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Hans Kjeldsen

Hans Kjeldsen

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Physics
Denmark
2026

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Physics

D-Index
130
Citations
68295
World Ranking
562
National Ranking
4

Hans Kjeldsen 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 Hans Kjeldsen sits on this spectrum.

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103 publications 1,469+

This scientist: 475 publications — 52nd percentile

52% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Hans Kjeldsen 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 Hans Kjeldsen sits on this spectrum.

70–71 D-Index: 76 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 110 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 143 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 153 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 144 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 167 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 167 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 166 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 132 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 155 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 134 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 137 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 102 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 112 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 110 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 116 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 97 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 103 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 87 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 90 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 67 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 78 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 75 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 67 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 69 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 60 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 59 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 53 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 42 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 41 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 33 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 32 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 45 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 19 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 24 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 28 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 31 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 22 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 20 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 12 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 16 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 24 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 23 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 15 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 15 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 11 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 17 scientists 164–165 D-Index: 12 scientists 166–167 D-Index: 11 scientists 168–169 D-Index: 9 scientists 170–171 D-Index: 9 scientists 172–173 D-Index: 11 scientists 174–175 D-Index: 4 scientists 176–177 D-Index: 8 scientists 178–179 D-Index: 5 scientists 180–181 D-Index: 3 scientists 182–183 D-Index: 4 scientists 184 D-Index: 4 scientists 185+ D-Index: 99 scientists
70 D-Index 185+

This scientist: 130 D-Index — 85th percentile

85% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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

  • The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite

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

  • 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

  • Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite

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

  • 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

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

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

  • Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)

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

  • 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

  • Kepler Mission Design, Realized Photometric Performance, and Early Science

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

  • 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

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

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

  • 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

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

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

  • Kepler Asteroseismology Program: Introduction and First Results

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

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

    William J. Borucki

  • 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

  • Kepler 's First Rocky Planet: Kepler-10b

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

  • 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

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

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

  • Kepler Planet Detection Mission: Introduction and First Results

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

Frequent Co-Authors

Timothy R. Bedding
Timothy R. Bedding University of Sydney
William J. Chaplin
William J. Chaplin University of Birmingham
Dennis Stello
Dennis Stello University of New South Wales
Daniel Huber
Daniel Huber University of Hawaii at Manoa
Saskia Hekker
Saskia Hekker Heidelberg University
Rafael A. García
Rafael A. García University of Paris-Saclay
Sarbani Basu
Sarbani Basu Yale University
Travis S. Metcalfe
Travis S. Metcalfe Max Planck Society
Jon M. Jenkins
Jon M. Jenkins Ames Research Center

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