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Researcher · Dudley Observatory · United States

R. D. Mercer

R. D. Mercer publishes mostly in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Aerospace Engineering and Surgery, on topics such as Planetary Science and Exploration, Space exploration and regulation and Space Exploration and Technology.

OpenAlex
World rank
#6,023,937
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#1,465,183
of 1,627,098
Works
46
Citations
155
Citations per work
3.4
h-index
7
i10-index 5Top 73% in Astronomy and Astrophysics
R. D. Mercer

What does R. D. Mercer research?

R. D. Mercer's work is mostly in Physics and Astronomy (22%), Medicine (18%), Engineering (14%).

Everything else: 18 works · 39.4% of their workPhysical Sciences: 17 works · 36.7% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 10 works · 22.2% of their workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 10 works · 22.2% of their workEngineering: 7 works · 14.5% of their workAerospace Engineering: 7 works · 14.5% of their workHealth Sciences: 8 works · 17.9% of their workMedicine: 8 works · 17.9% of their workSurgery: 5 works · 11.1% of their workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 works · 3.4% of their workPhysiology: 2 works · 3.4% of their workLife Sciences: 3 works · 6.0% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 works · 6.0% of their workMolecular Biology: 3 works · 6.0% of their workTHEIR WORKR. D. Mercer46works
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences37%Health Sciences18%

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. Everything else1839.4%
    1. Physics and Astronomy1022.2%
    2. Engineering714.5%
    1. Medicine817.9%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology36.0%
  1. 1Astronomy and Astrophysics22% of their works
  2. 2Aerospace Engineering14% of their works
  3. 3Surgery11% of their works
  4. 4Molecular Biology6% of their works
  5. 5Physiology3% of their works
  6. 6Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe R. D. Mercer's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Mars, Martian Surface, Space Policy, Space Tourism, Extravehicular Activity, Space Suit, On-Orbit Performance and Optical 3D Laser Measurement.

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. Mars111 topic
  2. Martian Surface111 topic
  3. Space Policy81 topic
  4. Space Tourism81 topic
  5. Extravehicular Activity61 topic
  6. Space Suit61 topic
  7. On-Orbit Performance41 topic
  8. Optical 3D Laser Measurement41 topic
  9. Position-Sensitive Detector41 topic
  10. Radiometric Calibration41 topic
  11. Distal Radius Fractures31 topic
  12. Flexor Tendon Repair31 topic
  13. Radio Astronomy31 topic
  14. Transits of Venus31 topic
  15. Ion Channels21 topic
  16. Voltage-Gated Channels21 topic

Where does R. D. Mercer work?

R. D. Mercer's main affiliation in the publication record is Dudley Observatory, United States.

How many publications and citations does R. D. Mercer have?

OpenAlex counts 46 works and 155 citations for R. D. Mercer, an h-index of 7, ranking #6,023,937 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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