R. E. Arvidson

42.7k citations

555 papers · 18.2k · 5 hit papers · h-index 73

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Astronomy and Astrophysics top 0.02%
- Planetary Science and Exploration
- Astro and Planetary Science
- Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life
Atmospheric Science top 0.2%
- Geology and Paleoclimatology Research

Papers in

Astronomy and Astrophysics 434
- Planetary Science and Exploration 424
- Astro and Planetary Science 247
- Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life 43
Aerospace Engineering 192
- Space Exploration and Technology 168

Co-authors: R. V. Morris (82 shared papers)E. A. Guinness (78 shared papers)S. W. Squyres (77 shared papers)D. W. Ming (45 shared papers)R. J. Phillips (12 shared papers)Mohamed Sultan (19 shared papers)S. L. Murchie (55 shared papers)A. S. Yen (30 shared papers)
Journals: Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres (102 papers)Journal of Geophysical Research Planets (22 papers)Science (21 papers)Icarus (17 papers)Geophysical Research Letters (15 papers)
Partner nations: United States Germany Canada

In The Last Decade

R. E. Arvidson

514 papers receiving 17.0k citations

R. E. Arvidson's Hit Papers

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Identification of Carbonate-Rich Outcrops on Mars by the Spirit Rover 2010 · 310 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2010 Science
2009 Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
2005 Nature
2004 Science
2004 Science

