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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 Mechanics of Materials, on topics such as Spacecraft Design and Technology, Inertial Sensor and Navigation and Space Satellite Systems and Control.

OpenAlex
World rank
#304,072
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#114,327
of 358,040
Works
36
Citations
63
Citations per work
1.8

What does James R. Wertz research?

Aerospace Engineering: 67.4%Astronomy and Astrophysics: 20.9%Mechanics of Materials: 2.3%Media Technology: 2.3%other fields: 7.1%67%top field
Aerospace Engineering67.4%Astronomy and Astrophysics20.9%Mechanics of Materials2.3%Media Technology2.3%other fields7.1%

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

  1. 1Aerospace Engineering67% of their works
  2. 2Astronomy and Astrophysics21% of their works
  3. 3Mechanics of Materials2% of their works
  4. 4Media Technology2% of their works
  5. 5Information Systems2% 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, Inertial Navigation Systems, On-Orbit Servicing, Sensor Fusion, small satellite, Space Debris, Spacecraft Formation Flying and Trajectory Optimization.

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. CubeSat61 topic
  2. Inertial Navigation Systems61 topic
  3. On-Orbit Servicing61 topic
  4. Sensor Fusion61 topic
  5. Space Debris61 topic
  6. small satellite61 topic
  7. Spacecraft Formation Flying51 topic
  8. Trajectory Optimization51 topic
  9. Solar System Abundances41 topic
  10. Terrestrial Planets41 topic
  11. Mars31 topic
  12. Martian Surface31 topic
  13. Cryogenic Storage21 topic
  14. Extravehicular Activity21 topic
  15. Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG)21 topic
  16. Space Suit21 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?

Science Explorer counts 36 works and 63 citations for James R. Wertz, ranking #304,072 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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