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.
Debiased Orbital and Absolute Magnitude Distribution of the Near-Earth Objects
This map shows the geographic impact of W. F. Bottke's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by W. F. Bottke with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites W. F. Bottke more than expected).
This network shows the impact of papers produced by W. F. Bottke. 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 W. F. Bottke. The network helps show where W. F. Bottke may publish in the future.
Co-authorship network of co-authors of W. F. Bottke
This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of W. F. Bottke.
A scholar is included among the top collaborators of W. F. Bottke 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 W. F. Bottke. W. F. Bottke is excluded from
the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.
Kretke, Katherine A., Harold F. Levison, & W. F. Bottke. (2016). Exploring How Giant Planet Formation Affected the Asteroid Belt. 48.3 indexed citations
6.
Bottke, W. F.. (2014). On the Origin and Evolution of Vesta and the V-Type Asteroids. LPICo. 1773. 2024.3 indexed citations
7.
O’Brien, D. P., S. Marchi, Alessandro Morbidelli, et al.. (2014). The Impact History of Vesta. LPICo. 1773. 2049.2 indexed citations
8.
Marchi, S., W. F. Bottke, B. A. Cohen, et al.. (2012). Reconciling HED Collisional Ages with the Lunar Late Heavy Bombardment. DPS.1 indexed citations
Walsh, K. J., Marco Delbó, & W. F. Bottke. (2012). New Findings on Primitive Asteroid Families in the Inner Asteroid Belt: An Important Source of Primitive NEOs. 44.1 indexed citations
11.
Bottke, W. F., David Vokrouhlický, David Nesvorný, & L. Shrbený. (2010). 6) Hebe Really is the H Chondrite Parent Body.7 indexed citations
12.
Harris, Alan W., Michael Mommert, Joseph L. Hora, et al.. (2010). The Accuracy of the Warm Spitzer Near-Earth Object Survey. elib (German Aerospace Center).2 indexed citations
13.
Cuzzi, Jeffrey N., et al.. (2009). Primary Accretion: The Birth Population in the Asteroid and KBO regions. Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. 2418.1 indexed citations
14.
Levison, Harold F., Alessandro Morbidelli, David Vokrouhlický, & W. F. Bottke. (2007). On a Scattered-Disk Origin for the 2003 EL 61 Collisional Family.1 indexed citations
15.
Bottke, W. F. & L. M. V. Martel. (2006). Iron Meteorites as the Not-So-Distant Cousins of Earth. 107.1 indexed citations
16.
Weissman, P. R., D. C. Richardson, & W. F. Bottke. (2003). Random Disruption of Cometary Nuclei by Rotational Spin-Up. DPS.4 indexed citations
17.
Bottke, W. F., et al.. (2003). The Fossilized Size Distribution of the Main Asteroid Belt. 35.3 indexed citations
18.
Morbidelli, Alessandro, W. F. Bottke, Robert Jedicke, Patrick Michel, & E. F. Tedesco. (2001). NEO Albedo Distribution and Impact Hazards. DPS. 33.2 indexed citations
19.
Love, Stanley G., W. F. Bottke, & D. C. Richardson. (1997). Alternative Formation Mechanisms for Terrestrial Crater Chains. LPI. 837.1 indexed citations
20.
Nolan, M. C. & W. F. Bottke. (1996). Orbital Evolution of Very Near-Earth Asteroids.. Meteoritics and Planetary Science Supplement. 28.1 indexed citations
Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive
bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global
research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include
incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and
delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in
Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.