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Researcher · University of Arizona · United States

B. A. Smith

B. A. Smith publishes mostly in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Aerospace Engineering and Sociology and Political Science, on topics such as Astro and Planetary Science, Planetary Science and Exploration and Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies.

OpenAlex
World rank
#27,556
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#12,919
of 358,040
Works
58
Citations
446
Citations per work
7.7

What does B. A. Smith research?

Astronomy and Astrophysics: 63.0%Aerospace Engineering: 9.6%Sociology and Political Science: 2.7%Nuclear and High Energy Physics: 2.7%other fields: 22.0%63%top field
Astronomy and Astrophysics63.0%Aerospace Engineering9.6%Sociology and Political Science2.7%Nuclear and High Energy Physics2.7%other fields22.0%

Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.

  1. 1Astronomy and Astrophysics63% of their works
  2. 2Aerospace Engineering10% of their works
  3. 3Sociology and Political Science3% of their works
  4. 4Nuclear and High Energy Physics3% of their works
  5. 5Electrical and Electronic Engineering3% of their works
  6. 6Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe B. A. Smith's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Solar System Abundances, Terrestrial Planets, Mars, Martian Surface, Exoplanets, Stellar Astrophysics, Extravehicular Activity and Space Suit.

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. Solar System Abundances181 topic
  2. Terrestrial Planets181 topic
  3. Mars111 topic
  4. Martian Surface111 topic
  5. Exoplanets71 topic
  6. Stellar Astrophysics71 topic
  7. Extravehicular Activity41 topic
  8. Space Suit41 topic
  9. Astrobiology31 topic
  10. Extraterrestrial Life31 topic
  11. Space Policy31 topic
  12. Space Tourism31 topic
  13. Adaptive Optics21 topic
  14. Wavefront Sensing21 topic
  15. Photogrammetry11 topic
  16. UAV11 topic

Where does B. A. Smith work?

B. A. Smith's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Arizona, United States.

How many publications and citations does B. A. Smith have?

Science Explorer counts 58 works and 446 citations for B. A. Smith, ranking #27,556 of 1,633,909 researchers worldwide on the composite 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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