S. W. Asmar

9.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
182 papers, 5.4k citations indexed

About

S. W. Asmar is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Aerospace Engineering and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, S. W. Asmar has authored 182 papers receiving a total of 5.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 164 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 51 papers in Aerospace Engineering and 31 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in S. W. Asmar's work include Astro and Planetary Science (123 papers), Planetary Science and Exploration (111 papers) and Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics (30 papers). S. W. Asmar is often cited by papers focused on Astro and Planetary Science (123 papers), Planetary Science and Exploration (111 papers) and Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics (30 papers). S. W. Asmar collaborates with scholars based in United States, Italy and Germany. S. W. Asmar's co-authors include M. T. Zuber, L. Iess, David E. Smith, Paolo Tortora, J. W. Armstrong, M. M. Watkins, J. G. Williams, A. S. Konopliv, F. G. Lemoine and Alexander S. Konopliv and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

S. W. Asmar

175 papers receiving 5.1k citations

Hit Papers

The Crust of the Moon as Seen by GRAIL 2012 2026 2016 2021 2012 2012 200 400 600
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.

  1. The Crust of the Moon as Seen by GRAIL
    2012 686 citations M. A. Wieczorek, G. A. Neumann et al. profile →
  2. Gravity Field of the Moon from the Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) Mission
    2012 361 citations M. T. Zuber, David E. Smith et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
S. W. Asmar United States 38 5.1k 829 825 706 641 182 5.4k
L. Iess Italy 33 4.6k 0.9× 649 0.8× 652 0.8× 811 1.1× 758 1.2× 199 5.0k
E. Mazarico United States 38 5.6k 1.1× 1.4k 1.7× 987 1.2× 566 0.8× 572 0.9× 254 6.1k
A. S. Konopliv United States 31 3.6k 0.7× 805 1.0× 531 0.6× 481 0.7× 629 1.0× 96 3.9k
Paolo Tortora Italy 24 3.5k 0.7× 761 0.9× 435 0.5× 436 0.6× 532 0.8× 165 4.1k
G. L. Tyler United States 44 6.2k 1.2× 957 1.2× 1.5k 1.8× 512 0.7× 431 0.7× 166 6.6k
Adam P. Showman United States 53 6.4k 1.3× 300 0.4× 1.8k 2.2× 704 1.0× 264 0.4× 116 6.9k
W. M. Folkner United States 32 3.7k 0.7× 979 1.2× 388 0.5× 609 0.9× 885 1.4× 147 4.4k
W. Kofman France 34 3.2k 0.6× 706 0.9× 664 0.8× 244 0.3× 239 0.4× 207 3.7k
Tim Van Hoolst Belgium 35 3.0k 0.6× 305 0.4× 505 0.6× 764 1.1× 301 0.5× 143 3.4k
W. L. Sjogren United States 35 3.8k 0.7× 822 1.0× 666 0.8× 544 0.8× 796 1.2× 110 4.1k

Countries citing papers authored by S. W. Asmar

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Fields of papers citing papers by S. W. Asmar

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by S. W. Asmar. 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 S. W. Asmar. The network helps show where S. W. Asmar may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of S. W. Asmar

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Park, Ryan S., Nereida Rodriguez-Alvarez, M. Brozović, et al.. (2025). Deep Space Network Radio Science and Ground‐Based Planetary Radar in the Next Decade. Radio Science. 60(7).
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Johnston, Mark, et al.. (2023). Pre-launch lessons learned from NASA’S deep space network support for the artemis I mission to the moon. Acta Astronautica. 210. 589–595. 3 indexed citations
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Vergados, Panagiotis, et al.. (2023). Approaches for Retrieving Sulfur Species Abundances from Dual X–Ka-band Radio Occultations of Venus with EnVision and VERITAS. The Planetary Science Journal. 4(4). 71–71. 2 indexed citations
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Valente, Giuseppe, et al.. (2022). The Sardinia Space Communication Asset: Performance of the Sardinia Deep Space Antenna X-Band Downlink Capability. IEEE Access. 10. 64525–64534. 4 indexed citations
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Esterhuizen, Stephan, et al.. (2019). ExoMars Schiaparelli Direct‐to‐Earth Observation using GMRT. Radio Science. 54(3). 314–325. 1 indexed citations
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Cappuccio, Paolo, L. Iess, S. W. Asmar, et al.. (2019). First results from cruise tests of the Mercury Orbiter Radio science Experiment (MORE) of ESA's BepiColombo mission. IRIS Research product catalog (Sapienza University of Rome). 2019. 2 indexed citations
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Asmar, S. W., Joseph Lazio, D. H. Atkinson, et al.. (2019). Future of Planetary Atmospheric, Surface, and Interior Science Using Radio and Laser Links. Radio Science. 54(4). 365–377. 5 indexed citations
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Tellmann, S., M. Pätzold, B. Häusler, et al.. (2018). Crosslink Occultations for Probing the Planetary Atmosphere and Ionosphere of Mars. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2018. 6206. 1 indexed citations
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Folkner, W. M., L. Iess, J. D. Anderson, et al.. (2017). Jupiter gravity field estimated from the first two Juno orbits. Geophysical Research Letters. 44(10). 4694–4700. 65 indexed citations
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Williams, J. G., A. S. Konopliv, Dah‐Ning Yuan, et al.. (2015). The Deep Lunar Interior from GRAIL. Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. 1380. 5 indexed citations
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Mannucci, A. J., C. O. Ao, S. W. Asmar, et al.. (2015). Crosslink Radio Occultation for the Remote Sensing of Planetary Atmospheres. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2015. 1 indexed citations
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Park, Ryan S., A. S. Konopliv, Dah‐Ning Yuan, et al.. (2014). A high-resolution spherical harmonic degree 1200 lunar gravity field from the GRAIL mission. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2014. 9 indexed citations
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Iess, L., Marzia Parisi, M. Ducci, et al.. (2013). The Gravity Field of Enceladus from the three Cassini Flybys. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2013. 1 indexed citations
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Wieczorek, M. A., F. Nimmo, W. S. Kiefer, et al.. (2013). High-Resolution Estimates of Lunar Crustal Density and Porosity from the GRAIL Extended Mission. Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. 1914. 6 indexed citations
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Tricarico, P., S. W. Asmar, A. Ermakov, et al.. (2012). Geoid and Terrain Slope of Vesta from Dawn. elib (German Aerospace Center). 1746. 2 indexed citations
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Iess, L., J. W. Armstrong, S. W. Asmar, et al.. (2010). The Gravity Field of Enceladus. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2010. 4 indexed citations
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Pi, Xiaoqing, C. D. Edwards, G. A. Hajj, et al.. (2008). A Chapman-Layers Ionspheric Model for Mars. NASA STI/Recon Technical Report N. 8. 32557. 2 indexed citations
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Asmar, S. W.. (1997). Characteristic Trends of Ultrastable Oscillators for Radio Science Experiments. Telecommunications and Data Acquisition Progress Report. 129. 1–5. 3 indexed citations
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Morabito, D. D. & S. W. Asmar. (1995). Radio-Science Performance Analysis Software. 120. 121–152. 4 indexed citations
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Bird, M. K., S. W. Asmar, J. P. Brenkle, et al.. (1992). The Coronal-Sounding Experiment.. elib (German Aerospace Center). 9 indexed citations

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