B. A. Archinal

4.5k citations

109 papers · 2.4k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 19

Impact in

Astronomy and Astrophysics top 1%
- Planetary Science and Exploration
- Astro and Planetary Science
- Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life
- Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
Aerospace Engineering top 1%
- Robotics and Sensor-Based Localization
- GNSS positioning and interference

Papers in ⓘ

Astronomy and Astrophysics 76
- Planetary Science and Exploration 59
- Astro and Planetary Science 37
- Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life 12
- Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies 6
Aerospace Engineering 49
- Space Exploration and Technology 24
- GNSS positioning and interference 9
- Inertial Sensor and Navigation 7

Co-authors: R. L. Kirk (37 shared papers)M. R. Rosiek (30 shared papers)E. Howington‐Kraus (22 shared papers)B. Redding (17 shared papers)T. M. Eubanks (6 shared papers)A. L. Fey (4 shared papers)Chao Ma (4 shared papers)T. M. Hare (16 shared papers)
Journals: Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy (4 papers)The Astronomical Journal (3 papers)Icarus (2 papers)Earth and Space Science (2 papers)Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing (2 papers)
Partner nations: United States Germany France

In The Last Decade

B. A. Archinal

99 papers receiving 2.2k citations

Hit Papers

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Report of the IAU Working Group on Cartographic Coordinates and Rotational Elements: 2009 2010 · 330 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 Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy
2008 Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

