C. R. Francis

1.1k total citations
12 papers, 605 citations indexed

About

C. R. Francis is a scholar working on Aerospace Engineering, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, C. R. Francis has authored 12 papers receiving a total of 605 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Aerospace Engineering, 5 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics and 4 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in C. R. Francis's work include Spacecraft Design and Technology (5 papers), Planetary Science and Exploration (4 papers) and Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics (3 papers). C. R. Francis is often cited by papers focused on Spacecraft Design and Technology (5 papers), Planetary Science and Exploration (4 papers) and Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics (3 papers). C. R. Francis collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, United States and United Kingdom. C. R. Francis's co-authors include Steven G. Baker, L. Rey, David Brockley, C. Mavrocordatos, R. Cullen, Seymour W. Laxon, G. Ratier, F. Rostan, David Wallis and L. Phalippou and has published in prestigious journals such as Advances in Space Research, Acta Astronautica and Journal of Electrostatics.

In The Last Decade

C. R. Francis

10 papers receiving 580 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
C. R. Francis Netherlands	6	378	189	92	87	64	12	605
N. Steunou France	11	253 0.7×	487 2.6×	131 1.4×	85 1.0×	12 0.2×	21	618
Naohiko Hirasawa Japan	14	502 1.3×	42 0.2×	56 0.6×	241 2.8×	26 0.4×	42	605
Fanyu Zhao China	10	199 0.5×	87 0.5×	62 0.7×	191 2.2×	19 0.3×	31	479
Adrian Schubert Switzerland	14	188 0.5×	162 0.9×	463 5.0×	48 0.6×	30 0.5×	35	666
K.C. Partington United Kingdom	13	620 1.6×	64 0.3×	59 0.6×	57 0.7×	123 1.9×	35	671
Bas Altena Norway	13	460 1.2×	56 0.3×	120 1.3×	54 0.6×	146 2.3×	28	637
Pierre Potin Italy	10	233 0.6×	30 0.2×	156 1.7×	55 0.6×	67 1.0×	15	430
Shengkai Zhang China	10	145 0.4×	109 0.6×	93 1.0×	18 0.2×	31 0.5×	52	291
Christine Wesche Germany	13	459 1.2×	47 0.2×	79 0.9×	69 0.8×	73 1.1×	25	546
Zhaojun Zheng China	12	459 1.2×	36 0.2×	97 1.1×	277 3.2×	17 0.3×	51	587

Countries citing papers authored by C. R. Francis

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of C. R. Francis

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of C. R. Francis. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of C. R. Francis based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with C. R. Francis. C. R. Francis is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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12 of 12 papers shown

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Chien, Steve, David R. Thompson, Kiri L. Wagstaff, et al.. (2016). Onboard Autonomy on the Intelligent Payload Experiment CubeSat Mission. Journal of Aerospace Information Systems. 14(6). 307–315. 42 indexed citations

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Chien, Steve, Charles D. Norton, Kiri L. Wagstaff, et al.. (2015). Autonomy for remote sensing — Experiences from the IPEX CubeSat. 5308–5311. 7 indexed citations

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Chien, Steve, David R. Thompson, Kiri L. Wagstaff, et al.. (2014). Onboard Autonomy on the Intelligent Payload EXperiment (IPEX) Cubesat Mission: A pathfinder for the proposed HyspIRI Mission Intelligent Payload Module. 13 indexed citations

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Cullen, R., Malcolm Davidson, Mark R. Drinkwater, et al.. (2006). ESA's new range of radar altimeters for the extraction of geophysical parameters from land, sea ice and ocean surfaces. Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar-und Meeresforschung (Alfred-Wegener-Institut). 614. 84. 2 indexed citations

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Wingham, Duncan J., C. R. Francis, Steven G. Baker, et al.. (2005). CryoSat: A mission to determine the fluctuations in Earth’s land and marine ice fields. Advances in Space Research. 37(4). 841–871. 488 indexed citations

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Francis, C. R. & Berthyl Duesmann. (2005). ERS-1 Altimeter Height Calibration. 2. 877–880. 1 indexed citations

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Francis, C. R.. (2003). Design of the CryoSat system. 3. 1759–1761.

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Francis, C. R., et al.. (1995). The ERS-2 spacecraft and its payload. 83. 13–31. 40 indexed citations

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Francis, C. R.. (1986). The ERS-1 radar altimeter mission. Acta Astronautica. 14. 287–295. 1 indexed citations

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Francis, C. R.. (1984). The ERS-1 radar altimeter: An overview. 9–16. 2 indexed citations

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Francis, C. R.. (1983). Radar altimeter calibration. 69–81.

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Francis, C. R.. (1982). Electrostatic charging problems of spacecraft. Journal of Electrostatics. 11(3). 265–280. 9 indexed citations

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