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Researcher · U.S. Air Force Space Command · United States

Rick W. Sturdevant

Rick W. Sturdevant publishes mostly in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Aerospace Engineering and Political Science and International Relations, on topics such as Space exploration and regulation, History and Developments in Astronomy and Space Exploration and Technology.

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World rank
#4,021,556
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#1,095,860
of 1,627,098
Works
30
Citations
45
Citations per work
1.5
h-index
3
i10-index 1Top 94% in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Rick W. Sturdevant

What does Rick W. Sturdevant research?

Rick W. Sturdevant's work is mostly in Physics and Astronomy (55%), Engineering (15%), Arts and Humanities (9%).

Physical Sciences: 21 works · 70.5% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 17 works · 55.1% of their workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 17 works · 55.1% of their workEngineering: 5 works · 15.4% of their workAerospace Engineering: 5 works · 15.4% of their workEverything else: 5 works · 15.4% of their workSocial Sciences: 4 works · 14.1% of their workArts and Humanities: 3 works · 9.0% of their workHistory: 1 works · 3.8% of their workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 works · 2.6% of their workPhilosophy: 1 works · 2.6% of their workSocial Sciences: 2 works · 5.1% of their workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 works · 5.1% of their workTHEIR WORKRick W.Sturdevant30works
Physical Sciences70%Social Sciences14%

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 Astronomy1755.1%
    2. Engineering515.4%
  2. Everything else515.4%
    1. Arts and Humanities39.0%
    2. Social Sciences25.1%
  1. 1Astronomy and Astrophysics55% of their works
  2. 2Aerospace Engineering15% of their works
  3. 3Political Science and International Relations5% of their works
  4. 4History4% of their works
  5. 5Philosophy3% of their works
  6. 6History and Philosophy of Science3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Rick W. Sturdevant's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Space Policy, Space Tourism, Radio Astronomy, Transits of Venus, Astrobiology, Extraterrestrial Life, Extravehicular Activity and Space Suit.

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. Space Policy211 topic
  2. Space Tourism211 topic
  3. Radio Astronomy131 topic
  4. Transits of Venus131 topic
  5. Astrobiology81 topic
  6. Extraterrestrial Life81 topic
  7. Extravehicular Activity81 topic
  8. Space Suit81 topic
  9. Branding21 topic
  10. Democracy21 topic
  11. Hybrid Rocket Propulsion21 topic
  12. Marketing21 topic
  13. Narratives21 topic
  14. Oral History21 topic
  15. Regression Rate Behavior21 topic
  16. Rhetoric21 topic

Where does Rick W. Sturdevant work?

Rick W. Sturdevant's main affiliation in the publication record is U.S. Air Force Space Command, United States.

How many publications and citations does Rick W. Sturdevant have?

OpenAlex counts 30 works and 45 citations for Rick W. Sturdevant, an h-index of 3, ranking #4,021,556 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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