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Researcher · Los Alamos National Laboratory · United States

Michael Peterson

Michael Peterson publishes mostly in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Global and Planetary Change and Atmospheric Science, on topics such as Lightning and Electromagnetic Phenomena, Fire effects on ecosystems and Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics.

ORCID 0000-0002-7683-0655 OpenAlex
World rank
#944,178
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#254,616
of 358,040
Works
20
Citations
33
Citations per work
1.7

What does Michael Peterson research?

Astronomy and Astrophysics: 37.5%Global and Planetary Change: 31.3%Atmospheric Science: 6.3%Ecology: 6.3%other fields: 18.6%38%top field
Astronomy and Astrophysics37.5%Global and Planetary Change31.3%Atmospheric Science6.3%Ecology6.3%other fields18.6%

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

  1. 1Astronomy and Astrophysics38% of their works
  2. 2Global and Planetary Change31% of their works
  3. 3Atmospheric Science6% of their works
  4. 4Ecology6% of their works
  5. 5Environmental Engineering6% of their works
  6. 6Plant Science6% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Michael Peterson's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Climate Change, Ecosystem Resilience, Distribution, Lightning, Forest Fires, Wildfire Activity, Drought and Global Warming.

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 19 words, with their numbers
  1. Climate Change126 topics
  2. Ecosystem Resilience52 topics
  3. Distribution41 topic
  4. Lightning41 topic
  5. Forest Fires31 topic
  6. Wildfire Activity31 topic
  7. Drought21 topic
  8. Global Warming22 topics
  9. Ionosphere21 topic
  10. Magnetosphere21 topic
  11. Tree Mortality21 topic
  12. Bark Beetles11 topic
  13. CO2 Enrichment11 topic
  14. Forest Pests11 topic
  15. Hurricanes11 topic
  16. Icing Mitigation11 topic
  17. Ozone Effects11 topic
  18. Tropical Cyclones11 topic
  19. Wind Turbines11 topic

Where does Michael Peterson work?

Michael Peterson's main affiliation in the publication record is Los Alamos National Laboratory, United States.

How many publications and citations does Michael Peterson have?

Science Explorer counts 20 works and 33 citations for Michael Peterson, ranking #944,178 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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