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Researcher · Jet Propulsion Laboratory · United States

Alexander B. Walter

Alexander B. Walter publishes mostly in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Electrical and Electronic Engineering, on topics such as Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies, Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing and Superconducting and THz Device Technology.

ORCID 0000-0002-4427-4551 OpenAlex
World rank
#1,960,190
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#596,554
of 1,627,098
Works
71
Citations
877
Citations per work
12.4
h-index
15
i10-index 19Top 39% in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Alexander B. Walter

What does Alexander B. Walter research?

Alexander B. Walter's work is mostly in Physics and Astronomy (58%), Engineering (20%).

Physical Sciences: 56 works · 78.3% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 42 works · 58.5% of their workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 22 works · 30.9% of their workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 13 works · 18.4% of their workInstrumentation: 7 works · 9.2% of their workEngineering: 14 works · 19.8% of their workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 9 works · 12.6% of their workBiomedical Engineering: 3 works · 4.3% of their workAerospace Engineering: 2 works · 2.9% of their workEverything else: 15 works · 21.7% of their workTHEIR WORKAlexander B.Walter71works
Physical Sciences78%

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. Physics and Astronomy4258.5%
    2. Engineering1419.8%
  2. Everything else1521.7%
  1. 1Astronomy and Astrophysics31% of their works
  2. 2Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics18% of their works
  3. 3Electrical and Electronic Engineering13% of their works
  4. 4Instrumentation9% of their works
  5. 5Biomedical Engineering4% of their works
  6. 6Aerospace Engineering3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Alexander B. Walter's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Exoplanets, Stellar Astrophysics, Adaptive Optics, Wavefront Sensing, Superconducting Detectors, Terahertz, Astronomical Instrumentation and Spectrograph.

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. Exoplanets261 topic
  2. Stellar Astrophysics261 topic
  3. Adaptive Optics241 topic
  4. Wavefront Sensing241 topic
  5. Superconducting Detectors191 topic
  6. Terahertz191 topic
  7. Astronomical Instrumentation141 topic
  8. Spectrograph141 topic
  9. Cuprate Superconductors61 topic
  10. High-Temperature Superconductivity61 topic
  11. Binary Black Hole51 topic
  12. Gravitational Waves51 topic
  13. On-Orbit Performance51 topic
  14. Optical Modulators51 topic
  15. Radiometric Calibration51 topic
  16. Silicon Photonics51 topic

Where does Alexander B. Walter work?

Alexander B. Walter's main affiliation in the publication record is Jet Propulsion Laboratory, United States.

How many publications and citations does Alexander B. Walter have?

OpenAlex counts 71 works and 877 citations for Alexander B. Walter, an h-index of 15, ranking #1,960,190 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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