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Researcher · Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence · United States

Seth Shostak

Seth Shostak publishes mostly in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Atmospheric Science and Nuclear and High Energy Physics, 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
#6,528,619
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#1,528,542
of 1,627,098
Works
94
Citations
623
Citations per work
6.6
h-index
13
i10-index 17Top 45% in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Seth Shostak

What does Seth Shostak research?

Seth Shostak's work is mostly in Physics and Astronomy (65%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (4%), Engineering (2%).

Physical Sciences: 67 works · 71.3% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 61 works · 64.9% of their workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 58 works · 62.2% of their workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 3 works · 2.7% of their workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4 works · 4.3% of their workAtmospheric Science: 4 works · 4.3% of their workEngineering: 2 works · 2.1% of their workAerospace Engineering: 2 works · 2.1% of their workEverything else: 23 works · 24.5% of their workSocial Sciences: 4 works · 4.2% of their workPsychology: 2 works · 2.1% of their workSocial Psychology: 2 works · 2.1% of their workSocial Sciences: 2 works · 2.1% of their workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 works · 2.1% of their workTHEIR WORKSeth Shostak94works
Physical Sciences71%Social Sciences4%

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 Astronomy6164.9%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences44.3%
    3. Engineering22.1%
  2. Everything else2324.5%
    1. Psychology22.1%
    2. Social Sciences22.1%
  1. 1Astronomy and Astrophysics62% of their works
  2. 2Atmospheric Science4% of their works
  3. 3Nuclear and High Energy Physics3% of their works
  4. 4Aerospace Engineering2% of their works
  5. 5Political Science and International Relations2% of their works
  6. 6Social Psychology2% 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, Space Policy, Space Tourism and Supernovae.

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. Astrobiology551 topic
  2. Extraterrestrial Life551 topic
  3. Mars161 topic
  4. Martian Surface161 topic
  5. Gamma-Ray Bursts101 topic
  6. Space Policy101 topic
  7. Space Tourism101 topic
  8. Supernovae101 topic
  9. Epoch of Reionization91 topic
  10. Radio Astronomy91 topic
  11. Earth Systems Science81 topic
  12. Gaia Hypothesis81 topic
  13. Solar System Abundances81 topic
  14. Terrestrial Planets81 topic
  15. High-Energy Astrophysics41 topic
  16. Particle Acceleration41 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?

OpenAlex counts 94 works and 623 citations for Seth Shostak, an h-index of 13, ranking #6,528,619 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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