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Researcher · Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence · United States

Seth Shostak

Seth Shostak publishes mostly in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Political Science and International Relations and Electrical and Electronic Engineering, on topics such as Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life, Planetary Science and Exploration and Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae.

ORCID 0000-0002-5971-6973 OpenAlex
World rank
#533,576
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#174,254
of 358,040
Works
23
Citations
42
Citations per work
1.8

What does Seth Shostak research?

Astronomy and Astrophysics: 52.2%Political Science and International Relations: 13.0%Electrical and Electronic Engineering: 8.7%Molecular Biology: 4.3%other fields: 21.8%52%top field
Astronomy and Astrophysics52.2%Political Science and International Relations13.0%Electrical and Electronic Engineering8.7%Molecular Biology4.3%other fields21.8%

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

  1. 1Astronomy and Astrophysics52% of their works
  2. 2Political Science and International Relations13% of their works
  3. 3Electrical and Electronic Engineering9% of their works
  4. 4Molecular Biology4% of their works
  5. 5Atmospheric Science4% of their works
  6. 6Instrumentation4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Seth Shostak's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Astrobiology, Extraterrestrial Life, Mars, Martian Surface, Gamma-Ray Bursts, Supernovae, Antenna and Earth Systems Science.

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. Astrobiology51 topic
  2. Extraterrestrial Life51 topic
  3. Mars31 topic
  4. Martian Surface31 topic
  5. Gamma-Ray Bursts21 topic
  6. Supernovae21 topic
  7. Antenna11 topic
  8. Earth Systems Science11 topic
  9. Gaia Hypothesis11 topic
  10. Geomagnetic Field11 topic
  11. Magnetosome Formation11 topic
  12. Microstrip11 topic
  13. Microwave Filters11 topic
  14. Optical 3D Laser Measurement11 topic
  15. Position-Sensitive Detector11 topic
  16. Substrate Integrated Waveguide11 topic

Where does Seth Shostak work?

Seth Shostak's main affiliation in the publication record is Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence, United States.

How many publications and citations does Seth Shostak have?

Science Explorer counts 23 works and 42 citations for Seth Shostak, ranking #533,576 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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