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Researcher · Southwest Research Institute · United States

W. F. Bottke

W. F. Bottke publishes mostly in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Aerospace Engineering and Geophysics, on topics such as Astro and Planetary Science, Planetary Science and Exploration and Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies.

ORCID 0000-0002-1804-7814 OpenAlex
World rank
#73,303
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#28,292
of 1,627,098
Works
623
Citations
25k
Citations per work
40.1
h-index
90
i10-index 223Top 1% in Astronomy and Astrophysics
W. F. Bottke

What does W. F. Bottke research?

W. F. Bottke's work is mostly in Physics and Astronomy (69%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (11%), Engineering (6%).

Physical Sciences: 559 works · 89.8% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 433 works · 69.5% of their workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 433 works · 69.5% of their workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 69 works · 11.0% of their workGeophysics: 35 works · 5.6% of their workAtmospheric Science: 26 works · 4.1% of their workPaleontology: 8 works · 1.3% of their workEngineering: 36 works · 5.8% of their workAerospace Engineering: 36 works · 5.8% of their workEnvironmental Science: 22 works · 3.5% of their workEcology: 22 works · 3.5% of their workEverything else: 64 works · 10.2% of their workTHEIR WORKW. F. Bottke623works
Physical Sciences90%

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 Astronomy43369.5%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences6911.0%
    3. Engineering365.8%
    4. Environmental Science223.5%
  2. Everything else6410.2%
  1. 1Astronomy and Astrophysics70% of their works
  2. 2Aerospace Engineering6% of their works
  3. 3Geophysics6% of their works
  4. 4Atmospheric Science4% of their works
  5. 5Ecology4% of their works
  6. 6Paleontology1% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe W. F. Bottke's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Solar System Abundances, Terrestrial Planets, Mars, Martian Surface, Exoplanets, Stellar Astrophysics, Climate Change and Paleoclimatology.

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 Abundances5251 topic
  2. Terrestrial Planets5251 topic
  3. Mars4321 topic
  4. Martian Surface4321 topic
  5. Exoplanets1231 topic
  6. Stellar Astrophysics1231 topic
  7. Climate Change651 topic
  8. Paleoclimatology651 topic
  9. Extravehicular Activity591 topic
  10. Space Suit591 topic
  11. Stable Isotopes581 topic
  12. Trophic Position581 topic
  13. Geochronology511 topic
  14. Zircon511 topic
  15. Astrobiology381 topic
  16. Extraterrestrial Life381 topic

Where does W. F. Bottke work?

W. F. Bottke's main affiliation in the publication record is Southwest Research Institute, United States.

How many publications and citations does W. F. Bottke have?

OpenAlex counts 623 works and 24,977 citations for W. F. Bottke, an h-index of 90, ranking #73,303 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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