J.A. Wesson

2.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
32 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

J.A. Wesson is a scholar working on Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, J.A. Wesson has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics, 9 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics and 9 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in J.A. Wesson's work include Magnetic confinement fusion research (21 papers), Fusion materials and technologies (8 papers) and Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics (7 papers). J.A. Wesson is often cited by papers focused on Magnetic confinement fusion research (21 papers), Fusion materials and technologies (8 papers) and Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics (7 papers). J.A. Wesson collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Netherlands. J.A. Wesson's co-authors include G.D. Hobbs, M. F. F. Nave, A. W. Edwards, Richard D. Gill, D.J. Ward, A. Weller, R. Granetz, D. Campbell, B. Tubbing and J. Snipes and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Physical Review Letters and Computer Physics Communications.

In The Last Decade

J.A. Wesson

31 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Hit Papers

Heat flow through a Langmuir sheath in the presence of el... 1967 2026 1986 2006 1967 100 200 300 400
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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. Heat flow through a Langmuir sheath in the presence of electron emission
    1967 446 citations G.D. Hobbs, J.A. Wesson Plasma Physics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
J.A. Wesson United Kingdom 18 1.5k 851 498 398 308 32 1.9k
R. T. Snider United States 23 1.7k 1.1× 804 0.9× 286 0.6× 544 1.4× 389 1.3× 56 1.8k
P. G. Carolan United Kingdom 26 1.8k 1.2× 941 1.1× 272 0.5× 509 1.3× 385 1.3× 73 1.9k
D.C. Robinson United Kingdom 23 1.6k 1.1× 1.0k 1.2× 247 0.5× 255 0.6× 324 1.1× 59 1.9k
K. Narihara Japan 24 1.9k 1.3× 1.1k 1.3× 423 0.8× 570 1.4× 398 1.3× 148 2.2k
L. D. Pearlstein United States 25 1.7k 1.2× 965 1.1× 202 0.4× 409 1.0× 329 1.1× 71 2.0k
L. C. Steinhauer United States 26 1.8k 1.3× 947 1.1× 475 1.0× 304 0.8× 158 0.5× 123 2.2k
E. B. Hooper United States 19 1.1k 0.8× 684 0.8× 386 0.8× 279 0.7× 248 0.8× 95 1.4k
S. Šesnić United States 24 1.2k 0.8× 750 0.9× 362 0.7× 401 1.0× 284 0.9× 125 1.7k
R.J. Hawryluk United States 19 1.5k 1.0× 560 0.7× 347 0.7× 734 1.8× 415 1.3× 53 1.8k
A.T. Ramsey United States 23 1.7k 1.1× 711 0.8× 234 0.5× 812 2.0× 356 1.2× 62 1.9k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Lashmore‐Davies, C. N., J.A. Wesson, & C. G. Gimblett. (1999). The effect of plasma flow, compressibility, and Landau damping on resistive wall modes. Physics of Plasmas. 6(10). 3990–4001. 8 indexed citations
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Wesson, J.A.. (1997). Poloidal distribution of impurities in a rotating tokamak plasma. Nuclear Fusion. 37(5). 577–581. 69 indexed citations
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Wesson, J.A. & B. Balet. (1996). Abrupt Changes in Confinement in the JET Tokamak. Physical Review Letters. 77(26). 5214–5217. 8 indexed citations
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Gimblett, C. G., R. J. Hastie, R. A. M. Van der Linden, & J.A. Wesson. (1996). Non-uniform rotation and the resistive wall mode. Physics of Plasmas. 3(10). 3619–3627. 23 indexed citations
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Wesson, J.A.. (1995). Snakes [JET resonant localised structures]. Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion. 37(11A). A337–A346. 42 indexed citations
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Wesson, J.A., A. W. Edwards, & R. Granetz. (1991). Spontaneous m = 1 instability in the JET sawtooth collapse. Nuclear Fusion. 31(1). 111–116. 29 indexed citations
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Wesson, J.A., D.J. Ward, & M. N. Rosenbluth. (1990). Negative voltage spike in tokamak disruptions. Nuclear Fusion. 30(6). 1011–1014. 45 indexed citations
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Wesson, J.A.. (1990). Sawtooth reconnection. Nuclear Fusion. 30(12). 2545–2549. 142 indexed citations
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Nave, M. F. F. & J.A. Wesson. (1988). Stability of the ideal m = 1 mode in a tokamak. Nuclear Fusion. 28(2). 297–301. 12 indexed citations
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Bickerton, R.J., A. Taroni, M.L. Watkins, & J.A. Wesson. (1987). Comparison between experiment and theory. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 322(1563). 173–188. 22 indexed citations
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Weller, A., A.D. Cheetham, A. W. Edwards, et al.. (1987). Persistent density perturbations at rational-qsurfaces following pellet injection in the Joint European Torus. Physical Review Letters. 59(20). 2303–2306. 148 indexed citations
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Campbell, D., Richard D. Gill, C. Gowers, et al.. (1986). Sawtooth activity in ohmically heated JET plasmas. Nuclear Fusion. 26(8). 1085–1092. 85 indexed citations
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Edwards, A. W., D. Campbell, W. Engelhardt, et al.. (1986). Rapid Collapse of a Plasma Sawtooth Oscillation in the JET Tokamak. Physical Review Letters. 57(2). 210–213. 165 indexed citations
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Turner, M. & J.A. Wesson. (1981). MHD simulation of jet. Computer Physics Communications. 24(3-4). 343–354. 2 indexed citations
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Wesson, J.A., et al.. (1980). Scaling of tokamak reactor costs. Nuclear Fusion. 20(12). 1525–1532. 14 indexed citations
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Hobbs, G.D. & J.A. Wesson. (1967). Heat flow through a Langmuir sheath in the presence of electron emission. Plasma Physics. 9(1). 85–87. 446 indexed citations breakdown →
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Wesson, J.A.. (1962). The ohmic heating of a multicomponent plasma. Journal of Nuclear Energy Part C Plasma Physics Accelerators Thermonuclear Research. 4(5). 321–324. 4 indexed citations
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Ware, A. A. & J.A. Wesson. (1961). The Ohmic Heating of Positive Ions in an Impure Plasma. Proceedings of the Physical Society. 77(3). 801–806. 6 indexed citations
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Hancox, R., et al.. (1959). THE ROLE OF MATERIALS IN CONTROLLED THERMONUCLEAR RESEARCH. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). 4 indexed citations
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Allen, N.L., T.E. Allibone, T.P. Hughes, et al.. (1958). A Stabilized High-Current Toroidal Discharge Producing High Temperatures. Nature. 181(4604). 222–224. 19 indexed citations

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