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Researcher · Draper Laboratory · United States

Thomas J. Fill

Thomas J. Fill publishes mostly in Aerospace Engineering, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Ocean Engineering, on topics such as Spacecraft Dynamics and Control, Space Satellite Systems and Control and Space Exploration and Technology.

OpenAlex
World rank
#950,119
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#311,794
of 1,627,098
Works
22
Citations
213
Citations per work
9.7
h-index
9
i10-index 9Top 32% in Aerospace Engineering
Thomas J. Fill

What does Thomas J. Fill research?

Thomas J. Fill's work is mostly in Engineering (72%), Physics and Astronomy (22%), Materials Science (2%).

Physical Sciences: 21 works · 96.9% of their workEngineering: 16 works · 71.5% of their workAerospace Engineering: 15 works · 66.7% of their workOcean Engineering: 1 works · 4.8% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 5 works · 22.2% of their workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 4 works · 19.0% of their workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 works · 3.2% of their workMaterials Science: 0 works · 1.6% of their workMaterials Chemistry: 0 works · 1.6% of their workMathematics: 0 works · 1.6% of their workGeometry and Topology: 0 works · 1.6% of their workEverything else: 1 works · 3.1% of their workTHEIR WORKThomas J. Fill22works
Physical Sciences97%

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. Engineering1671.5%
    2. Physics and Astronomy522.2%
    3. Materials Science01.6%
    4. Mathematics01.6%
  2. Everything else13.1%
  1. 1Aerospace Engineering67% of their works
  2. 2Astronomy and Astrophysics19% of their works
  3. 3Ocean Engineering5% of their works
  4. 4Statistical and Nonlinear Physics3% of their works
  5. 5Geometry and Topology2% of their works
  6. 6Materials Chemistry2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Thomas J. Fill's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Spacecraft Formation Flying, Trajectory Optimization, On-Orbit Servicing, Space Debris, Extravehicular Activity, Space Suit, Solar System Abundances and Terrestrial Planets.

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 Flying141 topic
  2. Trajectory Optimization141 topic
  3. On-Orbit Servicing71 topic
  4. Space Debris71 topic
  5. Extravehicular Activity61 topic
  6. Space Suit61 topic
  7. Solar System Abundances51 topic
  8. Terrestrial Planets51 topic
  9. Airborne Wind Energy41 topic
  10. High Altitude Wind Power41 topic
  11. Acoustic Communications31 topic
  12. Autonomous Aerial Refueling31 topic
  13. Underwater Acoustic Sensor Networks31 topic
  14. Vision-Based Sensor31 topic
  15. Cryogenic Storage21 topic
  16. Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG)21 topic

Where does Thomas J. Fill work?

Thomas J. Fill's main affiliation in the publication record is Draper Laboratory, United States.

How many publications and citations does Thomas J. Fill have?

OpenAlex counts 22 works and 213 citations for Thomas J. Fill, an h-index of 9, ranking #950,119 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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