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Researcher · RTX (United States) · United States

Wilbur L. Pritchard

Wilbur L. Pritchard publishes mostly in Aerospace Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Astronomy and Astrophysics, on topics such as Satellite Communication Systems, Spacecraft Design and Technology and Space exploration and regulation.

OpenAlex
World rank
#1,392,002
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#439,905
of 1,627,098
Works
45
Citations
434
Citations per work
9.6
h-index
8
i10-index 8Top 38% in Aerospace Engineering
Wilbur L. Pritchard

What does Wilbur L. Pritchard research?

Wilbur L. Pritchard's work is mostly in Engineering (65%), Physics and Astronomy (17%).

Physical Sciences: 37 works · 82.0% of their workEngineering: 29 works · 64.9% of their workAerospace Engineering: 20 works · 43.6% of their workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 6 works · 13.8% of their workMedia Technology: 2 works · 4.3% of their workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 works · 3.2% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 8 works · 17.1% of their workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 6 works · 12.8% of their workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 2 works · 4.3% of their workEverything else: 8 works · 18.0% of their workTHEIR WORKWilbur L.Pritchard45works
Physical Sciences82%

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. Engineering2964.9%
    2. Physics and Astronomy817.1%
  2. Everything else818.0%
  1. 1Aerospace Engineering44% of their works
  2. 2Electrical and Electronic Engineering14% of their works
  3. 3Astronomy and Astrophysics13% of their works
  4. 4Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics4% of their works
  5. 5Media Technology4% of their works
  6. 6Control and Systems Engineering3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Wilbur L. Pritchard's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: LEO Satellite Constellation, Satellite Communications, CubeSat, small satellite, Space Policy, Space Tourism, Economic Development and Telecommunications.

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. LEO Satellite Constellation201 topic
  2. Satellite Communications201 topic
  3. CubeSat91 topic
  4. Space Policy91 topic
  5. Space Tourism91 topic
  6. small satellite91 topic
  7. Economic Development41 topic
  8. Telecommunications41 topic
  9. High Power Terahertz Sources31 topic
  10. On-Orbit Servicing31 topic
  11. Space Debris31 topic
  12. Vacuum Electronics31 topic
  13. Antenna21 topic
  14. Microstrip21 topic
  15. Power Control21 topic
  16. Wireless Networks21 topic

Where does Wilbur L. Pritchard work?

Wilbur L. Pritchard's main affiliation in the publication record is RTX (United States), United States.

How many publications and citations does Wilbur L. Pritchard have?

OpenAlex counts 45 works and 434 citations for Wilbur L. Pritchard, an h-index of 8, ranking #1,392,002 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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