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Researcher · Draper Laboratory · United States

Stanley W. Shepperd

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

OpenAlex
World rank
#1,962,882
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#597,252
of 1,627,098
Works
16
Citations
317
Citations per work
19.8
h-index
7
i10-index 6Top 45% in Aerospace Engineering
Stanley W. Shepperd

What does Stanley W. Shepperd research?

Stanley W. Shepperd's work is mostly in Engineering (58%), Physics and Astronomy (29%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (3%).

Physical Sciences: 15 works · 92.0% of their workEngineering: 9 works · 57.9% of their workAerospace Engineering: 9 works · 55.3% of their workBiomedical Engineering: 0 works · 2.6% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 5 works · 28.9% of their workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 3 works · 18.4% of their workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 2 works · 10.5% of their workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 works · 2.6% of their workAtmospheric Science: 0 works · 2.6% of their workMathematics: 0 works · 2.6% of their workGeometry and Topology: 0 works · 2.6% of their workEverything else: 1 works · 8.0% of their workTHEIR WORKStanley W.Shepperd16works
Physical Sciences92%

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. Engineering957.9%
    2. Physics and Astronomy528.9%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences02.6%
    4. Mathematics02.6%
  2. Everything else18.0%
  1. 1Aerospace Engineering55% of their works
  2. 2Astronomy and Astrophysics18% of their works
  3. 3Statistical and Nonlinear Physics10% of their works
  4. 4Biomedical Engineering3% of their works
  5. 5Geometry and Topology3% of their works
  6. 6Atmospheric Science3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Stanley W. Shepperd's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Spacecraft Formation Flying, Trajectory Optimization, On-Orbit Servicing, Space Debris, Solar System Abundances, Terrestrial Planets, Inertial Navigation Systems and Sensor Fusion.

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. Spacecraft Formation Flying81 topic
  2. Trajectory Optimization81 topic
  3. On-Orbit Servicing61 topic
  4. Space Debris61 topic
  5. Solar System Abundances41 topic
  6. Terrestrial Planets41 topic
  7. Inertial Navigation Systems31 topic
  8. Sensor Fusion31 topic
  9. CubeSat21 topic
  10. Experimental Tools21 topic
  11. Smartphones21 topic
  12. small satellite21 topic
  13. Data Assimilation11 topic
  14. Ensemble Kalman Filter11 topic
  15. GRACE11 topic
  16. Sea Level Rise11 topic

Where does Stanley W. Shepperd work?

Stanley W. Shepperd's main affiliation in the publication record is Draper Laboratory, United States.

How many publications and citations does Stanley W. Shepperd have?

OpenAlex counts 16 works and 317 citations for Stanley W. Shepperd, an h-index of 7, ranking #1,962,882 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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