Question 1

What is The Aerospace Corporation known for?

Accepted Answer

In research, The Aerospace Corporation stands highest in Physical Sciences (#5,980 of 10,670 worldwide), Engineering (#3,345 of 5,901 worldwide) and Aerospace Engineering (#528 of 785 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Aerospace Engineering and Physics and Astronomy (Astronomy and Astrophysics is 26.1× its share of world research).

Question 2

How does The Aerospace Corporation rank in research?

Accepted Answer

The Aerospace Corporation ranks #11,049 of 22,385 institutions worldwide on research quality in 2022-now (#7,434 all time), and #1,527 of 3,332 in the United States.

Question 3

Who are the top researchers at The Aerospace Corporation?

Accepted Answer

Ranked on the quality score, Seth G. Claudepierre, Joseph F. Fennell and J. B. Blake lead among researchers whose main affiliation is The Aerospace Corporation.

Question 4

What are the most cited papers from The Aerospace Corporation?

Accepted Answer

The most cited paper from The Aerospace Corporation is "PEGASIS: Power-efficient gathering in sensor information systems" (Stephanie Lindsey, Cauligi S. Raghavendra, 2003), with 3,707 citations. Next come "Digital communications : fundamentals and applications" (3,140) and "The theory of a general quantum system interacting with a linear dissipative system" (2,933).

Question 5

Which research topics does The Aerospace Corporation publish most on?

Accepted Answer

By volume in 2022-now: Spacecraft Design and Technology, Space Satellite Systems and Control, Space exploration and regulation and Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics.

Question 6

Which keywords describe research at The Aerospace Corporation?

Accepted Answer

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Thermal Analysis, CubeSat, small satellite, Orbit Determination, Solar Wind, On-Orbit Servicing, Space Debris and Risk Assessment.

Question 7

Which fields of science does The Aerospace Corporation work in?

Accepted Answer

In 2022-now, 88% of research at The Aerospace Corporation is in Physical Sciences, 7% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (51%), Physics and Astronomy (20%), Computer Science (6%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Question 8

Is The Aerospace Corporation's research output growing?

Accepted Answer

Output in 2022-2025 was 15% lower than in 2018-2021.