Luke Shepherd

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
5 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Luke Shepherd is a scholar working on Aerospace Engineering, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Luke Shepherd has authored 5 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 3 papers in Aerospace Engineering, 2 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics and 1 paper in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Luke Shepherd's work include Planetary Science and Exploration (2 papers), Spacecraft and Cryogenic Technologies (1 paper) and Digital Imaging in Medicine (1 paper). Luke Shepherd is often cited by papers focused on Planetary Science and Exploration (2 papers), Spacecraft and Cryogenic Technologies (1 paper) and Digital Imaging in Medicine (1 paper). Luke Shepherd collaborates with scholars based in . Luke Shepherd's co-authors include Andrew F. Jarosz and has published in prestigious journals such as Planetary and Space Science, International Journal of Surgery and Journal of Atmospheric and Terrestrial Physics.

In The Last Decade

Luke Shepherd

5 papers receiving 1.0k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Advances in astronautical sciences

1963 1.1k citations Luke Shepherd Planetary and Space Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Luke Shepherd	4	874	577	138	83	79	5	1.1k
Robert G. Melton United States	9	1.1k 1.3×	688 1.2×	112 0.8×	87 1.0×	112 1.4×	57	1.3k
David Folta United States	22	1.2k 1.4×	981 1.7×	102 0.7×	38 0.5×	51 0.6×	124	1.4k
J. V. Breakwell United States	18	1.2k 1.4×	519 0.9×	252 1.8×	52 0.6×	56 0.7×	76	1.6k
Dong Qiao China	18	879 1.0×	553 1.0×	131 0.9×	70 0.8×	144 1.8×	116	1.1k
James M. Longuski United States	26	2.4k 2.7×	1.6k 2.8×	322 2.3×	48 0.6×	35 0.4×	186	2.8k
F. Bernelli Zazzera Italy	27	1.3k 1.5×	839 1.5×	412 3.0×	31 0.4×	120 1.5×	124	1.8k
P. L. Palmer United Kingdom	18	489 0.6×	477 0.8×	75 0.5×	41 0.5×	30 0.4×	108	1.1k
David Geller United States	18	1.2k 1.3×	396 0.7×	210 1.5×	24 0.3×	181 2.3×	57	1.3k
Shengping Gong China	23	1.6k 1.8×	1.1k 2.0×	159 1.2×	23 0.3×	49 0.6×	148	1.9k
David Vallado United States	13	1.6k 1.9×	1.1k 1.8×	94 0.7×	212 2.6×	229 2.9×	34	2.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Luke Shepherd

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Fields of papers citing papers by Luke Shepherd

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Luke Shepherd. 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 Luke Shepherd. The network helps show where Luke Shepherd may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Luke Shepherd

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

All Works

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5 of 5 papers shown

1.

Shepherd, Luke. (2005). Practical sculptural training for the plastic surgeon. International Journal of Surgery. 3(1). 93–97. 3 indexed citations

2.

Jarosz, Andrew F. & Luke Shepherd. (2002). Is ISAR Interferometry Able to Detect Slope Deformations of Open Pit Mines. 2 indexed citations

3.

Shepherd, Luke. (2001). An edition of Luke Shepherd's satires. 3 indexed citations

4.

Shepherd, Luke. (1963). Advances in astronautical sciences. Planetary and Space Science. 11(8). 997–999. 1080 indexed citations breakdown →

5.

Shepherd, Luke. (1955). Rocket exploration of the upper atmosphere. Journal of Atmospheric and Terrestrial Physics. 6(1-6). 227–229. 45 indexed citations

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