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Salvatore Alfano

Salvatore Alfano publishes mostly in Aerospace Engineering, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, on topics such as Space Satellite Systems and Control, Astro and Planetary Science and Spacecraft Dynamics and Control.

World rank
#391,158
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#138,898
of 358,040
Works
18
Citations
95
Citations per work
5.3

What does Salvatore Alfano research?

Aerospace Engineering: 46.2%Astronomy and Astrophysics: 23.1%Statistical and Nonlinear Physics: 7.7%Numerical Analysis: 7.7%other fields: 15.3%46%top field
Aerospace Engineering46.2%Astronomy and Astrophysics23.1%Statistical and Nonlinear Physics7.7%Numerical Analysis7.7%other fields15.3%

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

  1. 1Aerospace Engineering46% of their works
  2. 2Astronomy and Astrophysics23% of their works
  3. 3Statistical and Nonlinear Physics8% of their works
  4. 4Numerical Analysis8% of their works
  5. 5Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition4% of their works
  6. 6Electrical and Electronic Engineering4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Salvatore Alfano's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: On-Orbit Servicing, Space Debris, Optimal Control, Solar System Abundances, Terrestrial Planets, Control, Differential Equations and Mars.

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 17 words, with their numbers
  1. On-Orbit Servicing81 topic
  2. Space Debris81 topic
  3. Optimal Control42 topics
  4. Solar System Abundances41 topic
  5. Terrestrial Planets41 topic
  6. Control21 topic
  7. Differential Equations21 topic
  8. Mars21 topic
  9. Martian Surface21 topic
  10. Missile Guidance21 topic
  11. Numerical Integration21 topic
  12. Spacecraft Formation Flying21 topic
  13. Trajectory Optimization21 topic
  14. Hardware-in-the-Loop11 topic
  15. Optimal Motion Planning11 topic
  16. Real-Time Simulation11 topic
  17. Sampling-Based Algorithms11 topic

Where does Salvatore Alfano work?

Salvatore Alfano's main affiliation in the publication record is United States Air Force Academy, United States.

How many publications and citations does Salvatore Alfano have?

Science Explorer counts 18 works and 95 citations for Salvatore Alfano, ranking #391,158 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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