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Researcher · Southwest Research Institute · United States

Scot Rafkin

Scot Rafkin publishes mostly in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Aerospace Engineering and Atmospheric Science, on topics such as Planetary Science and Exploration, Astro and Planetary Science and Space Exploration and Technology.

ORCID 0000-0001-7464-1319 OpenAlex
World rank
#474,995
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#160,344
of 358,040
Works
59
Citations
112
Citations per work
1.9

What does Scot Rafkin research?

Astronomy and Astrophysics: 53.8%Aerospace Engineering: 16.9%Atmospheric Science: 7.7%Physiology: 6.2%other fields: 15.4%54%top field
Astronomy and Astrophysics53.8%Aerospace Engineering16.9%Atmospheric Science7.7%Physiology6.2%other fields15.4%

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

  1. 1Astronomy and Astrophysics54% of their works
  2. 2Aerospace Engineering17% of their works
  3. 3Atmospheric Science8% of their works
  4. 4Physiology6% of their works
  5. 5Global and Planetary Change6% of their works
  6. 6Earth-Surface Processes3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Scot Rafkin's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Mars, Martian Surface, Solar System Abundances, Terrestrial Planets, Extravehicular Activity, Space Suit, Climate Change and Glacial Cycles.

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. Mars191 topic
  2. Martian Surface191 topic
  3. Solar System Abundances131 topic
  4. Terrestrial Planets131 topic
  5. Extravehicular Activity101 topic
  6. Space Suit101 topic
  7. Climate Change72 topics
  8. Glacial Cycles51 topic
  9. Paleoclimatology51 topic
  10. Microgravity41 topic
  11. Spaceflight41 topic
  12. Aeolian Processes21 topic
  13. Astrobiology21 topic
  14. Emissions21 topic
  15. Extraterrestrial Life21 topic
  16. Methane21 topic
  17. Wind Erosion21 topic

Where does Scot Rafkin work?

Scot Rafkin's main affiliation in the publication record is Southwest Research Institute, United States.

How many publications and citations does Scot Rafkin have?

Science Explorer counts 59 works and 112 citations for Scot Rafkin, ranking #474,995 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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