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Researcher · SpaceX (United States) · United States

Elon R. Musk

Elon R. Musk publishes mostly in Infectious Diseases, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Economics and Econometrics, on topics such as SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research, Digital Media and Visual Art and Legal Cases and Commentary.

OpenAlex
World rank
#1,483,482
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#465,596
of 1,627,098
Works
30
Citations
1.1k
Citations per work
35.1
h-index
12
i10-index 12Top 53% in Infectious Diseases
Elon R. Musk

What does Elon R. Musk research?

Elon R. Musk's work is mostly in Medicine (35%), Physics and Astronomy (10%), Computer Science (9%).

Health Sciences: 11 works · 35.3% of their workMedicine: 11 works · 35.3% of their workInfectious Diseases: 8 works · 26.8% of their workReproductive Medicine: 3 works · 8.5% of their workEverything else: 10 works · 31.8% of their workPhysical Sciences: 7 works · 24.4% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 3 works · 9.8% of their workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 3 works · 9.8% of their workComputer Science: 3 works · 8.5% of their workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 3 works · 8.5% of their workEngineering: 2 works · 6.1% of their workAerospace Engineering: 2 works · 6.1% of their workSocial Sciences: 3 works · 8.5% of their workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 works · 8.5% of their workEconomics and Econometrics: 3 works · 8.5% of their workTHEIR WORKElon R. Musk30works
Physical Sciences24%Health Sciences35%Social Sciences9%

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. Medicine1135.3%
  2. Everything else1031.8%
    1. Physics and Astronomy39.8%
    2. Computer Science38.5%
    3. Engineering26.1%
    1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance38.5%
  1. 1Infectious Diseases27% of their works
  2. 2Astronomy and Astrophysics10% of their works
  3. 3Economics and Econometrics8% of their works
  4. 4Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design8% of their works
  5. 5Reproductive Medicine8% of their works
  6. 6Aerospace Engineering6% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Elon R. Musk's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: ACE2 Receptor, SARS-CoV-2, Coronavirus, Vaccine, Epidemiology, Automation, Digital Media Technology and Health Claims.

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 19 words, with their numbers
  1. ACE2 Receptor172 topics
  2. SARS-CoV-2172 topics
  3. Coronavirus121 topic
  4. Vaccine121 topic
  5. Epidemiology82 topics
  6. Automation71 topic
  7. Digital Media Technology71 topic
  8. Health Claims71 topic
  9. Tax Policy71 topic
  10. Visual Communication Design71 topic
  11. scientific opinion71 topic
  12. Clinical Characteristics51 topic
  13. Thrombosis51 topic
  14. Space Policy41 topic
  15. Space Tourism41 topic
  16. COVID-1931 topic
  17. CubeSat31 topic
  18. Modeling31 topic
  19. small satellite31 topic

Where does Elon R. Musk work?

Elon R. Musk's main affiliation in the publication record is SpaceX (United States), United States.

How many publications and citations does Elon R. Musk have?

OpenAlex counts 30 works and 1,052 citations for Elon R. Musk, an h-index of 12, ranking #1,483,482 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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