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Researcher · California Polytechnic State University · United States

Gary B. Hughes

Gary B. Hughes publishes mostly in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics of Materials, on topics such as Astro and Planetary Science, Planetary Science and Exploration and Space Satellite Systems and Control.

ORCID 0000-0003-4739-8493 OpenAlex
World rank
#1,310,061
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#312,355
of 358,040
Works
29
Citations
36
Citations per work
1.2

What does Gary B. Hughes research?

Astronomy and Astrophysics: 38.6%Aerospace Engineering: 11.4%Mechanics of Materials: 9.1%Atmospheric Science: 6.8%other fields: 34.1%39%top field
Astronomy and Astrophysics38.6%Aerospace Engineering11.4%Mechanics of Materials9.1%Atmospheric Science6.8%other fields34.1%

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

  1. 1Astronomy and Astrophysics39% of their works
  2. 2Aerospace Engineering11% of their works
  3. 3Mechanics of Materials9% of their works
  4. 4Atmospheric Science7% of their works
  5. 5Electrical and Electronic Engineering4% of their works
  6. 6Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Gary B. Hughes's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Solar System Abundances, Terrestrial Planets, Mars, Martian Surface, Material Analysis, On-Orbit Servicing, Space Debris and Spectroscopy.

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 Abundances81 topic
  2. Terrestrial Planets81 topic
  3. Mars61 topic
  4. Martian Surface61 topic
  5. Material Analysis41 topic
  6. On-Orbit Servicing41 topic
  7. Space Debris41 topic
  8. Spectroscopy41 topic
  9. Climate Change31 topic
  10. Paleoclimatology31 topic
  11. Exoplanets21 topic
  12. Spectroscopic Databases21 topic
  13. Stellar Astrophysics21 topic
  14. Terahertz Quantum-Cascade Lasers21 topic
  15. Bryophyte11 topic
  16. Phylogeny11 topic

Where does Gary B. Hughes work?

Gary B. Hughes's main affiliation in the publication record is California Polytechnic State University, United States.

How many publications and citations does Gary B. Hughes have?

Science Explorer counts 29 works and 36 citations for Gary B. Hughes, ranking #1,310,061 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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