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Researcher · Lowell Observatory · United States

Don T. Thompson

Don T. Thompson 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
#1,344,302
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#426,281
of 1,627,098
Works
93
Citations
3.3k
Citations per work
35.7
h-index
21
i10-index 31Top 27% in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Don T. Thompson

What does Don T. Thompson research?

Don T. Thompson's work is mostly in Physics and Astronomy (56%), Engineering (13%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (9%).

Physical Sciences: 76 works · 81.4% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 52 works · 55.6% of their workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 52 works · 55.6% of their workEngineering: 12 works · 12.8% of their workAerospace Engineering: 9 works · 9.3% of their workComputational Mechanics: 3 works · 3.5% of their workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 8 works · 8.8% of their workAtmospheric Science: 4 works · 4.6% of their workGeophysics: 4 works · 4.2% of their workEnvironmental Science: 4 works · 4.2% of their workEcology: 4 works · 4.2% of their workEverything else: 17 works · 18.6% of their workTHEIR WORKDon T. Thompson93works
Physical Sciences81%

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 Astronomy5255.6%
    2. Engineering1212.8%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences88.8%
    4. Environmental Science44.2%
  2. Everything else1718.6%
  1. 1Astronomy and Astrophysics56% of their works
  2. 2Aerospace Engineering9% of their works
  3. 3Atmospheric Science5% of their works
  4. 4Geophysics4% of their works
  5. 5Ecology4% of their works
  6. 6Computational Mechanics4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Don T. Thompson'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 Abundances611 topic
  2. Terrestrial Planets611 topic
  3. Mars381 topic
  4. Martian Surface381 topic
  5. Exoplanets221 topic
  6. Stellar Astrophysics221 topic
  7. Extravehicular Activity181 topic
  8. Space Suit181 topic
  9. Stable Isotopes101 topic
  10. Trophic Position101 topic
  11. Optical 3D Laser Measurement91 topic
  12. Position-Sensitive Detector91 topic
  13. Astronomical Instrumentation81 topic
  14. Spectrograph81 topic
  15. Ozone Depletion71 topic
  16. Stratospheric Water Vapor71 topic

Where does Don T. Thompson work?

Don T. Thompson's main affiliation in the publication record is Lowell Observatory, United States.

How many publications and citations does Don T. Thompson have?

OpenAlex counts 93 works and 3,324 citations for Don T. Thompson, an h-index of 21, ranking #1,344,302 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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