David Folta

189 total papers · 3.8k total citations
100 papers, 955 citations indexed

About

David Folta is a scholar working on Aerospace Engineering, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, David Folta has authored 100 papers receiving a total of 955 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 89 papers in Aerospace Engineering, 87 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics and 3 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in David Folta’s work include Astro and Planetary Science (68 papers), Spacecraft Dynamics and Control (63 papers) and Space Satellite Systems and Control (39 papers). David Folta is often cited by papers focused on Astro and Planetary Science (68 papers), Spacecraft Dynamics and Control (63 papers) and Space Satellite Systems and Control (39 papers). David Folta collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and Germany. David Folta's co-authors include Kathleen C. Howell, James R. Carpenter, Martin T. Ozimek, Daniel J. Grebow, Davide Guzzetti, Richard Dean Burns, Jesse Leitner, Chris W. Patterson, John Bristow and Theodore H. Sweetser and has published in prestigious journals such as Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, Space Science Reviews and Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Folta

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of David Folta. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of David Folta 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 David Folta. David Folta is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

David Folta

93 papers receiving 891 citations

Fields of papers citing papers by David Folta

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by David Folta. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by David Folta. The network helps show where David Folta may publish in the future.

Countries citing papers authored by David Folta

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