Peter Liiva

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
10 papers, 774 citations indexed

About

Peter Liiva is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Aerospace Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Peter Liiva has authored 10 papers receiving a total of 774 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 4 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics and 4 papers in Aerospace Engineering. Recurrent topics in Peter Liiva's work include Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing (5 papers), Planetary Science and Exploration (3 papers) and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (2 papers). Peter Liiva is often cited by papers focused on Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing (5 papers), Planetary Science and Exploration (3 papers) and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (2 papers). Peter Liiva collaborates with scholars based in United States. Peter Liiva's co-authors include Xiaoli Sun, Jan F. McGarry, Haris Riris, Donghui Yi, James B. Abshire, J. Marcos Sirota, Steve Palm, John F. Cavanaugh, M. S. Robinson and E. Mazarico and has published in prestigious journals such as Geophysical Research Letters, Applied Optics and Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE.

In The Last Decade

Peter Liiva

10 papers receiving 746 citations

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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.

Initial observations from the Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter (LOLA)

2010 379 citations David E. Smith, M. T. Zuber et al. Geophysical Research Letters profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Peter Liiva United States	6	391	192	191	129	118	10	774
Jan F. McGarry United States	15	728 1.9×	240 1.3×	250 1.3×	320 2.5×	122 1.0×	50	1.4k
Jyri Näränen Finland	11	121 0.3×	115 0.6×	116 0.6×	115 0.9×	124 1.1×	26	445
Da Kuang United States	16	521 1.3×	86 0.4×	225 1.2×	563 4.4×	135 1.1×	52	1.1k
E. M. Gurrola United States	13	251 0.6×	167 0.9×	263 1.4×	287 2.2×	70 0.6×	38	849
Maria Gritsevich Finland	20	960 2.5×	49 0.3×	246 1.3×	155 1.2×	70 0.6×	130	1.3k
J. Marcos Sirota United States	13	44 0.1×	189 1.0×	320 1.7×	47 0.4×	99 0.8×	37	646
Pierluigi Silvestrin Netherlands	16	230 0.6×	82 0.4×	92 0.5×	306 2.4×	91 0.8×	64	693
J. Piironen Finland	16	576 1.5×	66 0.3×	182 1.0×	73 0.6×	125 1.1×	51	838
Tania R. Scott United Kingdom	10	110 0.3×	87 0.5×	83 0.4×	42 0.3×	140 1.2×	17	438
Allen Lunsford United States	14	357 0.9×	246 1.3×	260 1.4×	246 1.9×	102 0.9×	45	839

Countries citing papers authored by Peter Liiva

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Fields of papers citing papers by Peter Liiva

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Peter Liiva

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

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10 of 10 papers shown

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Yu, Anthony W., et al.. (2010). Space laser transmitter development for ICESat-2 mission. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 7578. 757809–757809. 34 indexed citations

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Smith, David E., M. T. Zuber, G. A. Neumann, et al.. (2010). Initial observations from the Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter (LOLA). Geophysical Research Letters. 37(18). 379 indexed citations breakdown →

3.

Ramos-Izquierdo, Luis, V. Stanley Scott, Joseph A. Connelly, et al.. (2009). Optical system design and integration of the Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter. Applied Optics. 48(16). 3035–3035. 20 indexed citations

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Yu, Anthony W., et al.. (2007). Thermal vacuum testing of the lunar orbiter laser altimeter engineering model laser. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 6451. 64511R–64511R. 1 indexed citations

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Abshire, James B., Xiaoli Sun, Haris Riris, et al.. (2005). Geoscience Laser Altimeter System (GLAS) on the ICESat Mission: On‐orbit measurement performance. Geophysical Research Letters. 32(21). 323 indexed citations

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Carpenter, Kenneth G., et al.. (2004). Fabrication and characterization of the Fizeau interferometer testbed. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 5491. 1776–1776. 2 indexed citations

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Lyon, Richard G., Kenneth G. Carpenter, Lisa M. Mazzuca, et al.. (2004). Fizeau interferometry testbed: wavefront control. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 5487. 963–963. 6 indexed citations

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Mazzuca, Lisa M., Kenneth G. Carpenter, Richard G. Lyon, et al.. (2004). The Fizeau interferometer testbed (FIT): developing and testing the technologies needed for space-based interferometric imaging systems. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 5491. 1034–1034. 3 indexed citations

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Lyon, Richard G., et al.. (2004). Building the Fizean interferometer testbed. 4. 2201–2210. 5 indexed citations

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Liiva, Peter, et al.. (2003). Calibration and testing of laser altimeters. Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics. 1853–1855. 1 indexed citations

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