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84
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44911
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Andrew A. West publication distribution in Physics in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Physics in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Andrew A. West sits on this spectrum.

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103 publications 1,469+

This scientist: 301 publications — 18th percentile

18% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,469 publications or more.

Andrew A. West D-index placement in Physics in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Physics scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Andrew A. West sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 185+

This scientist: 84 D-Index — 28th percentile

28% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 185 D-Index or more.

Overview

Andrew A. West is affiliated with Boston University in the United States. Their research contributions span multiple disciplines, primarily focusing on engineering and physics and astronomy. The scientist has produced 16 publications in engineering and 12 in physics and astronomy, reflecting a diverse range of interests.

Their work covers several specialized subfields including astronomy and astrophysics, building and construction, transportation, nuclear and high energy physics, and artificial intelligence. Key topics addressed in their research feature urban and freight transport logistics, transportation planning and optimization, astrophysical phenomena and observations, transportation and mobility innovations, particle detector development and performance, mechanics and biomechanics studies, and automotive and human injury biomechanics.

Andrew A. West has co-authored extensively with various researchers. Frequent collaborators include H. Krawczynski (7 co-authored works), Maren Schnieder (5), Chris Hinde (5), Fabian Kislat (5), and Nicole Rodriguez Cavero (4). These collaborations span across multiple research topics and venues.

The scientist's research has appeared in notable publication venues with repeated contributions to arXiv (Cornell University) across 5 papers, SSRN Electronic Journal with 4 publications, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health contributing 3 papers, Sustainability with 2, and International Journal of Impact Engineering with 1.

Selected recent papers demonstrate the breadth of their scholarly output:

  • Sensitivity Analysis of Emission Models of Parcel Lockers vs. Home Delivery Based on HBEFA, 2021, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • X-ray Polarization of the Black Hole X-ray Binary 4U 1630-47 Challenges Standard Thin Accretion Disk Scenario, 2023, arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Emission Estimation of On-Demand Meal Delivery Services Using a Macroscopic Simulation, 2022, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Land Consumption of Delivery Robots and Bicycle Couriers for On-Demand Meal Delivery Using GPS Data and Simulations Based on the Time-Area Concept, 2021, Sustainability
  • An overview of the test methodology used in current cycling helmet standards and literature, 2024, International Journal of Impact Engineering

Best Publications

  • The Seventh Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

    Kevork N. Abazajian;Jennifer K. Adelman-Mccarthy;Marcel A. Agüeros;Sahar S. Allam;Sahar S. Allam

  • The Sixth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

    Jennifer K. Adelman-McCarthy;Marcel A. Agüeros;Sahar S. Allam;Sahar S. Allam;Carlos Allende Prieto

  • The fourth data release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

    Jennifer K. Adelman-McCarthy;Marcel A. Agüeros;Sahar S. Allam;Sahar S. Allam;Kurt S.J. Anderson

  • The Fifth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

    Jennifer K. Adelman-McCarthy;Marcel A. Agüeros;Sahar S. Allam;Sahar S. Allam;Kurt S.J. Anderson

  • THE BARYON OSCILLATION SPECTROSCOPIC SURVEY OF SDSS-III

    Kyle S. Dawson;David J. Schlegel;Christopher P. Ahn;Scott F. Anderson

  • The ninth data release of the sloan digital sky survey: First spectroscopic data from the sdss-iii baryon oscillation spectroscopic survey

    Christopher P. Ahn;Rachael Alexandroff;Carlos Allende Prieto;Scott F. Anderson

  • The Second Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

    Kevork Abazajian;Jennifer K. Adelman-McCarthy;Marcel A. Agüeros;Sahar S. Allam

  • The Ninth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey: First Spectroscopic Data from the SDSS-III Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey

    Christopher P. Ahn;Rachael Alexandroff;Carlos Allende Prieto

  • The first data release of the sloan digital sky survey

    Kevork Abazajian;Jennifer K. Adelman-McCarthy;Marcel A. Agüeros;Sahar S. Allam

  • LSST Science Book, Version 2.0

    Paul A. Abell;Julius Allison;Scott F. Anderson

  • The Third Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

    Kevork Abazajian;Jennifer K. Adelman-McCarthy;Marcel A. Agüeros;Sahar S. Allam

  • Constraining the Age-Activity Relation for Cool Stars: The SDSS DR5 Low-Mass Star Spectroscopic Sample

    Andrew A. West;Suzanne L. Hawley;John J. Bochanski;Kevin R. Covey

  • Constraining the Age-Activity Relation for Cool Stars: The Sloan Digital Sky Survey Data Release 5 Low-Mass Star Spectroscopic Sample

    Andrew A. West;Suzanne L. Hawley;John J. Bochanski;Kevin R. Covey

  • A New Milky Way Dwarf Galaxy in Ursa Major

    Beth Willman;Julianne J. Dalcanton;David Martinez-Delgado;David Martinez-Delgado;Andrew A. West

  • Stellar SEDs from 0.3 to 2.5 μm: Tracing the Stellar Locus and Searching for Color Outliers in the SDSS and 2MASS

    K. R. Covey;Ž. Ivezić;D. Schlegel;D. Finkbeiner

  • The Luminosity and Mass Functions of Low-Mass Stars in the Galactic Disk: II. The Field

    John J. Bochanski;Suzanne L. Hawley;Kevin R. Covey;Andrew A. West

  • Spectroscopic Properties of Cool Stars in the SDSS: An Analysis of Magnetic Activity and a Search for Subdwarfs

    Andrew A. West;Suzanne L. Hawley;Lucianne M. Walkowicz;Kevin R. Covey

  • Evolution of the Bar Fraction in COSMOS: Quantifying the Assembly of the Hubble Sequence

    Kartik Sheth;Debra Meloy Elmegreen;Bruce G. Elmegreen;Peter Capak

  • A New Milky Way Companion: Unusual Globular Cluster or Extreme Dwarf Satellite?

    Beth Willman;Michael R. Blanton;Andrew A. West;Julianne J. Dalcanton

  • THE ROTATION AND GALACTIC KINEMATICS OF MID M DWARFS IN THE SOLAR NEIGHBORHOOD

    Elisabeth R Newton;Jonathan Irwin;David Charbonneau;Zachory K. Berta-Thompson

Frequent Co-Authors

John J. Bochanski
John J. Bochanski Lockheed Martin (United States)
Suzanne L. Hawley
Suzanne L. Hawley University of Washington
Kevin R. Covey
Kevin R. Covey Western Washington University
Adam J. Burgasser
Adam J. Burgasser University of California, San Diego
Donald P. Schneider
Donald P. Schneider Pennsylvania State University
Keivan G. Stassun
Keivan G. Stassun Vanderbilt University
Scott F. Anderson
Scott F. Anderson University of Washington
Michael R. Blanton
Michael R. Blanton New York University
Robert H. Lupton
Robert H. Lupton Princeton University
Sean N. Raymond
Sean N. Raymond University of Bordeaux

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