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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 Atmospheric Science, on topics such as Astro and Planetary Science, Planetary Science and Exploration and Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies.

OpenAlex
World rank
#301,429
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#109,383
of 1,627,098
Works
236
Citations
9.2k
Citations per work
39.1
h-index
44
i10-index 91Top 8.1% in Astronomy and Astrophysics
B. A. Smith

What does B. A. Smith research?

B. A. Smith's work is mostly in Physics and Astronomy (65%), Engineering (12%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (2%).

Physical Sciences: 190 works · 80.3% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 153 works · 64.7% of their workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 148 works · 62.8% of their workInstrumentation: 4 works · 1.9% of their workEngineering: 27 works · 11.5% of their workAerospace Engineering: 22 works · 9.5% of their workComputational Mechanics: 5 works · 2.0% of their workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 5 works · 2.2% of their workAtmospheric Science: 5 works · 2.2% of their workChemistry: 4 works · 1.9% of their workSpectroscopy: 4 works · 1.9% of their workEverything else: 46 works · 19.7% of their workTHEIR WORKB. A. Smith236works
Physical Sciences80%

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 Astronomy15364.7%
    2. Engineering2711.5%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences52.2%
    4. Chemistry41.9%
  2. Everything else4619.7%
  1. 1Astronomy and Astrophysics63% of their works
  2. 2Aerospace Engineering10% of their works
  3. 3Atmospheric Science2% of their works
  4. 4Computational Mechanics2% of their works
  5. 5Spectroscopy2% of their works
  6. 6Instrumentation2% 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. The words come from the keyword list OpenAlex gives each topic, not from the text of the papers, so a word can appear that none of the papers uses.

All 16 words, with their numbers
  1. Solar System Abundances1421 topic
  2. Terrestrial Planets1421 topic
  3. Mars921 topic
  4. Martian Surface921 topic
  5. Exoplanets491 topic
  6. Stellar Astrophysics491 topic
  7. Extravehicular Activity351 topic
  8. Space Suit351 topic
  9. Molecular Clouds201 topic
  10. Star Formation201 topic
  11. Space Policy141 topic
  12. Space Tourism141 topic
  13. Radio Astronomy131 topic
  14. Transits of Venus131 topic
  15. Astrobiology121 topic
  16. Extraterrestrial Life121 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?

OpenAlex counts 236 works and 9,220 citations for B. A. Smith, an h-index of 44, ranking #301,429 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised citation 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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