David W. Plachta

54 total papers · 718 total citations
33 papers, 418 citations indexed

About

David W. Plachta is a scholar working on Aerospace Engineering, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, David W. Plachta has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 418 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Aerospace Engineering, 11 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics and 7 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in David W. Plachta’s work include Spacecraft and Cryogenic Technologies (33 papers), Spacecraft Design and Technology (13 papers) and Rocket and propulsion systems research (13 papers). David W. Plachta is often cited by papers focused on Spacecraft and Cryogenic Technologies (33 papers), Spacecraft Design and Technology (13 papers) and Rocket and propulsion systems research (13 papers). David W. Plachta collaborates with scholars based in United States. David W. Plachta's co-authors include Wesley L. Johnson, Peter Kittel, L. J. Hastings, Louis J. Salerno, Mohammad Kassemi, Robert Christie, Mark Zagarola, J. B. Stephens, John Jurns and G. L. Mills and has published in prestigious journals such as SAE technical papers on CD-ROM/SAE technical paper series, Cryogenics and Journal of Aerospace Engineering.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of David W. Plachta

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

David W. Plachta

30 papers receiving 398 citations

Fields of papers citing papers by David W. Plachta

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Countries citing papers authored by David W. Plachta

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