J. B. Plescia

3.6k total citations
98 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

J. B. Plescia is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Aerospace Engineering and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, J. B. Plescia has authored 98 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 84 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 23 papers in Aerospace Engineering and 21 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in J. B. Plescia's work include Planetary Science and Exploration (76 papers), Astro and Planetary Science (68 papers) and Space Exploration and Technology (21 papers). J. B. Plescia is often cited by papers focused on Planetary Science and Exploration (76 papers), Astro and Planetary Science (68 papers) and Space Exploration and Technology (21 papers). J. B. Plescia collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Russia. J. B. Plescia's co-authors include M. P. Golombek, M. S. Robinson, R. S. Saunders, J. M. Boyce, Wenzhe Fa, Meng‐Hua Zhu, Tiantian Liu, M. Golombek, B. J. Franklin and B. L. Jolliff and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Geophysical Research Letters.

In The Last Decade

J. B. Plescia

93 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
J. B. Plescia United States 25 1.8k 790 299 242 68 98 1.9k
R. R. Ghent United States 25 1.8k 1.0× 569 0.7× 151 0.5× 317 1.3× 114 1.7× 113 2.0k
В. В. Шувалов Russia 22 1.4k 0.8× 468 0.6× 327 1.1× 222 0.9× 31 0.5× 136 1.6k
H. J. Melosh United States 19 1.4k 0.8× 455 0.6× 486 1.6× 130 0.5× 49 0.7× 86 1.6k
D. A. Crown United States 27 1.9k 1.1× 930 1.2× 246 0.8× 258 1.1× 23 0.3× 226 2.2k
Brandon Johnson United States 25 1.8k 1.0× 610 0.8× 370 1.2× 175 0.7× 19 0.3× 95 2.1k
Matthias Grott Germany 27 2.1k 1.2× 470 0.6× 590 2.0× 447 1.8× 32 0.5× 127 2.3k
H. Hoffmann Germany 20 1.8k 1.0× 529 0.7× 114 0.4× 271 1.1× 23 0.3× 87 1.9k
K. L. Mitchell United States 27 2.2k 1.2× 1.4k 1.7× 174 0.6× 155 0.6× 32 0.5× 129 2.5k
Mark Settle United States 14 695 0.4× 413 0.5× 394 1.3× 166 0.7× 42 0.6× 30 1.2k
A. Safaeinili United States 28 2.5k 1.4× 764 1.0× 114 0.4× 350 1.4× 217 3.2× 94 2.8k

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Fields of papers citing papers by J. B. Plescia

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of J. B. Plescia

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Plescia, J. B.. (2015). Lunar Crater Forms on Melt Sheets — Origins and Implications for Self-Secondary Cratering and Chronology. LPI. 2054. 8 indexed citations
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Plescia, J. B., et al.. (2015). Lunar Self-Secondary Cratering: Implications for Cratering and Chronology. Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. 2535. 9 indexed citations
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Zanetti, M., et al.. (2015). Auto-Secondary Cratering vs. Target Property Effects on Ejecta Blankets of Copernican Craters: What are the Implications for Age Dating Using Small-Diameter Crater Statistics?. LPI. 1209. 12 indexed citations
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Robinson, M. S., et al.. (2014). Locations of Anthropogenic Sites on the Moon. Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. 2259. 5 indexed citations
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Williams, J. P., D. A. Paige, J. B. Plescia, A. V. Pathare, & M. S. Robinson. (2014). Crater Size-Frequency Distributions on the Ejecta of Giordano Bruno. Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. 2882. 4 indexed citations
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Lawrence, D. J., P. N. Peplowski, J. B. Plescia, et al.. (2014). Lunar Highlands Bulk Hydrogen Concentrations. 1820. 3038.
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Plescia, J. B.. (2012). ASYMMETRIC LUNAR CRATERS - IMPACTS ON SLOPING SURFACES. 2012 GSA Annual Meeting in Charlotte. 1 indexed citations
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Plescia, J. B.. (2012). Impacts on Sloping Surfaces: Lunar Examples. Meteoritics and Planetary Science Supplement. 75. 5318. 6 indexed citations
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Plescia, J. B. & M. S. Robinson. (2011). New Constraints on the Absolute Lunar Cratering Chronology. 1839. 4 indexed citations
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Plescia, J. B., M. J. Cintala, M. S. Robinson, O. S. Barnouin, & B. R. Hawke. (2011). Impact Melt in Small Lunar Highlands Craters. 2033. 1 indexed citations
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Karachevtseva, I. P., J. Oberst, M. Wählisch, et al.. (2011). Analyses of the Lunokhod-1 Landing Site and Rover Traverse using LROC images, high resolution DEMs, and Geographical Information Systems (GIS). elib (German Aerospace Center). 36(1). 82–7. 1 indexed citations
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Plescia, J. B., M. S. Robinson, & D. A. Paige. (2010). Giordano Bruno: The Young and the Restless. Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. 2038. 19 indexed citations
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Plescia, J. B.. (2002). Recent (Late Amazonian) Fluvial Features in Southeastern Elysium, Mars. AGUFM. 2002. 1 indexed citations
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Plescia, J. B.. (2001). Elysium Region Tectonics. Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. 1088. 4 indexed citations
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Davis, Philip A., Kenneth L. Tanaka, M. P. Golombek, & J. B. Plescia. (1991). Interactions of tectonic, igneous, and hydraulic processes in the North Tharsis Region of Mars. 22. 285. 1 indexed citations
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Murchie, S. L., J. W. Head, & J. B. Plescia. (1989). Morphologic Classes of Grooves on PHOBOS. LPI. 20. 744. 7 indexed citations
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Plescia, J. B.. (1987). Geology and Cratering History of Ariel. Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. 18. 19. 3 indexed citations
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Plescia, J. B., J. M. Boyce, & E. M. Shoemaker. (1980). Ganymede Cratering II: The Smooth Grooved Terrains.. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 12. 711. 1 indexed citations
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Plescia, J. B. & R. S. Saunders. (1980). Estimation of the thickness of the Tharsis lava flows and implications for the nature of the topography of the Tharsis plateau. Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. 3. 2423–2436. 23 indexed citations
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Plescia, J. B. & R. S. Saunders. (1979). Tectonism of the Tharsis region.. 47–49. 1 indexed citations

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