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Researcher · Southwest Research Institute · United States

David J. McComas

David J. McComas publishes mostly in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Molecular Biology and Atmospheric Science, on topics such as Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics, Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics and Astro and Planetary Science.

ORCID 0000-0001-6160-1158 OpenAlex
World rank
#148,278
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#55,955
of 1,627,098
Works
1,613
Citations
49k
Citations per work
30.2
h-index
107
i10-index 633Top 0.4% in Astronomy and Astrophysics
David J. McComas

What does David J. McComas research?

David J. McComas's work is mostly in Physics and Astronomy (70%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (6%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (6%).

Physical Sciences: 1,265 works · 78.4% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 1,123 works · 69.6% of their workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1,087 works · 67.4% of their workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 35 works · 2.2% of their workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 100 works · 6.2% of their workAtmospheric Science: 60 works · 3.7% of their workOceanography: 40 works · 2.5% of their workEngineering: 42 works · 2.6% of their workAerospace Engineering: 42 works · 2.6% of their workEverything else: 248 works · 15.4% of their workLife Sciences: 100 works · 6.2% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 100 works · 6.2% of their workMolecular Biology: 100 works · 6.2% of their workTHEIR WORKDavid J. McComas1,613works
Life Sciences6%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 Astronomy1,12369.6%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences1006.2%
    3. Engineering422.6%
  2. Everything else24815.4%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1006.2%
  1. 1Astronomy and Astrophysics67% of their works
  2. 2Molecular Biology6% of their works
  3. 3Atmospheric Science4% of their works
  4. 4Aerospace Engineering3% of their works
  5. 5Oceanography2% of their works
  6. 6Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe David J. McComas's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Solar Wind, Coronal Mass Ejections, Solar Dynamics Observatory, Ionosphere, Magnetosphere, Solar System Abundances, Terrestrial Planets and Geomagnetic Field.

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 17 words, with their numbers
  1. Solar Wind1,8852 topics
  2. Coronal Mass Ejections1,0971 topic
  3. Solar Dynamics Observatory1,0971 topic
  4. Ionosphere7881 topic
  5. Magnetosphere7881 topic
  6. Solar System Abundances6901 topic
  7. Terrestrial Planets6901 topic
  8. Geomagnetic Field2761 topic
  9. Magnetosome Formation2761 topic
  10. Mars1521 topic
  11. Martian Surface1521 topic
  12. Exoplanets1491 topic
  13. Stellar Astrophysics1491 topic
  14. Ozone Depletion1411 topic
  15. Stratospheric Water Vapor1411 topic
  16. GRACE1091 topic
  17. Sea Level Rise1091 topic

Where does David J. McComas work?

David J. McComas's main affiliation in the publication record is Southwest Research Institute, United States.

How many publications and citations does David J. McComas have?

OpenAlex counts 1,613 works and 48,738 citations for David J. McComas, an h-index of 107, ranking #148,278 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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