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Discipline name D-index D-index (Discipline H-index) only includes papers and citation values for an examined discipline in contrast to General H-index which accounts for publications across all disciplines. Citations Publications World Ranking National Ranking
Earth Science D-index 92 Citations 26,946 399 World Ranking 83 National Ranking 42

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Optics
  • Astronomy
  • Artificial intelligence

James F. Bell mostly deals with Mars Exploration Program, Mineralogy, Impact crater, Geochemistry and Meridiani Planum. He has researched Mars Exploration Program in several fields, including Basalt and Remote sensing. His Mineralogy study incorporates themes from Volcano, Volcanic rock, Weathering and Soil water.

Astrobiology covers James F. Bell research in Impact crater. His Geochemistry research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Ventifact, Dust devil and Silicate. His study in Meridiani Planum is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Aeolian processes, Siliciclastic, Outcrop, Noachian and Diagenesis.

His most cited work include:

  • Context Camera Investigation on board the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (729 citations)
  • In situ evidence for an ancient aqueous environment at Meridiani Planum, Mars. (717 citations)
  • Overview of the Spirit Mars Exploration Rover Mission to Gusev Crater: Landing site to Backstay Rock in the Columbia Hills (568 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

His primary areas of investigation include Mars Exploration Program, Astrobiology, Mineralogy, Impact crater and Remote sensing. His work carried out in the field of Mars Exploration Program brings together such families of science as Geochemistry and Multispectral image. The various areas that James F. Bell examines in his Mineralogy study include Spectroscopy and Spectral line.

His research in Impact crater intersects with topics in Basalt, Geomorphology and Meridiani Planum. His Meridiani Planum study combines topics in areas such as Outcrop and Aeolian processes. The Remote sensing study combines topics in areas such as Pixel, Spectrometer, Field of view and Optics.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Mars Exploration Program (47.20%)
  • Astrobiology (29.02%)
  • Mineralogy (18.80%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2015-2021)?

  • Mars Exploration Program (47.20%)
  • Multispectral image (8.59%)
  • Astrobiology (29.02%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

His main research concerns Mars Exploration Program, Multispectral image, Astrobiology, Remote sensing and Mineralogy. His Mars Exploration Program research incorporates themes from Geochemistry and Hematite. He works mostly in the field of Geochemistry, limiting it down to topics relating to Impact crater and, in certain cases, Volcano, VNIR and Meridiani Planum, as a part of the same area of interest.

His Remote sensing research integrates issues from Radiometric calibration and Zoom. His Mineralogy study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Bedrock and Spectroscopy. James F. Bell has included themes like Sedimentary rock and Aeolian processes in his Martian study.

Between 2015 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Ancient Martian aeolian processes and palaeomorphology reconstructed from the Stimson formation on the lower slope of Aeolis Mons, Gale crater, Mars (84 citations)
  • Evolved gas analyses of sedimentary rocks and eolian sediment in Gale Crater, Mars: Results of the Curiosity rover's sample analysis at Mars instrument from Yellowknife Bay to the Namib Dune (84 citations)
  • The Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) Mast cameras and Descent imager: Investigation and instrument descriptions. (67 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Optics
  • Astronomy
  • Artificial intelligence

His scientific interests lie mostly in Mars Exploration Program, Mineralogy, Multispectral image, Astrobiology and Artificial intelligence. His Mars Exploration Program research includes themes of Sedimentary rock and Remote sensing. His Mineralogy research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Spectroscopy, Sulfate minerals and Geochemistry.

His Geochemistry study incorporates themes from Noachian and Meridiani Planum. In general Astrobiology study, his work on Asteroid often relates to the realm of Environmental science, thereby connecting several areas of interest. His Artificial intelligence study also includes fields such as

  • Mars rover, which have a strong connection to Pixel, Regolith, Life on Mars, Atmosphere of Mars and Exploration of Mars,
  • Planetary exploration and Autoencoder most often made with reference to Pattern recognition.

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Best Publications

In situ evidence for an ancient aqueous environment at Meridiani Planum, Mars.

Steven W. Squyres;John P. Grotzinger;Raymond E. Arvidson;James F. Bell.
Science (2004)

980 Citations

Context Camera Investigation on board the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter

Michael C. Malin;James F. Bell;Bruce A. Cantor;Michael A. Caplinger.
Journal of Geophysical Research (2007)

789 Citations

A habitable fluvio-lacustrine environment at Yellowknife Bay, Gale crater, Mars.

J. P. Grotzinger;D. Y. Sumner;L. C. Kah;K. Stack.
Science (2014)

599 Citations

The Opportunity Rover's Athena science investigation at Meridiani Planum, Mars.

S. W. Squyres;R. E. Arvidson;J.F. Bell;J. Brückner.
Science (2004)

525 Citations

Stratigraphy and sedimentology of a dry to wet eolian depositional system, Burns formation, Meridiani Planum, Mars

J.P. Grotzinger;R.E. Arvidson;J.F. Bell;W. Calvin.
Earth and Planetary Science Letters (2005)

507 Citations

Provenance and diagenesis of the evaporite-bearing Burns formation, Meridiani Planum, Mars

S.M. McLennan;J.F. Bell;W. M. Calvin;P. R. Christensen.
Earth and Planetary Science Letters (2005)

480 Citations

The Spirit Rover's Athena Science Investigation at Gusev Crater, Mars

Steven W. Squyres;Raymond E. Arvidson;James F. Bell;J. Bruckner.
Science (2004)

435 Citations

The Spirit Rover9s Athena Science Investigation at Gusev Crater, Mars

S. W. Squyres;R. E. Arvidson;J. F. Bell;J. Brückner.
Science (2004)

412 Citations

Mineralogy, composition, and alteration of Mars Pathfinder rocks and soils: Evidence from multispectral, elemental, and magnetic data on terrestrial analogue, SNC meteorite, and Pathfinder samples

Richard V. Morris;D. C. Golden;James F. Bell;Tad D. Shelfer.
Journal of Geophysical Research (2000)

403 Citations

Volatile and organic compositions of sedimentary rocks in Yellowknife Bay, Gale crater, Mars.

Douglas W. Ming;P. D. Archer;D. P. Glavin;J. L. Eigenbrode.
Science (2014)

401 Citations

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