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Researcher · Smithsonian Institution · United States

Sharon A. Wilson

Sharon A. Wilson 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 0000-0001-8872-8546 OpenAlex
World rank
#382,780
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#136,264
of 1,627,098
Works
170
Citations
7.1k
Citations per work
41.8
h-index
32
i10-index 46Top 15% in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Sharon A. Wilson

What does Sharon A. Wilson research?

Sharon A. Wilson's work is mostly in Physics and Astronomy (57%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (12%), Engineering (12%).

Physical Sciences: 141 works · 83.0% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 97 works · 57.1% of their workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 97 works · 57.1% of their workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 21 works · 12.5% of their workAtmospheric Science: 14 works · 8.3% of their workEarth-Surface Processes: 5 works · 2.9% of their workGeochemistry and Petrology: 2 works · 1.3% of their workEngineering: 21 works · 12.1% of their workAerospace Engineering: 21 works · 12.1% of their workEnvironmental Science: 2 works · 1.3% of their workEnvironmental Chemistry: 2 works · 1.3% of their workEverything else: 29 works · 17.0% of their workTHEIR WORKSharon A. Wilson170works
Physical Sciences83%

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 Astronomy9757.1%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences2112.5%
    3. Engineering2112.1%
    4. Environmental Science21.3%
  2. Everything else2917.0%
  1. 1Astronomy and Astrophysics57% of their works
  2. 2Aerospace Engineering12% of their works
  3. 3Atmospheric Science8% of their works
  4. 4Earth-Surface Processes3% of their works
  5. 5Geochemistry and Petrology1% of their works
  6. 6Environmental Chemistry1% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Sharon A. Wilson's research?

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

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 19 words, with their numbers
  1. Mars1281 topic
  2. Martian Surface1281 topic
  3. Solar System Abundances1001 topic
  4. Terrestrial Planets1001 topic
  5. Extravehicular Activity511 topic
  6. Space Suit511 topic
  7. Climate Change452 topics
  8. Holocene412 topics
  9. Sea Level412 topics
  10. Glacial Cycles351 topic
  11. Paleoclimatology351 topic
  12. Astrobiology241 topic
  13. Extraterrestrial Life241 topic
  14. Aeolian Processes101 topic
  15. Wind Erosion101 topic
  16. Anaerobic61 topic
  17. Black Sea61 topic
  18. Methane Oxidation61 topic
  19. paleoceanography61 topic

Where does Sharon A. Wilson work?

Sharon A. Wilson's main affiliation in the publication record is Smithsonian Institution, United States.

How many publications and citations does Sharon A. Wilson have?

OpenAlex counts 170 works and 7,111 citations for Sharon A. Wilson, an h-index of 32, ranking #382,780 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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