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Researcher · Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence · United States

Melissa D. Lane

Melissa D. Lane publishes mostly in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Geophysics and Artificial Intelligence, on topics such as Planetary Science and Exploration, Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping and Geological and Geochemical Analysis.

ORCID 0000-0003-3264-3337 OpenAlex
World rank
#3,590,799
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#999,915
of 1,627,098
Works
18
Citations
170
Citations per work
9.4
h-index
5
i10-index 4Top 84% in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Melissa D. Lane

What does Melissa D. Lane research?

Melissa D. Lane's work is mostly in Physics and Astronomy (36%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (11%), Computer Science (9%).

Physical Sciences: 12 works · 68.2% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 7 works · 36.4% of their workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 7 works · 36.4% of their workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 works · 11.4% of their workGeophysics: 2 works · 11.4% of their workComputer Science: 2 works · 9.1% of their workArtificial Intelligence: 2 works · 9.1% of their workEnergy: 1 works · 6.8% of their workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 works · 6.8% of their workEngineering: 1 works · 4.5% of their workAerospace Engineering: 1 works · 4.5% of their workEverything else: 5 works · 27.3% of their workHealth Sciences: 1 works · 4.5% of their workMedicine: 1 works · 4.5% of their workPhysiology: 1 works · 4.5% of their workTHEIR WORKMelissa D. Lane18works
Physical Sciences68%Health Sciences4%

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. Physics and Astronomy736.4%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences211.4%
    3. Computer Science29.1%
    4. Energy16.8%
    5. Engineering14.5%
  2. Everything else527.3%
    1. Medicine14.5%
  1. 1Astronomy and Astrophysics36% of their works
  2. 2Geophysics11% of their works
  3. 3Artificial Intelligence9% of their works
  4. 4Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment7% of their works
  5. 5Physiology4% of their works
  6. 6Aerospace Engineering4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Melissa D. Lane's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Mars, Martian Surface, Geochronology, Machine Learning, Mineral Prospectivity, Solar System Abundances, Terrestrial Planets and Zircon.

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. Mars111 topic
  2. Martian Surface111 topic
  3. Geochronology41 topic
  4. Machine Learning41 topic
  5. Mineral Prospectivity41 topic
  6. Solar System Abundances41 topic
  7. Terrestrial Planets41 topic
  8. Zircon41 topic
  9. Hematite31 topic
  10. Photoelectrodes31 topic
  11. Extravehicular Activity21 topic
  12. Microgravity21 topic
  13. Space Suit21 topic
  14. Spaceflight21 topic
  15. Geomagnetic Field11 topic
  16. Magnetosome Formation11 topic

Where does Melissa D. Lane work?

Melissa D. Lane's main affiliation in the publication record is Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence, United States.

How many publications and citations does Melissa D. Lane have?

OpenAlex counts 18 works and 170 citations for Melissa D. Lane, an h-index of 5, ranking #3,590,799 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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