Donald J. Kessler

52 total papers · 3.1k total citations
36 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Donald J. Kessler is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Aerospace Engineering and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Donald J. Kessler has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 26 papers in Aerospace Engineering and 8 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Donald J. Kessler’s work include Space Satellite Systems and Control (25 papers), Astro and Planetary Science (24 papers) and Planetary Science and Exploration (20 papers). Donald J. Kessler is often cited by papers focused on Space Satellite Systems and Control (25 papers), Astro and Planetary Science (24 papers) and Planetary Science and Exploration (20 papers). Donald J. Kessler collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Netherlands. Donald J. Kessler's co-authors include B. G. Cour-Palais, Michael E. Hogan, B. Montgomery Pettitt, Ross H. Durland, Madeleine Duvic, W. Michael McShan, Frank M. Orson, Joseph G. Zendegui, H. A. Zook and Karen M. Vásquez and has published in prestigious journals such as Nucleic Acids Research, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Biochemistry.

In The Last Decade

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Donald J. Kessler

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Donald J. Kessler. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Donald J. Kessler based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Donald J. Kessler. Donald J. Kessler is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

Donald J. Kessler

35 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Fields of papers citing papers by Donald J. Kessler

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Countries citing papers authored by Donald J. Kessler

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