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Researcher · Johnson Space Center · United States

B. G. Cour-Palais

B. G. Cour-Palais publishes mostly in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Aerospace Engineering and Computational Mechanics, on topics such as Planetary Science and Exploration, Space Exploration and Technology and Astro and Planetary Science.

OpenAlex
World rank
#212,278
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#85,135
of 358,040
Works
20
Citations
108
Citations per work
5.4

What does B. G. Cour-Palais research?

Astronomy and Astrophysics: 46.7%Aerospace Engineering: 33.3%Computational Mechanics: 6.7%Materials Chemistry: 6.7%other fields: 6.6%47%top field
Astronomy and Astrophysics46.7%Aerospace Engineering33.3%Computational Mechanics6.7%Materials Chemistry6.7%other fields6.6%

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

  1. 1Astronomy and Astrophysics47% of their works
  2. 2Aerospace Engineering33% of their works
  3. 3Computational Mechanics7% of their works
  4. 4Materials Chemistry7% of their works
  5. 5Environmental Engineering7% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe B. G. Cour-Palais's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Mars, Martian Surface, Extravehicular Activity, Solar System Abundances, Space Suit, Terrestrial Planets, CFD Simulation and Cryogenic Storage.

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. Extravehicular Activity31 topic
  4. Solar System Abundances31 topic
  5. Space Suit31 topic
  6. Terrestrial Planets31 topic
  7. CFD Simulation11 topic
  8. Cryogenic Storage11 topic
  9. Dynamic Deformation11 topic
  10. Electromagnetic Launch11 topic
  11. High Strain Rate11 topic
  12. Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG)11 topic
  13. Optical 3D Laser Measurement11 topic
  14. Position-Sensitive Detector11 topic
  15. Railgun11 topic
  16. Urban Microclimate11 topic

Where does B. G. Cour-Palais work?

B. G. Cour-Palais's main affiliation in the publication record is Johnson Space Center, United States.

How many publications and citations does B. G. Cour-Palais have?

Science Explorer counts 20 works and 108 citations for B. G. Cour-Palais, ranking #212,278 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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