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Researcher · Marshall Space Flight Center · United States

Alan Patterson

Alan Patterson publishes mostly in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Molecular Biology and Aerospace Engineering, on topics such as Planetary Science and Exploration, Signaling Pathways in Disease and Space Exploration and Technology.

OpenAlex
World rank
#4,894,552
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#1,276,791
of 1,627,098
Works
16
Citations
163
Citations per work
10.2
h-index
5
i10-index 5Top 84% in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Alan Patterson

What does Alan Patterson research?

Alan Patterson's work is mostly in Engineering (18%), Physics and Astronomy (16%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (13%).

Everything else: 7 works · 42.2% of their workPhysical Sciences: 6 works · 37.8% of their workEngineering: 3 works · 17.8% of their workAerospace Engineering: 1 works · 8.9% of their workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 works · 8.9% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 works · 15.6% of their workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 2 works · 15.6% of their workMaterials Science: 1 works · 4.4% of their workMaterials Chemistry: 1 works · 4.4% of their workLife Sciences: 3 works · 20.0% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 works · 13.3% of their workMolecular Biology: 2 works · 13.3% of their workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 works · 6.7% of their workImmunology: 1 works · 6.7% of their workTHEIR WORKAlan Patterson16works
Life Sciences20%Physical Sciences38%

Their six largest subfields, inside their fields and domains; the grey slice is everything else they publish. The interactive view splits every one of their works down to single topics.

The fields and subfields, with their numbers
  1. Everything else742.2%
    1. Engineering317.8%
    2. Physics and Astronomy215.6%
    3. Materials Science14.4%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology213.3%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology16.7%
  1. 1Astronomy and Astrophysics16% of their works
  2. 2Molecular Biology13% of their works
  3. 3Aerospace Engineering9% of their works
  4. 4Civil and Structural Engineering9% of their works
  5. 5Immunology7% of their works
  6. 6Materials Chemistry4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Alan Patterson's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Mars, Martian Surface, Calcineurin, Extravehicular Activity, NFAT, Space Suit, Adolescents and Flexible Manipulators.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 16 words, with their numbers
  1. Mars41 topic
  2. Martian Surface41 topic
  3. Calcineurin31 topic
  4. Extravehicular Activity31 topic
  5. NFAT31 topic
  6. Space Suit31 topic
  7. Adolescents21 topic
  8. Flexible Manipulators21 topic
  9. Immunotoxin21 topic
  10. Macromolecular Crystallography21 topic
  11. Multibody Dynamics21 topic
  12. Ricin Poisoning21 topic
  13. Solar System Abundances21 topic
  14. Structure Solution21 topic
  15. Terrestrial Planets21 topic
  16. Transition21 topic

Where does Alan Patterson work?

Alan Patterson's main affiliation in the publication record is Marshall Space Flight Center, United States.

How many publications and citations does Alan Patterson have?

OpenAlex counts 16 works and 163 citations for Alan Patterson, an h-index of 5, ranking #4,894,552 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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