Dirk Brouwer

2.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
33 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Dirk Brouwer is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Aerospace Engineering and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Dirk Brouwer has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 9 papers in Aerospace Engineering and 7 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Dirk Brouwer's work include Astro and Planetary Science (10 papers), Historical Astronomy and Related Studies (8 papers) and Geophysics and Gravity Measurements (6 papers). Dirk Brouwer is often cited by papers focused on Astro and Planetary Science (10 papers), Historical Astronomy and Related Studies (8 papers) and Geophysics and Gravity Measurements (6 papers). Dirk Brouwer collaborates with scholars based in United States. Dirk Brouwer's co-authors include G. M. Clemence, Paul Herget, R. S. Burington, Nicholas Chako, Gen-Ichiro Hori, James H. Hunter, S. H. Knowles, K.J. Craig, W. H. Jefferys and Alexander Shapiro and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Physics Today and Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.

In The Last Decade

Dirk Brouwer

30 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Hit Papers

Solution of the problem of artificial satellite theory wi... 1959 2026 1981 2003 1959 200 400 600
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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Solution of the problem of artificial satellite theory without drag
    1959 611 citations Dirk Brouwer The Astronomical Journal profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Dirk Brouwer United States 12 1.2k 844 231 169 102 33 1.6k
Yoshihide Kozai Japan 15 2.4k 2.0× 679 0.8× 266 1.2× 128 0.8× 112 1.1× 70 2.6k
Zdeněk Kopal United Kingdom 16 1.3k 1.1× 116 0.1× 127 0.5× 79 0.5× 43 0.4× 92 1.5k
A. M. Nobili Italy 19 1.2k 1.0× 211 0.3× 230 1.0× 304 1.8× 70 0.7× 103 1.4k
Jacques Henrard Belgium 25 1.4k 1.2× 453 0.5× 85 0.4× 786 4.7× 120 1.2× 106 1.9k
K. H. Prendergast United States 16 729 0.6× 107 0.1× 59 0.3× 115 0.7× 36 0.4× 52 1.2k
S. Ferraz‐Mello Brazil 26 2.0k 1.7× 189 0.2× 70 0.3× 395 2.3× 90 0.9× 134 2.2k
V. A. Brumberg Russia 12 658 0.6× 171 0.2× 289 1.3× 117 0.7× 37 0.4× 67 832
Norman R. Lebovitz United States 17 513 0.4× 38 0.0× 127 0.5× 215 1.3× 113 1.1× 65 879
Giovanni F. Gronchi Italy 16 726 0.6× 453 0.5× 53 0.2× 75 0.4× 29 0.3× 53 975
José M. Ferrándiz Spain 16 310 0.3× 260 0.3× 420 1.8× 109 0.6× 187 1.8× 104 894

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Fields of papers citing papers by Dirk Brouwer

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Dirk Brouwer

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Brouwer, Dirk. (2001). Le nouveau-né entre la vie et la mort. Éthique et réanimation. Archives de Pédiatrie. 8(5). 558–558. 5 indexed citations
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Brouwer, Dirk & W. H. Jefferys. (1966). Concerning Brouwer's paper on the Kirkwood Gaps. The Astronomical Journal. 71. 543–543. 1 indexed citations
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Brouwer, Dirk. (1965). Relations among some important astronomical constants. Symposium - International Astronomical Union. 21. 241–249. 1 indexed citations
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Knowles, S. H., et al.. (1965). The mean distance to the Moon as determined by radar. Symposium - International Astronomical Union. 21. 81–93. 6 indexed citations
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Brouwer, Dirk. (1962). Outline of an Application of Von Zeipel’s Method to the Lunar Theory. Transactions of the International Astronomical Union. 11(2). 449–451. 1 indexed citations
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Burington, R. S., Dirk Brouwer, & G. M. Clemence. (1962). Methods of Celestial Mechanics.. American Mathematical Monthly. 69(10). 1021–1021. 176 indexed citations
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Brouwer, Dirk & Gen-Ichiro Hori. (1961). Theoretical evaluation of atmospheric drag effects in the motion of an artificial satellite. The Astronomical Journal. 66. 193–193. 76 indexed citations
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Brouwer, Dirk & Gen-Ichiro Hori. (1961). Theoretical Evaluation of Atmospheric Drag Effects in the Motion of an Artificial Satellite, Part II.. The Astronomical Journal. 66. 39–39. 1 indexed citations
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Brouwer, Dirk & Gen-Ichiro Hori. (1961). Appendix to theoretical evaluation of atmospheric drag effects in the motion of an artificial satellite. The Astronomical Journal. 66. 264–264. 6 indexed citations
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Brouwer, Dirk. (1959). The Rotation of the Earth and Atomic Time Standards. 11. 1 indexed citations
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Brouwer, Dirk. (1959). Solution of the problem of artificial satellite theory without drag. The Astronomical Journal. 64. 378–378. 611 indexed citations breakdown →
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Brouwer, Dirk. (1958). Proceedings of the Celestial Mechanics Conference: Editor's introduction. The Astronomical Journal. 63. 401–401. 1 indexed citations
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Brouwer, Dirk. (1956). Reports of observatories.. The Astronomical Journal. 61. 353–353. 1 indexed citations
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Clemence, G. M. & Dirk Brouwer. (1955). The accuracy of the coordinates of the five outer planets and the invariable plane. The Astronomical Journal. 60. 118–118. 7 indexed citations
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Brouwer, Dirk. (1952). A New Discussion of the Changes in the Earth's Rate of Rotation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 38(1). 1–12. 14 indexed citations
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Brouwer, Dirk. (1952). A study of the changes in the rate of rotation of the earth. The Astronomical Journal. 57. 125–125. 53 indexed citations
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Clemence, G. M. & Dirk Brouwer. (1951). The Motions of the Five Outer Planets. Sky and Telescope. 10. 83. 1 indexed citations
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Brouwer, Dirk, et al.. (1951). Coordinates of the five outer planets, 1653-2060. U.S. Govt. Print. Off. eBooks. 12. 29. 12 indexed citations
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Brouwer, Dirk. (1951). Comparison of numerical integration of the motions of Uranus and Neptune with Newcomb's tables.. The Astronomical Journal. 56. 35–35. 1 indexed citations
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Brouwer, Dirk, et al.. (1951). The minor planet 619 Triberga and the mass of the moon. The Astronomical Journal. 56. 57–57. 1 indexed citations

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