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Astrodynamics
H-index 11

Astrodynamics

2522-008X

Published by: Springer

https://www.springer.com/journal/42064

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 292 7 14 9

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 19
Documents by Best Scientists*: 30
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 0
SCIMAGO H-index: 23
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.598
Impact Factor: 6.5

Top Publications

  • Costate mapping for indirect trajectory optimization

    Ehsan Taheri;Vishala Arya;John L. Junkins

    (2021)
    27 Citations
  • Review of attitude consensus of multiple spacecraft

    (2022)
    22 Citations
  • Spiral trajectories induced by radial thrust with applications to generalized sails

    Marco Bassetto;Alessandro A. Quarta;Giovanni Mengali;Vittorio Cipolla

    (2021)
    21 Citations
  • Geophysical and orbital environments of asteroid 469219 2016 HO3

    (2022)
    16 Citations
  • Optimal solar sail transfers to circular Earth-synchronous displaced orbits

    Alessandro A. Quarta;Giovanni Mengali;Marco Bassetto

    (2020)
    15 Citations
  • Optimal interplanetary trajectories for Sun-facing ideal diffractive sails

    (2023)
    13 Citations
  • Orbit insertion strategy of Hayabusa2’s rover with large release uncertainty around the asteroid Ryugu

    Yusuke Oki;Kent Yoshikawa;Hiroshi Takeuchi;Shota Kikuchi

    (2020)
    12 Citations
  • Rapid accessibility evaluation for ballistic lunar capture via manifolds: A Gaussian process regression application

    (2022)
    9 Citations
  • Application of homotopy perturbation method to the radial thrust problem

    (2022)
    9 Citations
  • Optimal orbit transfer of single-tether E-sail with inertially fixed spin axis

    (2024)
    3 Citations

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