán

680
Citations
Kepler Asteroseismology Program: Introduction and First Results

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

631
Citations
Characteristics of Kepler Planetary Candidates Based on the First Data Set: The Majority are Found to be Neptune-Size and Smaller

William J. Borucki

585
Citations
Masses, Radii, and Orbits of Small Kepler Planets: The Transition From Gaseous to Rocky Planets

Geoffrey W. Marcy;Howard Isaacson;Andrew W. Howard;Jason F. Rowe

579
Citations
Kepler 's First Rocky Planet: Kepler-10b

Natalie M. Batalha;William J. Borucki;Stephen T. Bryson;Lars A. Buchhave

579
Citations
Fast core rotation in red-giant stars as revealed by gravity-dominated mixed modes

Paul P.G.Beck;Josefina Montalban;Thomas Kallinger;Joris De Ridder

538
Citations
Planet occurrence within 0.25AU of solar-type stars from Kepler

Andrew W. Howard;Geoffrey W. Marcy;Stephen T. Bryson;Jon M. Jenkins

6
Citations
Kepler Planet Detection Mission: Introduction and First Results

William J. Borucki;D. Koch;G. Basri;N. M. Batalha

3
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