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Researcher · Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp) · Brazil

Rafael Ribeiro de Sousa

Rafael Ribeiro de Sousa publishes mostly in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Aerospace Engineering and Geophysics, on topics such as Astro and Planetary Science, Planetary Science and Exploration and Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies.

ORCID 0000-0002-1666-5141 OpenAlex
World rank
#3,510,385
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Brazil
#46,425
of 253,246
Works
16
Citations
164
Citations per work
10.3
h-index
5
i10-index 4Top 84% in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Rafael Ribeiro de Sousa

What does Rafael Ribeiro de Sousa research?

Rafael Ribeiro de Sousa's work is mostly in Physics and Astronomy (74%), Engineering (19%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (6%).

Physical Sciences: 16 works · 99.9% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 12 works · 74.4% of their workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 12 works · 72.3% of their workInstrumentation: 0 works · 2.1% of their workEngineering: 3 works · 19.1% of their workAerospace Engineering: 3 works · 19.1% of their workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 works · 6.4% of their workGeophysics: 1 works · 6.4% of their workTHEIR WORKRafael Ribeiro deSousa16works
Physical Sciences100%

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 Astronomy1274.4%
    2. Engineering319.1%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences16.4%
  1. 1Astronomy and Astrophysics72% of their works
  2. 2Aerospace Engineering19% of their works
  3. 3Geophysics6% of their works
  4. 4Instrumentation2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Rafael Ribeiro de Sousa's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Solar System Abundances, Terrestrial Planets, Mars, Martian Surface, Exoplanets, Stellar Astrophysics, On-Orbit Servicing and Space Debris.

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. Solar System Abundances161 topic
  2. Terrestrial Planets161 topic
  3. Mars101 topic
  4. Martian Surface101 topic
  5. Exoplanets71 topic
  6. Stellar Astrophysics71 topic
  7. On-Orbit Servicing61 topic
  8. Space Debris61 topic
  9. Crystal Structure Prediction31 topic
  10. Mantle Dynamics31 topic
  11. Spacecraft Formation Flying31 topic
  12. Trajectory Optimization31 topic
  13. Astronomical Instrumentation11 topic
  14. Molecular Clouds11 topic
  15. Spectrograph11 topic
  16. Star Formation11 topic

Where does Rafael Ribeiro de Sousa work?

Rafael Ribeiro de Sousa's main affiliation in the publication record is Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp), Brazil.

How many publications and citations does Rafael Ribeiro de Sousa have?

OpenAlex counts 16 works and 164 citations for Rafael Ribeiro de Sousa, an h-index of 5, ranking #3,510,385 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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