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Researcher · Microcosm (United States) · United States

James R. Wertz

James R. Wertz publishes mostly in Aerospace Engineering, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Oceanography, on topics such as Spacecraft Design and Technology, Space Satellite Systems and Control and Inertial Sensor and Navigation.

OpenAlex
World rank
#172,347
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#64,463
of 1,627,098
Works
114
Citations
3.3k
Citations per work
29.0
h-index
17
i10-index 26Top 9.1% in Aerospace Engineering
James R. Wertz

What does James R. Wertz research?

James R. Wertz's work is mostly in Engineering (62%), Physics and Astronomy (23%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (2%).

Physical Sciences: 100 works · 87.4% of their workEngineering: 71 works · 62.2% of their workAerospace Engineering: 65 works · 57.1% of their workComputational Mechanics: 2 works · 1.7% of their workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 works · 1.7% of their workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 2 works · 1.7% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 26 works · 22.8% of their workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 26 works · 22.8% of their workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3 works · 2.4% of their workOceanography: 3 works · 2.4% of their workEverything else: 14 works · 12.6% of their workTHEIR WORKJames R. Wertz114works
Physical Sciences87%

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. Engineering7162.2%
    2. Physics and Astronomy2622.8%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences32.4%
  2. Everything else1412.6%
  1. 1Aerospace Engineering57% of their works
  2. 2Astronomy and Astrophysics23% of their works
  3. 3Oceanography2% of their works
  4. 4Computational Mechanics2% of their works
  5. 5Control and Systems Engineering2% of their works
  6. 6Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe James R. Wertz's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: CubeSat, small satellite, On-Orbit Servicing, Space Debris, Inertial Navigation Systems, Sensor Fusion, Solar System Abundances and Spacecraft Formation Flying.

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. CubeSat431 topic
  2. small satellite431 topic
  3. On-Orbit Servicing331 topic
  4. Space Debris331 topic
  5. Inertial Navigation Systems271 topic
  6. Sensor Fusion271 topic
  7. Solar System Abundances201 topic
  8. Spacecraft Formation Flying201 topic
  9. Terrestrial Planets201 topic
  10. Trajectory Optimization201 topic
  11. Extravehicular Activity171 topic
  12. Space Suit171 topic
  13. Hybrid Rocket Propulsion121 topic
  14. Regression Rate Behavior121 topic
  15. Mars111 topic
  16. Martian Surface111 topic

Where does James R. Wertz work?

James R. Wertz's main affiliation in the publication record is Microcosm (United States), United States.

How many publications and citations does James R. Wertz have?

OpenAlex counts 114 works and 3,307 citations for James R. Wertz, an h-index of 17, ranking #172,347 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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