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Researcher · United States Air Force Academy · United States

R. A. Motes

R. A. Motes publishes mostly in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Aerospace Engineering, on topics such as Space exploration and regulation, Optical Wireless Communication Technologies and History and Developments in Astronomy.

OpenAlex
World rank
#1,317,478
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#313,492
of 358,040
Works
25
Citations
15
Citations per work
0.6

What does R. A. Motes research?

Astronomy and Astrophysics: 34.2%Electrical and Electronic Engineering: 23.7%Aerospace Engineering: 18.4%Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 10.5%other fields: 13.2%34%top field
Astronomy and Astrophysics34.2%Electrical and Electronic Engineering23.7%Aerospace Engineering18.4%Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics10.5%other fields13.2%

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

  1. 1Astronomy and Astrophysics34% of their works
  2. 2Electrical and Electronic Engineering24% of their works
  3. 3Aerospace Engineering18% of their works
  4. 4Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics10% of their works
  5. 5Computational Mechanics3% of their works
  6. 6Physiology3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe R. A. Motes's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Space Policy, Space Tourism, Astrobiology, Extraterrestrial Life, Free-Space Optical Communication, Radio Astronomy, Solar System Abundances and Terrestrial Planets.

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 16 words, with their numbers
  1. Space Policy41 topic
  2. Space Tourism41 topic
  3. Astrobiology31 topic
  4. Extraterrestrial Life31 topic
  5. Free-Space Optical Communication31 topic
  6. Radio Astronomy31 topic
  7. Solar System Abundances31 topic
  8. Terrestrial Planets31 topic
  9. Transits of Venus31 topic
  10. Visible Light Communication31 topic
  11. On-Orbit Servicing21 topic
  12. Optical Modulators21 topic
  13. Silicon Photonics21 topic
  14. Space Debris21 topic
  15. Spacecraft Formation Flying21 topic
  16. Trajectory Optimization21 topic

Where does R. A. Motes work?

R. A. Motes's main affiliation in the publication record is United States Air Force Academy, United States.

How many publications and citations does R. A. Motes have?

Science Explorer counts 25 works and 15 citations for R. A. Motes, ranking #1,317,478 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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