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Researcher · Marshall Space Flight Center · United States

Brian O’Connor

Brian O’Connor publishes mostly in Aerospace Engineering, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Mechanical Engineering, on topics such as Spacecraft and Cryogenic Technologies, Spacecraft Design and Technology and Planetary Science and Exploration.

OpenAlex
World rank
#5,029,332
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#1,303,293
of 1,627,098
Works
27
Citations
116
Citations per work
4.3
h-index
5
i10-index 3Top 62% in Aerospace Engineering
Brian O’Connor

What does Brian O’Connor research?

Brian O’Connor's work is mostly in Engineering (47%), Physics and Astronomy (28%), Energy (5%).

Physical Sciences: 22 works · 79.9% of their workEngineering: 13 works · 46.9% of their workAerospace Engineering: 9 works · 34.2% of their workMechanical Engineering: 2 works · 8.9% of their workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 works · 3.8% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 8 works · 27.9% of their workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 5 works · 20.3% of their workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 2 works · 7.6% of their workEnergy: 1 works · 5.1% of their workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 works · 5.1% of their workEverything else: 5 works · 20.1% of their workTHEIR WORKBrian O’Connor27works
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. Engineering1346.9%
    2. Physics and Astronomy827.9%
    3. Energy15.1%
  2. Everything else520.1%
  1. 1Aerospace Engineering34% of their works
  2. 2Astronomy and Astrophysics20% of their works
  3. 3Mechanical Engineering9% of their works
  4. 4Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics8% of their works
  5. 5Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment5% of their works
  6. 6Electrical and Electronic Engineering4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Brian O’Connor's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Cryogenic Storage, Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG), CubeSat, small satellite, Adaptive Optics, Mars, Martian Surface and Wavefront Sensing.

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. Cryogenic Storage101 topic
  2. Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG)101 topic
  3. CubeSat81 topic
  4. small satellite81 topic
  5. Adaptive Optics61 topic
  6. Mars61 topic
  7. Martian Surface61 topic
  8. Wavefront Sensing61 topic
  9. Coronal Mass Ejections41 topic
  10. Solar Dynamics Observatory41 topic
  11. Astronomical Instrumentation31 topic
  12. Extravehicular Activity31 topic
  13. Space Suit31 topic
  14. Spectrograph31 topic
  15. Photovoltaic/Thermal Hybrid Technology21 topic
  16. Solar Thermal Collectors21 topic

Where does Brian O’Connor work?

Brian O’Connor's main affiliation in the publication record is Marshall Space Flight Center, United States.

How many publications and citations does Brian O’Connor have?

OpenAlex counts 27 works and 116 citations for Brian O’Connor, an h-index of 5, ranking #5,029,332 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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