Benjamin Weiss

Benjamin Weiss

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

H-index: 56

North America-United States

About Benjamin Weiss

Benjamin Weiss, With an exceptional h-index of 56 and a recent h-index of 37 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, specializes in the field of planetary sciences, geophysics, paleomagnetism and geomagnetism, meteoritics.

His recent articles reflect a diverse array of research interests and contributions to the field:

A Paleomagnetic Case for Mars Sample Return

New paleointensity measurements of Apollo samples and implications for the lunar dynamo

Astrobiological Potential of Rocks Acquired By the Perseverance Rover at the Front of the Western Sediment Fan in Jezero Crater, Mars.

A post‐launch summary of the science of NASA's Psyche mission

Oriented bedrock samples drilled by the Perseverance rover on Mars

Decadal Science from Mars Sample Return: The Importance of Sampling In-Place Nili Planum Noachian Strata Accessible Outside Jezero Crater for Priority Planetary Science Questions

The Magnetic Field Signature of a Ferrovolcanic (16) Psyche

Key Perseverance Sampling Locations for the Ancient Martian Crust and Implications for Mars Science

Benjamin Weiss Information

University

Position

Professor of Planetary Sciences

Citations(all)

9446

Citations(since 2020)

4599

Cited By

6557

hIndex(all)

56

hIndex(since 2020)

37

i10Index(all)

141

i10Index(since 2020)

125

Email

University Profile Page

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Benjamin Weiss Skills & Research Interests

planetary sciences

geophysics

paleomagnetism and geomagnetism

meteoritics

Top articles of Benjamin Weiss

Title

Journal

Author(s)

Publication Date

A Paleomagnetic Case for Mars Sample Return

LPI Contributions

EN Mansbach

BP Weiss

2024/3

New paleointensity measurements of Apollo samples and implications for the lunar dynamo

Foteini Vervelidou

Benjamin P Weiss

Claire IO Nichols

Mary Murray

Jay Shah

...

2024/3/7

Astrobiological Potential of Rocks Acquired By the Perseverance Rover at the Front of the Western Sediment Fan in Jezero Crater, Mars.

T Bosak

DL Shuster

B Weiss

LE Mayhew

EL Scheller

...

2024/3/11

A post‐launch summary of the science of NASA's Psyche mission

AGU Advances

Steven D Dibb

Erik Asphaug

James F Bell

Richard P Binzel

William F Bottke

...

2024/4

Oriented bedrock samples drilled by the Perseverance rover on Mars

Earth and Space Science

Benjamin P Weiss

Elias N Mansbach

Joseph L Carsten

Kyle W Kaplan

Justin N Maki

...

2024/3

Decadal Science from Mars Sample Return: The Importance of Sampling In-Place Nili Planum Noachian Strata Accessible Outside Jezero Crater for Priority Planetary Science Questions

LPI Contributions

BL Ehlmann

JF Bell

TSJ Gabriel

VE Hamilton

J Hurowitz

...

2024/3

The Magnetic Field Signature of a Ferrovolcanic (16) Psyche

LPI Contributions

SW Courville

JG O'Rourke

CJ Bierson

LT Elkins-Tanton

DA Williams

...

2024/3

Key Perseverance Sampling Locations for the Ancient Martian Crust and Implications for Mars Science

EL Scheller

JI Simon

BP Weiss

C Quantin-Nataf

BL Ehlmann

...

2024/3/11

Present-day thermal and water activity environment of the Mars Sample Return collection

Scientific Reports

Maria-Paz Zorzano

Germán Martínez

Jouni Polkko

Leslie K Tamppari

Claire Newman

...

2024/3/26

Inorganic Interpretation of Luminescent Materials in Jezero Crater's Floor and Delta on Mars

LPI Contributions

EL Scheller

T Bosak

FM McCubbin

K Williford

S Siljeström

...

2024/3

A Size Barrier to Forming Metal-Rich Worlds by Giant Impacts

LPI Contributions

S Cambioni

BP Weiss

E Asphaug

K Volk

A Emsenhuber

...

2024/3

OVERVIEW OF THE MARS 2020 MISSION PERSEVERANCE ROVER THIRD SCIENCE CAMPAIGN: EXPLORING JEZERO CRATER’S UPPER FAN

Marion Nachon

Kirsten L Siebach

Steven F Sholes

Vivian Z Sun

Tyler del Sesto

...

2024/3/11

Soundscape enrichment increases larval settlement rates for the brooding coral Porites astreoides

Royal Society Open Science

Nadège Aoki

Benjamin Weiss

Youenn Jézéquel

Weifeng Gordon Zhang

Amy Apprill

...

2024/3/13

Statistical reanalysis of Archean zircon paleointensities: No evidence for stagnant-lid tectonics

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Roger R Fu

Nadja Drabon

Benjamin P Weiss

Cauê Borlina

Heather Kirkpatrick

2024/5/15

A Weak Solar Nebula Magnetic Field in the Distal Solar System from Ryugu Paleomagnetism

LPI Contributions

EN Mansbach

EA Lima

M Sowell

JL Kirschvink

RR Fu

...

2024/3

Confirmation of a Callisto Subsurface Ocean Using Bayesian Inference

LPI Contributions

UG Schneck

JB Biersteker

BP Weiss

2024/3

Going With the Flow: Sedimentary Evolution of the Jezero Western Fan, Mars

Sanjeev Gupta

Kathryn M Stack

Nicolas Mangold

Libby RW Ives

Samantha Gwizd

...

2024/3/11

Perseverance Samples From the Jezero Upper Fan

BP Weiss

M Nachon

K Siebach

KA Farley

KM Stack

...

2024/3/11

Journey to a metal world

Physics Today

Benjamin P Weiss

Linda T Elkins-Tanton

2024/5/1

Updated Constraints on Europa's Ice Shell and Ocean from Reanalysis of Galileo Magnetometry

LPI Contributions

JB Biersteker

BP Weiss

CDK Harris

X Jia

M Kivelson

...

2024/3

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Co-Authors

H-index: 88
Joseph L. Kirschvink

Joseph L. Kirschvink

California Institute of Technology

H-index: 85
Ronald Walsworth

Ronald Walsworth

University of Maryland, Baltimore

H-index: 78
Robert E. Kopp

Robert E. Kopp

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

H-index: 58
Linda Elkins-Tanton

Linda Elkins-Tanton

Arizona State University

H-index: 50
David L Shuster

David L Shuster

University of California, Berkeley

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