Eric N. Johnson

8.1k total citations · 3 hit papers
258 papers, 5.8k citations indexed

About

Eric N. Johnson is a scholar working on Aerospace Engineering, Control and Systems Engineering and Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. According to data from OpenAlex, Eric N. Johnson has authored 258 papers receiving a total of 5.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 156 papers in Aerospace Engineering, 105 papers in Control and Systems Engineering and 81 papers in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. Recurrent topics in Eric N. Johnson's work include Robotics and Sensor-Based Localization (73 papers), Robotic Path Planning Algorithms (64 papers) and Adaptive Control of Nonlinear Systems (59 papers). Eric N. Johnson is often cited by papers focused on Robotics and Sensor-Based Localization (73 papers), Robotic Path Planning Algorithms (64 papers) and Adaptive Control of Nonlinear Systems (59 papers). Eric N. Johnson collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Netherlands. Eric N. Johnson's co-authors include Girish Chowdhary, Anthony Calise, Suresh K. Kannan, Frank L. Lewis, Brian Stevens, Tansel Yucelen, Allen Wu, Yoko Watanabe, Alison A. Proctor and Clinton K. Murray and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

Eric N. Johnson

242 papers receiving 5.5k citations

Hit Papers

Aircraft Control and Simulation: Dynamics, Controls Desig... 2012 2026 2016 2021 2015 2021 2012 100 200 300 400 500
What are hit papers?

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. Aircraft Control and Simulation: Dynamics, Controls Design, and Autonomous Systems
    2015 592 citations Eric N. Johnson et al. profile →
  2. A graph placement methodology for fast chip design
    2021 312 citations Eric N. Johnson et al. profile →
  3. Concurrent learning adaptive control of linear systems with exponentially convergent bounds
    2012 259 citations Girish Chowdhary, Tansel Yucelen et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Eric N. Johnson United States 33 2.8k 2.8k 1.4k 871 548 258 5.8k
Youdan Kim South Korea 36 3.2k 1.1× 3.6k 1.3× 909 0.7× 525 0.6× 889 1.6× 338 6.3k
Naira Hovakimyan United States 45 3.3k 1.2× 5.9k 2.1× 1.1k 0.8× 1.0k 1.2× 1.3k 2.4× 440 8.5k
Anthony Calise United States 47 4.2k 1.5× 6.1k 2.2× 590 0.4× 1.2k 1.4× 526 1.0× 383 8.6k
Angela P. Schoellig Canada 30 1.0k 0.4× 1.6k 0.6× 995 0.7× 697 0.8× 462 0.8× 117 3.4k
S.N. Balakrishnan United States 32 2.0k 0.7× 2.5k 0.9× 400 0.3× 776 0.9× 488 0.9× 265 4.5k
Gabriel Hoffmann United States 15 1.4k 0.5× 1.7k 0.6× 980 0.7× 419 0.5× 632 1.2× 21 2.9k
Steven L. Waslander Canada 34 3.4k 1.2× 2.1k 0.8× 3.2k 2.3× 704 0.8× 905 1.7× 145 6.6k
George Nikolakopoulos Sweden 35 1.4k 0.5× 2.1k 0.7× 1.1k 0.8× 283 0.3× 748 1.4× 281 4.6k
Xiang Yu China 36 1.5k 0.5× 3.2k 1.2× 988 0.7× 396 0.5× 1.1k 2.0× 183 5.4k
Rogelio Lozano France 46 3.1k 1.1× 7.6k 2.7× 1.6k 1.2× 456 0.5× 1.3k 2.4× 337 9.5k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Johnson, Eric N., et al.. (2026). Multirotor noise control using synchrophasing under nonstationary conditions. Journal of Sound and Vibration. 629. 119673–119673.
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Johnson, Eric N., et al.. (2025). An Experimental Evaluation of an Electronic Rotor Phase Synchronization System for Multirotor Aircraft Noise Control. Journal of the American Helicopter Society. 70(4). 1–18. 1 indexed citations
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Johnson, Eric N., et al.. (2024). Multi-Outer Loop Adaptive Control for a VTOL Free-Wing Aircraft. 1 indexed citations
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Johnson, Eric N., et al.. (2023). VTOL Freewing Design and Adaptive Controller Development. AIAA SCITECH 2023 Forum. 3 indexed citations
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Johnson, Eric N., et al.. (2023). Multi-Outer Loop Dynamic Inversion Control: An Application to a VTOL Free-Wing Aircraft. IEEE Control Systems Letters. 8. 181–186. 1 indexed citations
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Johnson, Eric N., et al.. (2023). Development and Flight Testing of Guidance, Navigation, Control, and Operator Interface for Shipboard Helicopter Operations. Unmanned Systems. 13(2). 383–398. 1 indexed citations
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Gheisari, Masoud, et al.. (2015). Investigating Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Application Requirements within a Department of Transportation. Transportation Research Board 94th Annual MeetingTransportation Research Board. 8 indexed citations
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Chowdhary, Girish, et al.. (2013). Concurrent learning adaptive control for linear switched systems. 854–859. 18 indexed citations
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Chowdhary, Girish, et al.. (2013). Fully Autonomous Indoor Flight Relying on Only Five Very Low-Cost Range Sensors. Journal of Aerospace Information Systems. 10(1). 21–31. 2 indexed citations
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Yucelen, Tansel, et al.. (2012). Command Governor-Based Adaptive Control of an Autonomous Helicopter. AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference. 4 indexed citations
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Chowdhary, Girish, et al.. (2011). Integrated Guidance Navigation and Control for a Fully Autonomous Indoor UAS. AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference. 9 indexed citations
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Chowdhary, Girish & Eric N. Johnson. (2010). Concurrent learning for convergence in adaptive control without persistency of excitation. 3674–3679. 281 indexed citations
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Prasad, J. V. R., et al.. (2008). Flight Demonstration of an Adaptive Guidance Controller for Autonomous Formation Flight. 7 indexed citations
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Neidhoefer, James, et al.. (2007). Determinism in Autonomy for Applications in the National Airspace System (NAS). 2 indexed citations
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Johnson, Eric N., et al.. (2007). Real-time Visual Tracking Using Geometric Active Contours for the Navigation and Control of UAVs. Proceedings of the ... American Control Conference. 2. 365–370. 7 indexed citations
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Ha, Jeongseok, et al.. (2004). Active contours and optical flow for automatic tracking of flying vehicles. American Control Conference. 4. 3441–3446. 25 indexed citations
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Johnson, Eric N., et al.. (2003). Use of Real Time Simulation in a Laboratory Course. 12373–12382. 5 indexed citations
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Johnson, Eric N., Anthony Calise, & J. E. Corban. (2002). Adaptive guidance and control for autonomous launch vehicles. 6. 2669–2682. 23 indexed citations

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