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Researcher · Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence · United States

Peter R. Backus

Peter R. Backus publishes mostly in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Nuclear and High Energy Physics, on topics such as Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life, Planetary Science and Exploration and Radio Astronomy Observations and Technology.

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World rank
#3,882,550
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#1,065,218
of 1,627,098
Works
37
Citations
700
Citations per work
18.9
h-index
9
i10-index 9Top 61% in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Peter R. Backus

What does Peter R. Backus research?

Peter R. Backus's work is mostly in Physics and Astronomy (76%), Engineering (8%), Social Sciences (2%).

Physical Sciences: 31 works · 83.9% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 28 works · 76.4% of their workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 26 works · 69.9% of their workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 2 works · 4.3% of their workInstrumentation: 1 works · 2.2% of their workEngineering: 3 works · 7.5% of their workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 works · 4.3% of their workAerospace Engineering: 1 works · 3.2% of their workEverything else: 5 works · 13.9% of their workSocial Sciences: 1 works · 2.2% of their workSocial Sciences: 1 works · 2.2% of their workGender Studies: 1 works · 2.2% of their workTHEIR WORKPeter R. Backus37works
Physical Sciences84%Social Sciences2%

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 Astronomy2876.4%
    2. Engineering37.5%
  2. Everything else513.9%
    1. Social Sciences12.2%
  1. 1Astronomy and Astrophysics70% of their works
  2. 2Electrical and Electronic Engineering4% of their works
  3. 3Nuclear and High Energy Physics4% of their works
  4. 4Aerospace Engineering3% of their works
  5. 5Gender Studies2% of their works
  6. 6Instrumentation2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Peter R. Backus's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Astrobiology, Extraterrestrial Life, Mars, Martian Surface, Epoch of Reionization, Radio Astronomy, Gamma-Ray Bursts and Space Policy.

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. Astrobiology181 topic
  2. Extraterrestrial Life181 topic
  3. Mars121 topic
  4. Martian Surface121 topic
  5. Epoch of Reionization111 topic
  6. Radio Astronomy111 topic
  7. Gamma-Ray Bursts61 topic
  8. Space Policy61 topic
  9. Space Tourism61 topic
  10. Supernovae61 topic
  11. Solar System Abundances51 topic
  12. Terrestrial Planets51 topic
  13. High-Energy Astrophysics41 topic
  14. Particle Acceleration41 topic
  15. Free-Electron Lasers21 topic
  16. X-Ray21 topic

Where does Peter R. Backus work?

Peter R. Backus's main affiliation in the publication record is Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence, United States.

How many publications and citations does Peter R. Backus have?

OpenAlex counts 37 works and 700 citations for Peter R. Backus, an h-index of 9, ranking #3,882,550 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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