M. K. Barker

3.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
51 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

M. K. Barker is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Aerospace Engineering and Instrumentation. According to data from OpenAlex, M. K. Barker has authored 51 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 47 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 21 papers in Aerospace Engineering and 7 papers in Instrumentation. Recurrent topics in M. K. Barker's work include Planetary Science and Exploration (32 papers), Astro and Planetary Science (25 papers) and Space Exploration and Technology (14 papers). M. K. Barker is often cited by papers focused on Planetary Science and Exploration (32 papers), Astro and Planetary Science (25 papers) and Space Exploration and Technology (14 papers). M. K. Barker collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and France. M. K. Barker's co-authors include E. Mazarico, G. A. Neumann, David E. Smith, M. T. Zuber, J. Haruyama, Ata Sarajedini, D. Geisler, R. A. Schommer, Paul Harding and A. M. N. Ferguson and has published in prestigious journals such as The Astrophysical Journal, Geophysical Research Letters and Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.

In The Last Decade

M. K. Barker

47 papers receiving 1.2k citations

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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.

A new lunar digital elevation model from the Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter and SELENE Terrain Camera

2015 394 citations M. K. Barker, E. Mazarico et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
M. K. Barker United States	18	1.1k	307	231	94	59	51	1.2k
John F. Cavanaugh United States	13	735 0.6×	229 0.7×	96 0.4×	174 1.9×	51 0.9×	43	1.0k
A. L. Whipple United States	13	1000 0.9×	110 0.4×	244 1.1×	76 0.8×	148 2.5×	55	1.2k
C. Muñoz–Tuñón Spain	24	1.4k 1.2×	97 0.3×	610 2.6×	165 1.8×	32 0.5×	127	1.8k
Robert L. Wildey United States	19	768 0.7×	318 1.0×	103 0.4×	180 1.9×	44 0.7×	74	1.0k
Hirotomo Noda Japan	17	1.2k 1.1×	305 1.0×	31 0.1×	136 1.4×	252 4.3×	69	1.4k
Daniel Tamayo United States	18	1.1k 1.0×	73 0.2×	87 0.4×	46 0.5×	12 0.2×	46	1.2k
Mikael Granvik Finland	25	1.6k 1.4×	222 0.7×	37 0.2×	177 1.9×	14 0.2×	109	1.7k
R. J. Sault Australia	18	1.7k 1.5×	184 0.6×	127 0.5×	60 0.6×	29 0.5×	59	1.7k
R. L. Ricklefs United States	7	542 0.5×	89 0.3×	124 0.5×	64 0.7×	170 2.9×	23	749
Guillermo González‐Casado Spain	17	859 0.8×	545 1.8×	164 0.7×	17 0.2×	345 5.8×	53	1.0k

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Barker, M. K., E. Mazarico, G. A. Neumann, et al.. (2025). Large-scale Roughness Properties of the Lunar North and South Polar Regions as Measured by the Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter (LOLA). The Planetary Science Journal. 6(4). 83–83. 1 indexed citations

Walker, R. T., M. K. Barker, E. Mazarico, et al.. (2024). Near-infrared Photometry of the Moon’s Surface with Passive Radiometry from the Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter (LOLA). The Planetary Science Journal. 5(5). 122–122. 3 indexed citations

Prem, Parvathy, A. N. Deutsch, Heather Meyer, et al.. (2024). Surface Roughness at the Moon’s South Pole: The Influence of Condensed Volatiles on Surface Roughness at the Moon’s South Pole. The Planetary Science Journal. 5(2). 30–30. 2 indexed citations

Chabot, N. L., M. K. Barker, E. Mazarico, et al.. (2023). Investigating the Stability and Distribution of Surface Ice in Mercury’s Northernmost Craters. The Planetary Science Journal. 4(6). 107–107. 2 indexed citations

Bertone, S., et al.. (2023). Highly Resolved Topography and Illumination at Mercury’s South Pole from MESSENGER MDIS NAC. The Planetary Science Journal. 4(2). 21–21. 6 indexed citations

Barker, M. K., et al.. (2022). New Constraints on the Volatile Deposit in Mercury’s North Polar Crater, Prokofiev. The Planetary Science Journal. 3(8). 188–188. 6 indexed citations

Bertone, S., E. Mazarico, M. K. Barker, et al.. (2021). Deriving Mercury Geodetic Parameters With Altimetric Crossovers From the Mercury Laser Altimeter (MLA). Journal of Geophysical Research Planets. 126(4). 14 indexed citations

Deutsch, A. N., J. W. Head, G. A. Neumann, M. A. Kreslavsky, & M. K. Barker. (2020). Assessing the Roughness Properties of Circumpolar Lunar Craters: Implications for the Timing of Water‐Ice Delivery to the Moon. Geophysical Research Letters. 47(15). 16 indexed citations

Mazarico, E., Xiaoli Sun, Jean‐Marie Torre, et al.. (2020). First two-way laser ranging to a lunar orbiter: infrared observations from the Grasse station to LRO’s retro-reflector array. Earth Planets and Space. 72(1). 9 indexed citations

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Chabot, N. L., et al.. (2020). New Illumination and Temperature Constraints of Mercury’s Volatile Polar Deposits. The Planetary Science Journal. 1(3). 57–57. 12 indexed citations

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Neumann, G. A., M. K. Barker, E. Mazarico, et al.. (2020). Global and Local Variations in 1064-nm Normal Albedo of Bennu from the OSIRIS-REx Laser Altimeter. LPI. 2032.

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Bertone, S., E. Mazarico, M. K. Barker, et al.. (2020). New Solution for Mercury Geodetic Parameters with Altimetric Crossovers from the Mercury Laser Altimeter (MLA). Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. 2079. 1 indexed citations

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Barker, M. K., E. Mazarico, T. P. McClanahan, et al.. (2019). Searching for Lunar Horizon Glow With the Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter. Journal of Geophysical Research Planets. 124(11). 2728–2744. 5 indexed citations

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Mazarico, E. & M. K. Barker. (2018). New Developments in Modeling of Illumination Conditions, at the Moon and Beyond. Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. 2801. 1 indexed citations

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Neumann, G. A., M. K. Barker, E. Mazarico, et al.. (2018). OSIRIS-REx Laser Altimeter 1064-nm Reflectance Investigation at Bennu. Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. 1676. 1 indexed citations

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Mazarico, E., M. K. Barker, G. A. Neumann, David E. Smith, & M. T. Zuber. (2016). Mercury's Rotational State from the Mercury Laser Altimeter. Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. 2062. 1 indexed citations

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Smith, David E., M. T. Zuber, M. K. Barker, et al.. (2016). An Experiment to Detect Lunar Horizon Glow with the Lunar Orbit Laser Altimeter Laser Ranging Telescope. EGUGA.

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Bauer, Robert S., M. K. Barker, E. Mazarico, & G. A. Neumann. (2015). Calibration of Mercury Laser Altimeter Data Using Digital Elevation Models Derived from Stereo Image Pairs. AGUFM. 2015. 1 indexed citations

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Barker, M. K., E. Mazarico, G. A. Neumann, D. E. Smith, & M. T. Zuber. (2014). Merging Digital Elevation Models from the Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter and Kaguya Terrain Camera. LPI. 1635. 2 indexed citations

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Sun, Xiaoli, M. H. Torrence, David R. Skillman, et al.. (2013). Laser Ranging to the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter: improved timing and orbits. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2013. 2 indexed citations

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