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Researcher · Jet Propulsion Laboratory · United States

W. M. Folkner

W. M. Folkner publishes mostly in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Aerospace Engineering and Oceanography, on topics such as Astro and Planetary Science, Planetary Science and Exploration and Geophysics and Gravity Measurements.

ORCID 0000-0001-5133-9934 OpenAlex
World rank
#40,622
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#18,796
of 358,040
Works
81
Citations
556
Citations per work
6.9

What does W. M. Folkner research?

Astronomy and Astrophysics: 50.0%Aerospace Engineering: 19.3%Oceanography: 9.6%Computational Mechanics: 4.4%other fields: 16.7%50%top field
Astronomy and Astrophysics50.0%Aerospace Engineering19.3%Oceanography9.6%Computational Mechanics4.4%other fields16.7%

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

  1. 1Astronomy and Astrophysics50% of their works
  2. 2Aerospace Engineering19% of their works
  3. 3Oceanography10% of their works
  4. 4Computational Mechanics4% of their works
  5. 5Instrumentation3% of their works
  6. 6Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe W. M. Folkner's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Mars, Martian Surface, Solar System Abundances, Terrestrial Planets, GRACE, Sea Level Rise, Global Navigation Satellite Systems and GNSS.

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 Abundances151 topic
  4. Terrestrial Planets151 topic
  5. GRACE111 topic
  6. Sea Level Rise111 topic
  7. GNSS61 topic
  8. Global Navigation Satellite Systems61 topic
  9. Inertial Navigation Systems61 topic
  10. Sensor Fusion61 topic
  11. Binary Black Hole51 topic
  12. Gravitational Waves51 topic
  13. Extravehicular Activity41 topic
  14. Optical 3D Laser Measurement41 topic
  15. Position-Sensitive Detector41 topic
  16. Space Suit41 topic

Where does W. M. Folkner work?

W. M. Folkner's main affiliation in the publication record is Jet Propulsion Laboratory, United States.

How many publications and citations does W. M. Folkner have?

Science Explorer counts 81 works and 556 citations for W. M. Folkner, ranking #40,622 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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