Daniel Selva

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
103 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Daniel Selva is a scholar working on Aerospace Engineering, Control and Systems Engineering and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, Daniel Selva has authored 103 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 48 papers in Aerospace Engineering, 24 papers in Control and Systems Engineering and 22 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in Daniel Selva's work include Spacecraft Design and Technology (32 papers), Satellite Communication Systems (26 papers) and Systems Engineering Methodologies and Applications (22 papers). Daniel Selva is often cited by papers focused on Spacecraft Design and Technology (32 papers), Satellite Communication Systems (26 papers) and Systems Engineering Methodologies and Applications (22 papers). Daniel Selva collaborates with scholars based in United States, Spain and Russia. Daniel Selva's co-authors include David Krejci, Edward F. Crawley, Bruce Cameron, Alessandro Golkar, Olivier de Weck, Paul Collopy, William J. Blackwell, Michel‐Alexandre Cardin, Conrad S. Tucker and Iñigo del Portillo and has published in prestigious journals such as IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Expert Systems with Applications and IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation.

In The Last Decade

Daniel Selva

93 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. A survey and assessment of the capabilities of Cubesats for Earth observation
    2012 296 citations Daniel Selva, David Krejci Acta Astronautica profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Daniel Selva United States 15 574 216 177 158 130 103 1.2k
Alessandro Golkar Russia 16 689 1.2× 127 0.6× 42 0.2× 267 1.7× 91 0.7× 75 1.1k
Jaemyung Ahn South Korea 17 610 1.1× 103 0.5× 77 0.4× 213 1.3× 29 0.2× 111 940
Rania Hassan United States 6 168 0.3× 193 0.9× 206 1.2× 98 0.6× 41 0.3× 9 1.0k
Junzi Sun Netherlands 16 535 0.9× 57 0.3× 100 0.6× 135 0.9× 39 0.3× 60 807
Jin Tian China 17 293 0.5× 84 0.4× 194 1.1× 56 0.4× 65 0.5× 117 926
Qi Wu China 27 1.3k 2.2× 267 1.2× 259 1.5× 40 0.3× 37 0.3× 130 2.2k
Jun Sun China 22 218 0.4× 303 1.4× 117 0.7× 348 2.2× 13 0.1× 109 1.5k
Stephen M. Batill United States 24 707 1.2× 204 0.9× 91 0.5× 12 0.1× 89 0.7× 101 1.9k
Hiromitsu Kumamoto Japan 18 68 0.1× 449 2.1× 156 0.9× 52 0.3× 337 2.6× 80 1.3k
Zakria Qadir Australia 20 342 0.6× 127 0.6× 208 1.2× 325 2.1× 29 0.2× 35 1.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Daniel Selva

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Fields of papers citing papers by Daniel Selva

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Daniel Selva

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Daniel Selva. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Daniel Selva 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 Daniel Selva. Daniel Selva is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Gao, Huilin, Ankur Mehta, Yizhou Sun, et al.. (2025). Decentralized Consensus-Based Algorithms for Satellite Observation Reactive Planning With Complex Dependencies. 1 indexed citations
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Gao, Huilin, Daniel Selva, Ankur Mehta, et al.. (2025). Decentralized Satellite Constellation Replanning for Event Observation. Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets. 62(4). 1170–1188.
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Selva, Daniel, et al.. (2024). Design of a satellite constellation for monitoring inland water quality. Acta Astronautica. 219. 875–888. 2 indexed citations
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Selva, Daniel, et al.. (2024). Task Planning Strategies for a Remote Sensing Water Quality Mission. 1 indexed citations
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David, Cédric H., Ankur Mehta, George H. Allen, et al.. (2023). Decentralized Market-Based Observation Assignment Strategy for Dynamic Networks in Sensor Web Mission Concepts. 4748–4751.
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Selva, Daniel, et al.. (2022). Analysis of Navigation Performance with Lunar GNSS Evolution. Proceedings of the Institute of Navigation ... International Technical Meeting/Proceedings of the ... International Technical Meeting of The Institute of Navigation. 514–529. 7 indexed citations
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Selva, Daniel, et al.. (2020). Evolutionary formulations for design of heterogeneous Earth observing constellations. 1–10. 5 indexed citations
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Wong, Raymond K. W., et al.. (2020). Virtual Assistant for Anomaly Treatment in Long Duration Exploration Missions. AIAA Scitech 2020 Forum. 8 indexed citations
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Selva, Daniel, et al.. (2018). Adaptive Knowledge-Driven Optimization for Architecting a Distributed Satellite System. Journal of Aerospace Information Systems. 15(8). 485–500. 6 indexed citations
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Selva, Daniel, et al.. (2016). iFEED: Interactive Feature Extraction for Engineering Design. 16 indexed citations
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Crawley, Edward F., Bruce Cameron, & Daniel Selva. (2015). System Architecture: Strategy and Product Development for Complex Systems. CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research). 181 indexed citations
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Selva, Daniel, et al.. (2014). Exploring the Architectural Tradespace of Severe Weather Monitoring Nanosatellite Constellations. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2014. 2 indexed citations
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Selva, Daniel & David Krejci. (2013). Preliminary Assessment of Performance and Cost of a Cubesat Component of the Earth Science Decadal Survey. Digital Commons - USU (Utah State University). 98(5). 259–66. 1 indexed citations
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Selva, Daniel, et al.. (2013). The impact of technical complexity on the decision to collaborate and combine. 1–11. 9 indexed citations

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