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Researcher · Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory · United States

Fred L. Whipple

Fred L. Whipple publishes mostly in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Aerospace Engineering and Computational Mechanics, on topics such as Astro and Planetary Science, Planetary Science and Exploration and Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation.

OpenAlex
World rank
#78,881
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#35,195
of 358,040
Works
86
Citations
283
Citations per work
3.3

What does Fred L. Whipple research?

Astronomy and Astrophysics: 47.0%Aerospace Engineering: 15.7%Computational Mechanics: 6.0%Nuclear and High Energy Physics: 3.6%other fields: 27.7%47%top field
Astronomy and Astrophysics47.0%Aerospace Engineering15.7%Computational Mechanics6.0%Nuclear and High Energy Physics3.6%other fields27.7%

Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.

  1. 1Astronomy and Astrophysics47% of their works
  2. 2Aerospace Engineering16% of their works
  3. 3Computational Mechanics6% of their works
  4. 4Nuclear and High Energy Physics4% of their works
  5. 5Archeology2% of their works
  6. 6Safety Research2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Fred L. Whipple's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Solar System Abundances, Terrestrial Planets, Mars, Martian Surface, Optical 3D Laser Measurement, Position-Sensitive Detector, On-Orbit Servicing and Space Debris.

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 16 words, with their numbers
  1. Solar System Abundances181 topic
  2. Terrestrial Planets181 topic
  3. Mars91 topic
  4. Martian Surface91 topic
  5. Optical 3D Laser Measurement51 topic
  6. Position-Sensitive Detector51 topic
  7. On-Orbit Servicing41 topic
  8. Space Debris41 topic
  9. Cryogenic Storage31 topic
  10. CubeSat31 topic
  11. Exoplanets31 topic
  12. Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG)31 topic
  13. Radio Astronomy31 topic
  14. Stellar Astrophysics31 topic
  15. Transits of Venus31 topic
  16. small satellite31 topic

Where does Fred L. Whipple work?

Fred L. Whipple's main affiliation in the publication record is Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, United States.

How many publications and citations does Fred L. Whipple have?

Science Explorer counts 86 works and 283 citations for Fred L. Whipple, ranking #78,881 of 1,633,909 researchers worldwide on the composite 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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