Robert A. West

13.3k citations
165 papers · 7.3k · 2 hit papers · h-index 46

Impact in

    • Astro and Planetary Science
    • Planetary Science and Exploration
    • Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies
    • Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
    • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
    • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
    • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research

Papers in

    • Astro and Planetary Science 128
    • Planetary Science and Exploration 91
    • Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies 22
    • Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies 21
    • Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics 20
    • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate 43

Robert A. West

160 papers receiving 6.8k citations

Robert A. West's Hit Papers

Enceladus' Water Vapor Plume 2006 · 418 citations
4180+9+19Years since publication100200300400500

Peers

Robert A. West
Comparison fields: 5 of 119
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics 5.5k
  • Atmospheric Science 2.9k
  • Global and Planetary Change 1.2k
  • Earth-Surface Processes 165
  • Ecology 618
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The 25 scholars most cited alongside Robert A. West, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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All Works

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Modeling phase functions for dustlike tropospheric aerosols using a shape mixture of randomly oriented polydisperse spheroids
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1997563
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Enceladus' Water Vapor Plume
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2006418
3 1989368
4 2004280
5 2007213
6 2004203
7 1986195
8 1982175
9 1995164
10 2011158
11 2011157
12 1991137
13 1998137
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Time-Variable Phenomena in the Jovian System
1989131
15 2009127
16 1991108
17 1978106
18 2005103
19 1997102
20 200495

About Robert A. West

Robert A. West is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Molecular Biology and Ecology, having authored 165 papers that have together received 7.3k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Astro and Planetary Science (128 papers), Planetary Science and Exploration (91 papers), Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (43 papers), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (22 papers), Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (21 papers), Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics (20 papers), Isotope Analysis in Ecology (15 papers) and Atmospheric aerosols and clouds (13 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Astronomy and Astrophysics (5.5k citations), Atmospheric Science (2.9k citations), Global and Planetary Change (1.2k citations), Earth-Surface Processes (165 citations) and Ecology (618 citations). Robert A. West has collaborated with scholars based in United States, France and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include L. W. Esposito, Michael I. Mishchenko, M. G. Tomasko, Ralph A. Kahn, Larry D. Travis, David Crisp, Liming Chen, A. I. F. Stewart, J. E. Colwell and R. M. Goody. Their work appears in journals such as Icarus, Geophysical Research Letters, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Science and Planetary and Space Science.

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