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Researcher · Lunar and Planetary Institute · United States

V. L. Sharpton

V. L. Sharpton publishes mostly in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Geophysics and Aerospace Engineering, on topics such as Planetary Science and Exploration, Astro and Planetary Science and Space Exploration and Technology.

OpenAlex
World rank
#872,957
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#242,108
of 358,040
Works
54
Citations
101
Citations per work
1.9

What does V. L. Sharpton research?

Astronomy and Astrophysics: 45.7%Geophysics: 14.3%Aerospace Engineering: 10.0%Atmospheric Science: 5.7%other fields: 24.3%46%top field
Astronomy and Astrophysics45.7%Geophysics14.3%Aerospace Engineering10.0%Atmospheric Science5.7%other fields24.3%

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

  1. 1Astronomy and Astrophysics46% of their works
  2. 2Geophysics14% of their works
  3. 3Aerospace Engineering10% of their works
  4. 4Atmospheric Science6% of their works
  5. 5Ecology4% of their works
  6. 6Environmental Chemistry3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe V. L. Sharpton's research?

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

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 16 words, with their numbers
  1. Mars151 topic
  2. Martian Surface151 topic
  3. Solar System Abundances141 topic
  4. Terrestrial Planets141 topic
  5. Extravehicular Activity71 topic
  6. Space Suit71 topic
  7. Geochronology51 topic
  8. Zircon51 topic
  9. Climate Change41 topic
  10. Earthquakes41 topic
  11. Paleoclimatology41 topic
  12. Subduction41 topic
  13. Astrobiology31 topic
  14. Extraterrestrial Life31 topic
  15. Stable Isotopes31 topic
  16. Trophic Position31 topic

Where does V. L. Sharpton work?

V. L. Sharpton's main affiliation in the publication record is Lunar and Planetary Institute, United States.

How many publications and citations does V. L. Sharpton have?

Science Explorer counts 54 works and 101 citations for V. L. Sharpton, ranking #872,957 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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