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Researcher · Star Technology and Research (United States) · United States

John C. Oldson

John C. Oldson publishes mostly in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Aerospace Engineering and Mechanical Engineering, on topics such as Space Satellite Systems and Control, Planetary Science and Exploration and Astro and Planetary Science.

OpenAlex
World rank
#2,098,479
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#633,448
of 1,627,098
Works
22
Citations
157
Citations per work
7.1
h-index
7
i10-index 6Top 73% in Astronomy and Astrophysics
John C. Oldson

What does John C. Oldson research?

John C. Oldson's work is mostly in Engineering (46%), Physics and Astronomy (40%), Social Sciences (3%).

Physical Sciences: 19 works · 87.9% of their workEngineering: 10 works · 46.5% of their workAerospace Engineering: 8 works · 36.2% of their workMechanical Engineering: 2 works · 8.6% of their workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 works · 1.7% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 9 works · 39.7% of their workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 9 works · 39.7% of their workEnvironmental Science: 0 works · 1.7% of their workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 works · 1.7% of their workEverything else: 2 works · 8.7% of their workSocial Sciences: 1 works · 3.4% of their workSocial Sciences: 1 works · 3.4% of their workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 works · 3.4% of their workTHEIR WORKJohn C. Oldson22works
Physical Sciences88%Social Sciences3%

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. Engineering1046.5%
    2. Physics and Astronomy939.7%
    3. Environmental Science01.7%
  2. Everything else28.7%
    1. Social Sciences13.4%
  1. 1Astronomy and Astrophysics40% of their works
  2. 2Aerospace Engineering36% of their works
  3. 3Mechanical Engineering9% of their works
  4. 4Geography, Planning and Development3% of their works
  5. 5Global and Planetary Change2% of their works
  6. 6Electrical and Electronic Engineering2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe John C. Oldson's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: On-Orbit Servicing, Space Debris, Mars, Martian Surface, Solar System Abundances, Terrestrial Planets, 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. 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. On-Orbit Servicing131 topic
  2. Space Debris131 topic
  3. Mars111 topic
  4. Martian Surface111 topic
  5. Solar System Abundances81 topic
  6. Terrestrial Planets81 topic
  7. Spacecraft Formation Flying31 topic
  8. Trajectory Optimization31 topic
  9. Astrobiology21 topic
  10. CubeSat21 topic
  11. Extraterrestrial Life21 topic
  12. Extravehicular Activity21 topic
  13. Geodesy21 topic
  14. Map Projections21 topic
  15. Space Suit21 topic
  16. small satellite21 topic

Where does John C. Oldson work?

John C. Oldson's main affiliation in the publication record is Star Technology and Research (United States), United States.

How many publications and citations does John C. Oldson have?

OpenAlex counts 22 works and 157 citations for John C. Oldson, an h-index of 7, ranking #2,098,479 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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