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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 Astro and Planetary Science.

OpenAlex
World rank
#506,440
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#176,314
of 1,627,098
Works
87
Citations
815
Citations per work
9.4
h-index
14
i10-index 19Top 14% in Aerospace Engineering
Paul Cefola

What does Paul Cefola research?

Paul Cefola's work is mostly in Engineering (53%), Physics and Astronomy (23%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (8%).

Physical Sciences: 72 works · 83.2% of their workEngineering: 46 works · 52.8% of their workAerospace Engineering: 43 works · 49.6% of their workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 works · 1.6% of their workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 works · 1.6% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 20 works · 22.8% of their workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 20 works · 22.8% of their workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 7 works · 7.6% of their workOceanography: 5 works · 5.2% of their workAtmospheric Science: 2 works · 2.4% of their workEverything else: 15 works · 16.8% of their workTHEIR WORKPaul Cefola87works
Physical Sciences83%

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. Engineering4652.8%
    2. Physics and Astronomy2022.8%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences77.6%
  2. Everything else1516.8%
  1. 1Aerospace Engineering50% of their works
  2. 2Astronomy and Astrophysics23% of their works
  3. 3Oceanography5% of their works
  4. 4Atmospheric Science2% of their works
  5. 5Electrical and Electronic Engineering2% of their works
  6. 6Control and Systems Engineering2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Paul Cefola's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Orbit Determination, On-Orbit Servicing, Space Debris, Spacecraft Formation Flying, Trajectory Optimization, Solar System Abundances, Terrestrial Planets and CubeSat.

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 17 words, with their numbers
  1. Orbit Determination462 topics
  2. On-Orbit Servicing371 topic
  3. Space Debris371 topic
  4. Spacecraft Formation Flying261 topic
  5. Trajectory Optimization261 topic
  6. Solar System Abundances251 topic
  7. Terrestrial Planets251 topic
  8. CubeSat221 topic
  9. small satellite221 topic
  10. GRACE121 topic
  11. Sea Level Rise121 topic
  12. LEO Satellite Constellation111 topic
  13. Satellite Communications111 topic
  14. GNSS91 topic
  15. Global Navigation Satellite Systems91 topic
  16. Ionosphere91 topic
  17. Magnetosphere91 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?

OpenAlex counts 87 works and 815 citations for Paul Cefola, an h-index of 14, ranking #506,440 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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