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1	In Situ Evidence for an Ancient Aqueous Environment at Meridiani Planum, Mars Science ·S. W. Squyres, J. P. Grotzinger, R. E. Arvidson, J. F. Bell, W. M. Calvin, P. R. Christensen, B. C. Clark, J. A. Crisp, W. H. Farrand, K. E. Herkenhoff, J. R. Johnson, G. Klingelhöfer, Andrew H. Knoll, S. M. McLennan, H. Y. McSween, R. V. Morris, J. W. Rice, R. Rieder, L. A. Soderblom Hit paper breakdown →	2004	706
2	Phyllosilicates on Mars and implications for early martian climate Nature ·(unknown), F. Poulet, J. P. Bibring, John F. Mustard, A. Gendrin, N. Mangold, Y. Langevin, R. E. Arvidson, B. Gondet, Cécile Gomez Hit paper breakdown →	2005	706
3	Jarosite and Hematite at Meridiani Planum from Opportunity's Mossbauer Spectrometer Science ·G. Klingelhöfer, R. V. Morris, B. Bernhardt, Christian Schröder, D. Rodionov, Paulo de Souza, A. S. Yen, R. Gellert, E. N. Evlanov, B. V. Zubkov, J. Foh, U. Bonnes, E. Kankeleit, Philipp Gütlich, D. W. Ming, Franz Renz, T. J. Wdowiak, S. W. Squyres, R. E. Arvidson Hit paper breakdown →	2004	594
4	A synthesis of Martian aqueous mineralogy after 1 Mars year of observations from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·S. L. Murchie, John F. Mustard, B. L. Ehlmann, R. E. Milliken, J. L. Bishop, N. K. McKeown, E. Z. Noe Dobrea, F. P. Seelos, D. L. Buczkowski, S. M. Wiseman, R. E. Arvidson, J. J. Wray, Gregg A. Swayze, R. N. Clark, David J. Des Marais, A. S. McEwen, Jean‐Pierre Bibring Hit paper breakdown →	2009	461
5	Stratigraphy and sedimentology of a dry to wet eolian depositional system, Burns formation, Meridiani Planum, Mars Earth and Planetary Science Letters ·J. P. Grotzinger, R. E. Arvidson, J. F. Bell, W. M. Calvin, B. C. Clark, David A. Fike, M. P. Golombek, R. Greeley, A. F. C. Haldemann, K. E. Herkenhoff, B. L. Jolliff, Andrew H. Knoll, M. C. Malin, S. M. McLennan, T. J. Parker, L. A. Soderblom, Jascha Sohl‐Dickstein, S. W. Squyres, Nicholas J. Tosca, W. A. Watters	2005	417
6	Detection of Silica-Rich Deposits on Mars Science ·S. W. Squyres, R. E. Arvidson, Steven W. Ruff, R. Gellert, R. V. Morris, D. W. Ming, L. S. Crumpler, Jack D. Farmer, David J. Des Marais, A. S. Yen, S. M. McLennan, W. M. Calvin, J. F. Bell, B. C. Clark, A. Wang, T. J. McCoy, M. E. Schmidt, Paulo de Souza	2008	338
7	Identification of Carbonate-Rich Outcrops on Mars by the Spirit Rover Science ·R. V. Morris, Steven W. Ruff, R. Gellert, D. W. Ming, R. E. Arvidson, B. C. Clark, D. C. Golden, K. L. Siebach, G. Klingelhöfer, Christian Schröder, I. Fleischer, A. S. Yen, S. W. Squyres Hit paper breakdown →	2010	310
8	Global thermal inertia and surface properties of Mars from the MGS mapping mission Icarus ·N. E. Putzig, M. T. Mellon, Katherine A. Kretke, R. E. Arvidson	2004	298
9	Opaline silica in young deposits on Mars Geology ·R. E. Milliken, Gregg A. Swayze, R. E. Arvidson, J. L. Bishop, R. N. Clark, B. L. Ehlmann, R.O. Green, J. Grotzinger, R. V. Morris, S. L. Murchie, John F. Mustard, C. M. Weitz	2008	292
10	Mössbauer mineralogy of rock, soil, and dust at Gusev crater, Mars: Spirit's journey through weakly altered olivine basalt on the plains and pervasively altered basalt in the Columbia Hills Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·R. V. Morris, G. Klingelhöfer, Christian Schröder, D. Rodionov, A. S. Yen, D. W. Ming, Paulo de Souza, I. Fleischer, T. J. Wdowiak, R. Gellert, B. Bernhardt, E. N. Evlanov, B. V. Zubkov, J. Foh, U. Bonnes, E. Kankeleit, Philipp Gütlich, Franz Renz, S. W. Squyres, R. E. Arvidson	2006	284
11	Impact craters and Venus resurfacing history Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·R. J. Phillips, Richard F. Raubertas, R. E. Arvidson, Ila C. Sarkar, R. R. Herrick, N. R. Izenberg, R. E. Grimm	1992	280
12	Evidence for Calcium Carbonate at the Mars Phoenix Landing Site Science ·W. V. Boynton, D. W. Ming, Samuel P. Kounaves, S. M. M. Young, R. E. Arvidson, M. H. Hecht, J. H. Hoffman, P. B. Niles, D. Hamara, R. C. Quinn, Peter H. Smith, B. Sutter, David C. Catling, R. V. Morris	2009	261
13	Distribution of Mid-Latitude Ground Ice on Mars from New Impact Craters Science ·Shane Byrne, C. M. Dundas, M. R. Kennedy, M. T. Mellon, A. S. McEwen, Selby Cull, I. J. Daubar, David Shean, K. D. Seelos, S. L. Murchie, B. A. Cantor, R. E. Arvidson, K. S. Edgett, A. Reufer, (unknown), T. N. Harrison, L. Posiolova, F. P. Seelos	2009	255
14	Wavelength dependence of dust aerosol single scattering albedo as observed by the Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·M. J. Wolff, M. D. Smith, R. T. Clancy, R. E. Arvidson, M. A. Kahre, F. P. Seelos, S. L. Murchie, Hannu Savijärvi	2009	225
15	Erosion rates at the Mars Exploration Rover landing sites and long‐term climate change on Mars Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·M. P. Golombek, J. A. Grant, L. S. Crumpler, R. Greeley, R. E. Arvidson, J. F. Bell, C. M. Weitz, R. Sullivan, P. R. Christensen, L. A. Soderblom, S. W. Squyres	2006	217
16	Geochemical and mineralogical indicators for aqueous processes in the Columbia Hills of Gusev crater, Mars Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·D. W. Ming, David W. Mittlefehldt, R. V. Morris, D. C. Golden, R. Gellert, A. S. Yen, B. C. Clark, S. W. Squyres, W. H. Farrand, Steven W. Ruff, R. E. Arvidson, G. Klingelhöfer, H. Y. McSween, D. Rodionov, Christian Schröder, Paulo de Souza, Alian Wang	2006	214
17	Light‐toned salty soils and coexisting Si‐rich species discovered by the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit in Columbia Hills Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·Alian Wang, J. F. Bell, Ron Li, J. R. Johnson, W. H. Farrand, E. A. Cloutis, R. E. Arvidson, L. S. Crumpler, S. W. Squyres, S. M. McLennan, K. E. Herkenhoff, Steven W. Ruff, A. T. Knudson, Wei Chen, R. N. Greenberger	2008	199
18	Mineralogy at Gusev Crater from the Mossbauer Spectrometer on the Spirit Rover Science ·R. V. Morris, G. Klingelhöfer, B. Bernhardt, Christian Schröder, D. Rodionov, Paulo de Souza, A. S. Yen, R. Gellert, E. N. Evlanov, J. Foh, E. Kankeleit, Philipp Gütlich, D. W. Ming, Franz Renz, T. J. Wdowiak, S. W. Squyres, R. E. Arvidson	2004	193
19	Athena Mars rover science investigation Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·S. W. Squyres, R. E. Arvidson, Eric Baumgartner, J. F. Bell, P. R. Christensen, Stephen Gorevan, K. E. Herkenhoff, G. Klingelhöfer, M. B. Madsen, R. V. Morris, R. Rieder, Raúl A. Romero	2003	190
20	Ground ice at the Phoenix Landing Site: Stability state and origin Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·M. T. Mellon, R. E. Arvidson, H. G. Sizemore, M. L. Searls, D. L. Blaney, Selby Cull, M. H. Hecht, T. Heet, H. U. Keller, M. T. Lemmon, W. J. Markiewicz, D. W. Ming, R. V. Morris, W. T. Pike, Aaron P. Zent	2009	176

About R. E. Arvidson

R. E. Arvidson is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Aerospace Engineering, Atmospheric Science, Artificial Intelligence and Paleontology, having authored 555 papers that have together received 18.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Planetary Science and Exploration (424 papers), Astro and Planetary Science (247 papers), Space Exploration and Technology (168 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (93 papers), Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping (50 papers), Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life (43 papers), Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (30 papers) and Aeolian processes and effects (21 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Astronomy and Astrophysics (15.1k citations), Atmospheric Science (4.6k citations), Paleontology (1.6k citations), Earth-Surface Processes (1.3k citations) and Geochemistry and Petrology (809 citations). R. E. Arvidson has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Germany and Canada. Frequent co-authors include R. V. Morris, E. A. Guinness, S. W. Squyres, D. W. Ming, R. J. Phillips, Mohamed Sultan, S. L. Murchie, A. S. Yen, John F. Mustard and F. P. Seelos. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Journal of Geophysical Research Planets, Science, Icarus and Geophysical Research Letters.

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