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Researcher · Aston University · United Kingdom

Derek F. Lawden

Derek F. Lawden publishes mostly in Aerospace Engineering, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Control and Systems Engineering, on topics such as Spacecraft Dynamics and Control, Space Satellite Systems and Control and Aerospace Engineering and Control Systems.

OpenAlex
World rank
#673,496
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United Kingdom
#56,963
of 367,258
Works
63
Citations
2k
Citations per work
31.0
h-index
16
i10-index 23Top 10% in Aerospace Engineering
Derek F. Lawden

What does Derek F. Lawden research?

Derek F. Lawden's work is mostly in Engineering (35%), Physics and Astronomy (14%), Mathematics (12%).

Physical Sciences: 41 works · 65.3% of their workEngineering: 22 works · 35.4% of their workAerospace Engineering: 18 works · 28.6% of their workControl and Systems Engineering: 4 works · 6.8% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 9 works · 13.6% of their workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 9 works · 13.6% of their workMathematics: 8 works · 12.2% of their workGeometry and Topology: 4 works · 6.8% of their workTheoretical Computer Science: 3 works · 5.4% of their workComputer Science: 3 works · 4.1% of their workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 3 works · 4.1% of their workEverything else: 22 works · 34.7% of their workTHEIR WORKDerek F. Lawden63works
Physical Sciences65%

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. Engineering2235.4%
    2. Physics and Astronomy913.6%
    3. Mathematics812.2%
    4. Computer Science34.1%
  2. Everything else2234.7%
  1. 1Aerospace Engineering29% of their works
  2. 2Astronomy and Astrophysics14% of their works
  3. 3Control and Systems Engineering7% of their works
  4. 4Geometry and Topology7% of their works
  5. 5Theoretical Computer Science5% of their works
  6. 6Computational Theory and Mathematics4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Derek F. Lawden's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Spacecraft Formation Flying, Trajectory Optimization, Relativity, Autonomous Aerial Refueling, On-Orbit Servicing, Space Debris, Vision-Based Sensor and Historical Sources.

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 17 words, with their numbers
  1. Spacecraft Formation Flying141 topic
  2. Trajectory Optimization141 topic
  3. Relativity132 topics
  4. Autonomous Aerial Refueling101 topic
  5. On-Orbit Servicing101 topic
  6. Space Debris101 topic
  7. Vision-Based Sensor101 topic
  8. Historical Sources81 topic
  9. Mathematics Education81 topic
  10. Geometry71 topic
  11. Hyperbolic71 topic
  12. General Covariance61 topic
  13. Unified Field Theories61 topic
  14. Cosmological Parameters41 topic
  15. Dark Energy41 topic
  16. Python41 topic
  17. Scientific Computing41 topic

Where does Derek F. Lawden work?

Derek F. Lawden's main affiliation in the publication record is Aston University, United Kingdom.

How many publications and citations does Derek F. Lawden have?

OpenAlex counts 63 works and 1,951 citations for Derek F. Lawden, an h-index of 16, ranking #673,496 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality 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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