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Researcher · Draper Laboratory · United States

Paul Cefola

Paul Cefola publishes mostly in Aerospace Engineering, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Oceanography, on topics such as Space Satellite Systems and Control, Spacecraft Dynamics and Control and Geophysics and Gravity Measurements.

OpenAlex
World rank
#1,207,965
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#296,999
of 358,040
Works
26
Citations
23
Citations per work
0.9

What does Paul Cefola research?

Aerospace Engineering: 38.5%Astronomy and Astrophysics: 17.9%Oceanography: 7.7%Mechanical Engineering: 7.7%other fields: 28.2%38%top field
Aerospace Engineering38.5%Astronomy and Astrophysics17.9%Oceanography7.7%Mechanical Engineering7.7%other fields28.2%

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

  1. 1Aerospace Engineering38% of their works
  2. 2Astronomy and Astrophysics18% of their works
  3. 3Oceanography8% of their works
  4. 4Mechanical Engineering8% of their works
  5. 5Electrical and Electronic Engineering5% of their works
  6. 6Computer Networks and Communications3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Paul Cefola's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: On-Orbit Servicing, Solar Wind, Space Debris, Spacecraft Formation Flying, Trajectory Optimization, CubeSat, GRACE and Sea Level Rise.

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 17 words, with their numbers
  1. On-Orbit Servicing41 topic
  2. Solar Wind42 topics
  3. Space Debris41 topic
  4. Spacecraft Formation Flying41 topic
  5. Trajectory Optimization41 topic
  6. CubeSat31 topic
  7. GRACE31 topic
  8. Sea Level Rise31 topic
  9. small satellite31 topic
  10. Coronal Mass Ejections21 topic
  11. Gear Dynamics21 topic
  12. Ionosphere21 topic
  13. Magnetosphere21 topic
  14. Mesh Stiffness21 topic
  15. Solar Dynamics Observatory21 topic
  16. Solar System Abundances21 topic
  17. Terrestrial Planets21 topic

Where does Paul Cefola work?

Paul Cefola's main affiliation in the publication record is Draper Laboratory, United States.

How many publications and citations does Paul Cefola have?

Science Explorer counts 26 works and 23 citations for Paul Cefola, ranking #1,207,965 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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