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Researcher · Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics · United States

W. K. Peterson

W. K. Peterson publishes mostly in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Molecular Biology and Electrical and Electronic Engineering, on topics such as Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics, Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics and Astro and Planetary Science.

ORCID 0000-0002-1513-6096 OpenAlex
World rank
#189,341
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#77,169
of 358,040
Works
70
Citations
258
Citations per work
3.7

What does W. K. Peterson research?

Astronomy and Astrophysics: 52.7%Molecular Biology: 5.4%Electrical and Electronic Engineering: 4.3%Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 4.3%other fields: 33.3%53%top field
Astronomy and Astrophysics52.7%Molecular Biology5.4%Electrical and Electronic Engineering4.3%Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics4.3%other fields33.3%

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

  1. 1Astronomy and Astrophysics53% of their works
  2. 2Molecular Biology5% of their works
  3. 3Electrical and Electronic Engineering4% of their works
  4. 4Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics4% of their works
  5. 5Geophysics3% of their works
  6. 6Global and Planetary Change3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe W. K. Peterson's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Solar Wind, Coronal Mass Ejections, Ionosphere, Magnetosphere, Solar Dynamics Observatory, Solar System Abundances, Terrestrial Planets and Geomagnetic Field.

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. Solar Wind382 topics
  2. Coronal Mass Ejections191 topic
  3. Ionosphere191 topic
  4. Magnetosphere191 topic
  5. Solar Dynamics Observatory191 topic
  6. Solar System Abundances61 topic
  7. Terrestrial Planets61 topic
  8. Geomagnetic Field51 topic
  9. Magnetosome Formation51 topic
  10. Ionospheric Anomalies31 topic
  11. Mars31 topic
  12. Martian Surface31 topic
  13. Seismic Electromagnetics31 topic
  14. GRACE21 topic
  15. Ozone Depletion21 topic
  16. Sea Level Rise21 topic
  17. Stratospheric Water Vapor21 topic

Where does W. K. Peterson work?

W. K. Peterson's main affiliation in the publication record is Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, United States.

How many publications and citations does W. K. Peterson have?

Science Explorer counts 70 works and 258 citations for W. K. Peterson, ranking #189,341 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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