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![Emilio Fraile](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/96/4514975.jpg)
Astronomy
Spacecraft
Gaia
Galileo
GNSS
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,739
27,804
0.876
![Ivan Valtchanov](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/4d/4514970.jpg)
Astronomy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,918
9,494
0.340
![Bruno Altieri](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/59/4514969.jpg)
galaxy clusters
gravitationally lensing clusters
infrared deep survey
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,341
8,796
0.310
![Torsten Böker](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/b1/4514998.jpg)
Extragalactic Astronomy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,707
4,009
0.520
![Peter Kretschmar](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/13/4514982.jpg)
Astronomy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,426
3,889
0.413
![Olivier Witasse](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/43/4514995.jpg)
Planetary upper atmospheres
Jupiter system
Ice giants
Martian moons
Mars science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,227
3,767
0.521
![Rachana Bhatawdekar](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/5f/4578578.jpg)
Astronomy
High Redshift Universe
Gravitational Lensing
Galaxy Evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,250
3,241
0.997
![Tommaso Ghidini](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/16/4515020.jpg)
Materials
Structures
Robotics
Space
Aerospace
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,126
2,160
0.691
![Håkan Svedhem](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Planets
Cosmic Dust
Instrumentation
Spacecraft
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,056
2,074
0.410
![Johannes Benkhoff](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Planetary Surfaces
Planet Mercury
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,602
1,835
0.399
![Tommaso Ghidini](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Materials
Structures
Mechanisms
Space
Aerospace
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,777
1,371
0.772
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
![Thomas Cornet](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/8a/4515068.jpg)
Planetary Surfaces
Titan/Icy Moons
Mercury
Spectrophotometry
Landscape modeling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
911
664
0.729
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
![Roberto Torre](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Aerospace Engineering
Additive Manufacturing
ISRU
Space Resources
Space Manufacturing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
453
393
0.868
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
![Federico Nespoli](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Aerospace
Software Engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
461
148
0.321
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
![Vladimir Zelenevskiy](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/b0/5644645.jpg)
Spacecraft Operations
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
105
105
1.000
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
![Jeroen Pjp Van Den Eynde](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
aerothermodynamics
space systems
numerical modelling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
127
89
0.701
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
![Angeliki Papadimitriou](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/2a/5084945.jpg)
technology law and policy
ICT/digital law and policy
aerospace law and policy
security policy
telecommunications law
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65
62
0.954
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
![Shahrzad Hosseini](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/74/5137654.jpg)
Human Spaceflight
Aerospace Engineering
Neuroscience
Moon Exploration
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28
23
0.821
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
![Javier Herrera Montojo](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/69/5279949.jpg)
Orbital Mechanics
Hypersonic Aerodynamics
CFD
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50
17
0.340
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
![Javier Sánchez|Francisco Javier Sánchez Martín, Javier Sánchez Martín](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24
14
0.583
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
![Ilario Cantiello](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/45/5553675.jpg)
Spacecraft Engineering
AOCS
GNC
FDIR
Hypersonic Aerodynamics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10
6
0.600
Emilio Fraile
European Space Agency
Paris, France
![France](/flags/fr.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,739
27,804
0.876
Astronomy
Spacecraft
Gaia
Galileo
GNSS
Ivan Valtchanov
European Space Agency
Paris, France
![France](/flags/fr.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,918
9,494
0.340
Bruno Altieri
European Space Agency
Paris, France
![France](/flags/fr.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,341
8,796
0.310
galaxy clusters
gravitationally lensing clusters
infrared deep survey
Torsten Böker
European Space Agency
Paris, France
![France](/flags/fr.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,707
4,009
0.520
Extragalactic Astronomy
Peter Kretschmar
European Space Agency
Paris, France
![France](/flags/fr.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,426
3,889
0.413
Olivier Witasse
European Space Agency
Paris, France
![France](/flags/fr.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,227
3,767
0.521
Planetary upper atmospheres
Jupiter system
Ice giants
Martian moons
Mars science
Rachana Bhatawdekar
European Space Agency
Paris, France
![France](/flags/fr.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,250
3,241
0.997
Astronomy
High Redshift Universe
Gravitational Lensing
Galaxy Evolution
Tommaso Ghidini
European Space Agency
Paris, France
![France](/flags/fr.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,126
2,160
0.691
Materials
Structures
Robotics
Space
Aerospace
Håkan Svedhem
European Space Agency
Paris, France
![France](/flags/fr.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,056
2,074
0.410
Planets
Cosmic Dust
Instrumentation
Spacecraft
Johannes Benkhoff
European Space Agency
Paris, France
![France](/flags/fr.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,602
1,835
0.399
Planetary Surfaces
Planet Mercury
Tommaso Ghidini
European Space Agency
Paris, France
![France](/flags/fr.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,777
1,371
0.772
Materials
Structures
Mechanisms
Space
Aerospace
Thomas Cornet
European Space Agency
Paris, France
![France](/flags/fr.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
911
664
0.729
Planetary Surfaces
Titan/Icy Moons
Mercury
Spectrophotometry
Landscape modeling
Roberto Torre
European Space Agency
Paris, France
![France](/flags/fr.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
453
393
0.868
Aerospace Engineering
Additive Manufacturing
ISRU
Space Resources
Space Manufacturing
Federico Nespoli
European Space Agency
Paris, France
![France](/flags/fr.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
461
148
0.321
Aerospace
Software Engineering
Vladimir Zelenevskiy
European Space Agency
Paris, France
![France](/flags/fr.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
105
105
1.000
Spacecraft Operations
Jeroen Pjp Van Den Eynde
European Space Agency
Paris, France
![France](/flags/fr.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
127
89
0.701
aerothermodynamics
space systems
numerical modelling
Angeliki Papadimitriou
European Space Agency
Paris, France
![France](/flags/fr.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65
62
0.954
technology law and policy
ICT/digital law and policy
aerospace law and policy
security policy
telecommunications law
Shahrzad Hosseini
European Space Agency
Paris, France
![France](/flags/fr.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28
23
0.821
Human Spaceflight
Aerospace Engineering
Neuroscience
Moon Exploration
Javier Herrera Montojo
European Space Agency
Paris, France
![France](/flags/fr.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50
17
0.340
Orbital Mechanics
Hypersonic Aerodynamics
CFD
Javier Sánchez|Francisco Javier Sánchez Martín, Javier Sánchez Martín
European Space Agency
Paris, France
![France](/flags/fr.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24
14
0.583
Ilario Cantiello
European Space Agency
Paris, France
![France](/flags/fr.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10
6
0.600
Spacecraft Engineering
AOCS
GNC
FDIR
Hypersonic Aerodynamics