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1	The International Celestial Reference Frame as Realized by Very Long Baseline Interferometry The Astronomical Journal ·Chao Ma, E. F. Arias, T. M. Eubanks, A. L. Fey, A. M. Gontier, C. S. Jacobs, O. J. Sovers, B. A. Archinal, P. Charlot	1998	426
2	Ultrahigh resolution topographic mapping of Mars with MRO HiRISE stereo images: Meter‐scale slopes of candidate Phoenix landing sites Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·R. L. Kirk, E. Howington‐Kraus, M. R. Rosiek, James A. Anderson, B. A. Archinal, K. J. Becker, D. Cook, D. Galuszka, P. E. Geissler, T. M. Hare, I. M. Holmberg, L. Keszthelyi, B. Redding, W. A. Delamere, D. L. Gallagher, Jim Chapel, E. M. Eliason, Robert A. King, A. S. McEwen Hit paper breakdown →	2008	370
3	Report of the IAU Working Group on Cartographic Coordinates and Rotational Elements: 2009 Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy ·B. A. Archinal, Michael F. A’Hearn, E. Bowell, Albert Conrad, G. J. Consolmagno, R. Courtin, Toshio Fukushima, Daniel Hestroffer, James L. Hilton, G. A. Krasinsky, G. A. Neumann, J. Oberst, P. K. Seidelmann, Philip J. Stooke, D. J. Tholen, P. Thomas, I. P. Williams Hit paper breakdown →	2010	330
4	Report of the IAU/IAG Working Group on cartographic coordinates and rotational elements: 2006 Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy ·P. K. Seidelmann, B. A. Archinal, Michael F. A’Hearn, Albert Conrad, G. J. Consolmagno, Daniel Hestroffer, James L. Hilton, G. A. Krasinsky, G. A. Neumann, J. Oberst, Philip J. Stooke, E. F. Tedesco, D. J. Tholen, P. Thomas, I. P. Williams	2007	186
5	High‐resolution topomapping of candidate MER landing sites with Mars Orbiter Camera narrow‐angle images Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·R. L. Kirk, E. Howington‐Kraus, B. Redding, D. Galuszka, T. M. Hare, B. A. Archinal, L. A. Soderblom, Janet M. Barrett	2003	123
6	Extracting accurate and precise topography from LROC narrow angle camera stereo observations Icarus ·M. R. Henriksen, M. R. Manheim, K. N. Burns, P. Seymour, E. J. Speyerer, A. Deran, A. K. Boyd, E. Howington‐Kraus, M. R. Rosiek, B. A. Archinal, M. S. Robinson	2016	89
7	A Radio Reference Frame The Astronomical Journal ·K. J. Johnston, A. L. Fey, N. Zacharias, J. L. Russell, Chao Ma, C. de Vegt, J. E. Reynolds, D. L. Jauncey, B. A. Archinal, M. S. Carter, T. E. Corbin, T. M. Eubanks, D. R. Florkowski, David Hall, D. D. McCarthy, P. M. McCulloch, E. A. King, G. Nicolson, D. B. Shaffer	1995	84
8	Topography and geomorphology of the Huygens landing site on Titan Planetary and Space Science ·L. A. Soderblom, M. G. Tomasko, B. A. Archinal, T. L. Becker, M. Bushroe, D. Cook, L. R. Doose, D. Galuszka, T. M. Hare, E. Howington‐Kraus, Erich Karkoschka, R. L. Kirk, J. I. Lunine, E. A. McFarlane, B. Redding, B. Rizk, M. R. Rosiek, Charles See, Peter H. Smith	2007	67
9	The Unified Lunar Control Network 2005 Antarctica A Keystone in a Changing World ·B. A. Archinal, M. R. Rosiek, R. L. Kirk, B. Redding	2006	60
10	Rover Localization and Landing-Site Mapping Technology for the 2003 Mars Exploration Rover Mission Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing ·Rongxing Li, Kaichang Di, Larry Matthies, W. M. Folkner, R. E. Arvidson, B. A. Archinal	2004	55
11	JIGSAW: THE ISIS3 BUNDLE ADJUSTMENT FOR EXTRATERRESTRIAL PHOTOGRAMMETRY SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·K. L. Edmundson, D. Cook, Orrin Thomas, B. A. Archinal, R. L. Kirk	2012	47
12	Generating digital terrain models using lroc nac images Tuan Tran, M. R. Rosiek, R. A. Beyer, S. Mattson, E. Howington‐Kraus, M. S. Robinson, B. A. Archinal, K. L. Edmundson, Davis Harbour, Eike Falk Anderson	2010	44
13	Mars Geodesy/Cartography Working Group recommendations on Mars cartographic constants and coordinate systems T. C. Duxbury, R. L. Kirk, B. A. Archinal, Greg Neumann	2002	37
14	Report of the IAU/IAG Working Group on Cartographic Coordinates and Rotational Elements: 2003 Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy ·P. K. Seidelmann, B. A. Archinal, Michael F. A’Hearn, D. P. Cruikshank, James L. Hilton, H. U. Keller, J. Oberst, J. L. Simon, Philip J. Stooke, D. J. Tholen, P. C. Thomas	2005	33
15	DIGITAL ELEVATION MODELS AND DERIVED PRODUCTS FROM LROC NAC STEREO OBSERVATIONS SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·K. N. Burns, E. J. Speyerer, M. S. Robinson, Tuan Tran, M. R. Rosiek, B. A. Archinal, E. Howington‐Kraus, (unknown)	2012	28
16	Criteria for Automated Identification of Stereo Image Pairs K. J. Becker, B. A. Archinal, Tom O apos Hare, R. L. Kirk, E. Howington‐Kraus, M. S. Robinson, M. R. Rosiek	2015	25
17	Advances in Solar System Tests of Gravity APS ·T. M. Eubanks, Demetrios Matsakis, J. O. Martin, B. A. Archinal, D. D. McCarthy, S. A. Klioner, S. Shapiro, I. I. Shapiro	1997	23
18	Towards a Planetary Spatial Data Infrastructure ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information ·J. Laura, T. M. Hare, L. R. Gaddis, R. L. Fergason, James E. Skinner, J. J. Hagerty, B. A. Archinal	2017	22
19	Star Clusters Steven J. Hynes, B. A. Archinal	2003	21
20	LUNAR CARTOGRAPHY: PROGRESS IN THE 2000S AND PROSPECTS FOR THE 2010S SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·R. L. Kirk, B. A. Archinal, L. R. Gaddis, M. R. Rosiek	2012	18

About B. A. Archinal

B. A. Archinal is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Aerospace Engineering, Oceanography, Artificial Intelligence and Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, having authored 109 papers that have together received 2.4k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Planetary Science and Exploration (59 papers), Astro and Planetary Science (37 papers), Space Exploration and Technology (24 papers), Geophysics and Gravity Measurements (13 papers), Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life (12 papers), GNSS positioning and interference (9 papers), Inertial Sensor and Navigation (7 papers) and Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (6 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Astronomy and Astrophysics (2.0k citations), Aerospace Engineering (742 citations), Oceanography (338 citations), Atmospheric Science (384 citations) and Nuclear and High Energy Physics (181 citations). B. A. Archinal has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Germany and France. Frequent co-authors include R. L. Kirk, M. R. Rosiek, E. Howington‐Kraus, B. Redding, T. M. Eubanks, A. L. Fey, Chao Ma, T. M. Hare, C. S. Jacobs and O. J. Sovers. Their work appears in journals such as Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy, The Astronomical Journal, Icarus, Earth and Space Science and Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing.

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