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Researcher · Goddard Space Flight Center · United States

R. Aptekar

R. Aptekar publishes mostly in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Computational Mechanics and Instrumentation, on topics such as Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae, Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation and Astronomy and Astrophysical Research.

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World rank
#7,656,489
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#1,622,489
of 1,627,098
Works
1,067
Citations
6.9k
Citations per work
6.5
h-index
35
i10-index 66Top 13% in Astronomy and Astrophysics
R. Aptekar

What does R. Aptekar research?

R. Aptekar's work is mostly in Physics and Astronomy (61%), Engineering (31%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (3%).

Physical Sciences: 1,019 works · 95.5% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 649 works · 60.8% of their workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 478 works · 44.8% of their workInstrumentation: 123 works · 11.5% of their workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 48 works · 4.5% of their workEngineering: 335 works · 31.4% of their workComputational Mechanics: 251 works · 23.5% of their workBiomedical Engineering: 84 works · 7.9% of their workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 35 works · 3.3% of their workOceanography: 35 works · 3.3% of their workEverything else: 48 works · 4.5% of their workTHEIR WORKR. Aptekar1,067works
Physical Sciences96%

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 Astronomy64960.8%
    2. Engineering33531.4%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences353.3%
  2. Everything else484.5%
  1. 1Astronomy and Astrophysics45% of their works
  2. 2Computational Mechanics24% of their works
  3. 3Instrumentation12% of their works
  4. 4Biomedical Engineering8% of their works
  5. 5Nuclear and High Energy Physics4% of their works
  6. 6Oceanography3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe R. Aptekar's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Gamma-Ray Bursts, Supernovae, Optical 3D Laser Measurement, Position-Sensitive Detector, Astronomical Instrumentation, Spectrograph, Catalysis and Plasma.

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. Gamma-Ray Bursts9581 topic
  2. Supernovae9581 topic
  3. Optical 3D Laser Measurement6521 topic
  4. Position-Sensitive Detector6521 topic
  5. Astronomical Instrumentation3191 topic
  6. Spectrograph3191 topic
  7. Catalysis2171 topic
  8. Plasma2171 topic
  9. GRACE931 topic
  10. Sea Level Rise931 topic
  11. High-Energy Astrophysics751 topic
  12. Particle Acceleration751 topic
  13. Coronal Mass Ejections721 topic
  14. Solar Dynamics Observatory721 topic
  15. Solar System Abundances701 topic
  16. Terrestrial Planets701 topic

Where does R. Aptekar work?

R. Aptekar's main affiliation in the publication record is Goddard Space Flight Center, United States.

How many publications and citations does R. Aptekar have?

OpenAlex counts 1,067 works and 6,916 citations for R. Aptekar, an h-index of 35, ranking #7,656,489 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality 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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