Seth Shostak

604 total citations
30 papers, 136 citations indexed

About

Seth Shostak is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Atmospheric Science and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Seth Shostak has authored 30 papers receiving a total of 136 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 3 papers in Atmospheric Science and 1 paper in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Seth Shostak's work include Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life (24 papers), Planetary Science and Exploration (9 papers) and Space exploration and regulation (7 papers). Seth Shostak is often cited by papers focused on Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life (24 papers), Planetary Science and Exploration (9 papers) and Space exploration and regulation (7 papers). Seth Shostak collaborates with scholars based in United States, Italy and Germany. Seth Shostak's co-authors include Douglas A. Vakoch, G. R. Harp, Jill Tarter, Peter Jenniskens, R. D. Ekers, R. A. Vaile, Robert H. Gray, Peter R. Backus, J. W. Dreher and M. M. Davis and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences and The Astronomical Journal.

In The Last Decade

Seth Shostak

23 papers receiving 114 citations

Peers

Seth Shostak
Comparison fields: 5 of 30
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics 123
  • Atmospheric Science 18
  • Sociology and Political Science 9
  • Social Psychology 7
  • Cognitive Neuroscience 6
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Countries citing papers authored by Seth Shostak

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Fields of papers citing papers by Seth Shostak

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Seth Shostak

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Seth Shostak. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Seth Shostak 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 Seth Shostak. Seth Shostak 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
# Work Indexed citations
1 0
2 6
3 2
4 18
5 2
6 1
7 10
8 3
9
The Value of "L" and the Cosmic Bottleneck
1
10 4
11 8
12 6
13
SETI in the Ecliptic Plane
1
14 1
15
SETI and Intelligent Design
1
16 1
17 2
18
Sharing the Universe: Perspectives on Extraterrestrial Life
15
19 7
20
SETI at Wider Bandwidths
3

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