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Researcher · Lunar and Planetary Institute · United States

W. S. Kiefer

W. S. Kiefer publishes mostly in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Aerospace Engineering and Atmospheric Science, on topics such as Planetary Science and Exploration, Astro and Planetary Science and Space Exploration and Technology.

ORCID 0000-0001-6741-5460 OpenAlex
World rank
#517,694
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#170,542
of 358,040
Works
72
Citations
144
Citations per work
2.0

What does W. S. Kiefer research?

Astronomy and Astrophysics: 59.5%Aerospace Engineering: 16.7%Atmospheric Science: 6.0%Geophysics: 4.8%other fields: 13.0%60%top field
Astronomy and Astrophysics59.5%Aerospace Engineering16.7%Atmospheric Science6.0%Geophysics4.8%other fields13.0%

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

  1. 1Astronomy and Astrophysics60% of their works
  2. 2Aerospace Engineering17% of their works
  3. 3Atmospheric Science6% of their works
  4. 4Geophysics5% of their works
  5. 5Paleontology4% of their works
  6. 6Physiology1% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe W. S. Kiefer's research?

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

All 16 words, with their numbers
  1. Mars281 topic
  2. Martian Surface281 topic
  3. Solar System Abundances201 topic
  4. Terrestrial Planets201 topic
  5. Extravehicular Activity111 topic
  6. Space Suit111 topic
  7. Climate Change51 topic
  8. Paleoclimatology51 topic
  9. Geochronology31 topic
  10. Paleoproductivity31 topic
  11. Paleoredox31 topic
  12. Zircon31 topic
  13. Geological Modeling11 topic
  14. Magnetic Fields11 topic
  15. Uncertainty Analysis11 topic
  16. Water Treatment11 topic

Where does W. S. Kiefer work?

W. S. Kiefer's main affiliation in the publication record is Lunar and Planetary Institute, United States.

How many publications and citations does W. S. Kiefer have?

Science Explorer counts 72 works and 144 citations for W. S. Kiefer, ranking #517,694 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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