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Researcher · Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence · United States

Douglas A. Vakoch

Douglas A. Vakoch publishes mostly in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience, on topics such as Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life, Space exploration and regulation and Planetary Science and Exploration.

ORCID 0000-0003-3354-9027 OpenAlex
World rank
#3,387,273
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#953,237
of 1,627,098
Works
111
Citations
1.2k
Citations per work
11.0
h-index
22
i10-index 30Top 25% in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Douglas A. Vakoch

What does Douglas A. Vakoch research?

Douglas A. Vakoch's work is mostly in Physics and Astronomy (34%), Psychology (17%), Neuroscience (6%).

Everything else: 43 works · 38.9% of their workPhysical Sciences: 43 works · 38.7% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 38 works · 34.4% of their workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 38 works · 34.4% of their workComputer Science: 5 works · 4.3% of their workArtificial Intelligence: 5 works · 4.3% of their workSocial Sciences: 19 works · 16.7% of their workPsychology: 19 works · 16.7% of their workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 7 works · 6.7% of their workClinical Psychology: 6 works · 5.7% of their workSocial Psychology: 5 works · 4.3% of their workLife Sciences: 6 works · 5.7% of their workNeuroscience: 6 works · 5.7% of their workCognitive Neuroscience: 6 works · 5.7% of their workTHEIR WORKDouglas A. Vakoch111works
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences39%Social Sciences17%

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. Everything else4338.9%
    1. Physics and Astronomy3834.4%
    2. Computer Science54.3%
    1. Psychology1916.7%
    1. Neuroscience65.7%
  1. 1Astronomy and Astrophysics34% of their works
  2. 2Experimental and Cognitive Psychology7% of their works
  3. 3Cognitive Neuroscience6% of their works
  4. 4Clinical Psychology6% of their works
  5. 5Artificial Intelligence4% of their works
  6. 6Social Psychology4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Douglas A. Vakoch's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Astrobiology, Extraterrestrial Life, Space Policy, Space Tourism, Mars, Martian Surface, Microgravity and Near-Death Experiences.

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. Astrobiology501 topic
  2. Extraterrestrial Life501 topic
  3. Space Policy131 topic
  4. Space Tourism131 topic
  5. Mars51 topic
  6. Martian Surface51 topic
  7. Microgravity51 topic
  8. Near-Death Experiences51 topic
  9. Paranormal Beliefs51 topic
  10. Psychotherapy Outcome51 topic
  11. Spaceflight51 topic
  12. Therapeutic Alliance51 topic
  13. Cognitive Enhancement41 topic
  14. Metaphor41 topic
  15. Neuroenhancement41 topic
  16. Time41 topic

Where does Douglas A. Vakoch work?

Douglas A. Vakoch's main affiliation in the publication record is Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence, United States.

How many publications and citations does Douglas A. Vakoch have?

OpenAlex counts 111 works and 1,226 citations for Douglas A. Vakoch, an h-index of 22, ranking #3,387,273 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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