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Researcher · Lowell Observatory · United States

Percival Lowell

Percival Lowell publishes mostly in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Aerospace Engineering and Cultural Studies, on topics such as Planetary Science and Exploration, Astro and Planetary Science and History and Developments in Astronomy.

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World rank
#3,297,439
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#932,013
of 1,627,098
Works
187
Citations
270
Citations per work
1.4
h-index
8
i10-index 7Top 67% in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Percival Lowell

What does Percival Lowell research?

Percival Lowell's work is mostly in Physics and Astronomy (53%), Engineering (10%), Social Sciences (6%).

Physical Sciences: 121 works · 64.5% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 99 works · 52.7% of their workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 99 works · 52.7% of their workEngineering: 18 works · 9.6% of their workAerospace Engineering: 14 works · 7.6% of their workComputational Mechanics: 4 works · 2.0% of their workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4 works · 2.2% of their workOceanography: 4 works · 2.2% of their workEverything else: 55 works · 29.6% of their workSocial Sciences: 11 works · 5.9% of their workSocial Sciences: 11 works · 5.9% of their workCultural Studies: 6 works · 3.4% of their workSociology and Political Science: 5 works · 2.5% of their workTHEIR WORKPercival Lowell187works
Physical Sciences64%Social Sciences6%

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 Astronomy9952.7%
    2. Engineering189.6%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences42.2%
  2. Everything else5529.6%
    1. Social Sciences115.9%
  1. 1Astronomy and Astrophysics53% of their works
  2. 2Aerospace Engineering8% of their works
  3. 3Cultural Studies3% of their works
  4. 4Sociology and Political Science2% of their works
  5. 5Oceanography2% of their works
  6. 6Computational Mechanics2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Percival Lowell's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Mars, Martian Surface, Solar System Abundances, Terrestrial Planets, Radio Astronomy, Transits of Venus, Astrobiology and Extraterrestrial Life.

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. Mars701 topic
  2. Martian Surface701 topic
  3. Solar System Abundances581 topic
  4. Terrestrial Planets581 topic
  5. Radio Astronomy291 topic
  6. Transits of Venus291 topic
  7. Astrobiology191 topic
  8. Extraterrestrial Life191 topic
  9. Extravehicular Activity191 topic
  10. Space Suit191 topic
  11. Antikythera Mechanism131 topic
  12. Astronomical Calculator131 topic
  13. Space Policy131 topic
  14. Space Tourism131 topic
  15. Exoplanets91 topic
  16. Stellar Astrophysics91 topic

Where does Percival Lowell work?

Percival Lowell's main affiliation in the publication record is Lowell Observatory, United States.

How many publications and citations does Percival Lowell have?

OpenAlex counts 187 works and 270 citations for Percival Lowell, an h-index of 8, ranking #3,297,439 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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