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Researcher · University of Bern · Switzerland

Thomas Schildknecht

Thomas Schildknecht publishes mostly in Aerospace Engineering, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Computational Mechanics, on topics such as Space Satellite Systems and Control, Astro and Planetary Science and GNSS positioning and interference.

ORCID 0000-0001-7731-1817 OpenAlex
World rank
#552,782
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in Switzerland
#9,645
of 19,404
Works
104
Citations
137
Citations per work
1.3

What does Thomas Schildknecht research?

Aerospace Engineering: 39.5%Astronomy and Astrophysics: 21.0%Computational Mechanics: 5.9%Mechanics of Materials: 4.2%other fields: 29.4%40%top field
Aerospace Engineering39.5%Astronomy and Astrophysics21.0%Computational Mechanics5.9%Mechanics of Materials4.2%other fields29.4%

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

  1. 1Aerospace Engineering40% of their works
  2. 2Astronomy and Astrophysics21% of their works
  3. 3Computational Mechanics6% of their works
  4. 4Mechanics of Materials4% of their works
  5. 5Ocean Engineering3% of their works
  6. 6Instrumentation2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Thomas Schildknecht's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Orbit Determination, On-Orbit Servicing, Space Debris, Solar System Abundances, Terrestrial Planets, Global Navigation Satellite Systems, GNSS and Mars.

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 17 words, with their numbers
  1. Orbit Determination342 topics
  2. On-Orbit Servicing261 topic
  3. Space Debris261 topic
  4. Solar System Abundances111 topic
  5. Terrestrial Planets111 topic
  6. GNSS81 topic
  7. Global Navigation Satellite Systems81 topic
  8. Mars71 topic
  9. Martian Surface71 topic
  10. Optical 3D Laser Measurement71 topic
  11. Position-Sensitive Detector71 topic
  12. Inertial Navigation Systems51 topic
  13. Material Analysis51 topic
  14. Sensor Fusion51 topic
  15. Space Policy51 topic
  16. Space Tourism51 topic
  17. Spectroscopy51 topic

Where does Thomas Schildknecht work?

Thomas Schildknecht's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Bern, Switzerland.

How many publications and citations does Thomas Schildknecht have?

Science Explorer counts 104 works and 137 citations for Thomas Schildknecht, ranking #552,782 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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