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Researcher · Lowell Observatory · United States

Tom Polakis

Tom Polakis publishes mostly in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Aerospace Engineering and Instrumentation, on topics such as Astro and Planetary Science, Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies and Planetary Science and Exploration.

ORCID 0000-0003-0628-7017 OpenAlex
World rank
#4,015,690
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#1,094,567
of 1,627,098
Works
53
Citations
565
Citations per work
10.7
h-index
11
i10-index 11Top 52% in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Tom Polakis

What does Tom Polakis research?

Tom Polakis's work is mostly in Physics and Astronomy (70%), Engineering (6%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (4%).

Physical Sciences: 42 works · 79.5% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 37 works · 69.7% of their workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 32 works · 60.5% of their workInstrumentation: 3 works · 5.9% of their workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 2 works · 3.3% of their workEngineering: 3 works · 5.9% of their workAerospace Engineering: 3 works · 5.9% of their workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 works · 3.9% of their workGeophysics: 2 works · 3.9% of their workEverything else: 9 works · 17.2% of their workSocial Sciences: 2 works · 3.3% of their workArts and Humanities: 2 works · 3.3% of their workArcheology: 2 works · 3.3% of their workTHEIR WORKTom Polakis53works
Physical Sciences80%Social Sciences3%

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 Astronomy3769.7%
    2. Engineering35.9%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences23.9%
  2. Everything else917.2%
    1. Arts and Humanities23.3%
  1. 1Astronomy and Astrophysics60% of their works
  2. 2Aerospace Engineering6% of their works
  3. 3Instrumentation6% of their works
  4. 4Geophysics4% of their works
  5. 5Archeology3% of their works
  6. 6Nuclear and High Energy Physics3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Tom Polakis's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Solar System Abundances, Terrestrial Planets, Exoplanets, Stellar Astrophysics, Mars, Martian Surface, Astronomical Instrumentation and Spectrograph.

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. Solar System Abundances391 topic
  2. Terrestrial Planets391 topic
  3. Exoplanets241 topic
  4. Stellar Astrophysics241 topic
  5. Mars131 topic
  6. Martian Surface131 topic
  7. Astronomical Instrumentation91 topic
  8. Spectrograph91 topic
  9. Extravehicular Activity81 topic
  10. Space Suit81 topic
  11. Crystal Structure Prediction51 topic
  12. Mantle Dynamics51 topic
  13. Optical 3D Laser Measurement41 topic
  14. Position-Sensitive Detector41 topic
  15. Stable Isotopes41 topic
  16. Trophic Position41 topic

Where does Tom Polakis work?

Tom Polakis's main affiliation in the publication record is Lowell Observatory, United States.

How many publications and citations does Tom Polakis have?

OpenAlex counts 53 works and 565 citations for Tom Polakis, an h-index of 11, ranking #4,015,690 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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