James D. Biggs

2.6k total citations
100 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

James D. Biggs is a scholar working on Aerospace Engineering, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Control and Systems Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, James D. Biggs has authored 100 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 59 papers in Aerospace Engineering, 46 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics and 32 papers in Control and Systems Engineering. Recurrent topics in James D. Biggs's work include Spacecraft Dynamics and Control (38 papers), Space Satellite Systems and Control (35 papers) and Astro and Planetary Science (32 papers). James D. Biggs is often cited by papers focused on Spacecraft Dynamics and Control (38 papers), Space Satellite Systems and Control (35 papers) and Astro and Planetary Science (32 papers). James D. Biggs collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United Kingdom and China. James D. Biggs's co-authors include M.A. Srinivasan, A. G. Lyne, Zhaowei Sun, Naigang Cui, Dong Ye, Matteo Ceriotti, Colin R. McInnes, Jeannette Heiligers, Jianqiao Zhang and K.W. Horch and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

James D. Biggs

94 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
James D. Biggs Italy 25 763 661 530 343 146 100 1.9k
P.D. Smith United Kingdom 22 237 0.3× 85 0.1× 97 0.2× 316 0.9× 95 0.7× 134 1.4k
Dragan Poljak Croatia 22 190 0.2× 655 1.0× 307 0.6× 633 1.8× 54 0.4× 350 2.1k
David K. Cheng United States 11 371 0.5× 138 0.2× 166 0.3× 316 0.9× 29 0.2× 31 1.9k
Mason A. Peck United States 23 1.4k 1.8× 864 1.3× 355 0.7× 151 0.4× 3 0.0× 144 1.8k
Marco B. Quadrelli United States 12 354 0.5× 243 0.4× 78 0.1× 93 0.3× 28 0.2× 106 660
Pierre-André Farine Switzerland 16 406 0.5× 119 0.2× 23 0.0× 205 0.6× 95 0.7× 128 1.0k
C. Harrison United States 18 560 0.7× 431 0.7× 145 0.3× 119 0.3× 9 0.1× 103 1.4k
Lauri Kettunen Finland 22 238 0.3× 31 0.0× 137 0.3× 176 0.5× 59 0.4× 159 1.7k
T. R. Kane United States 17 441 0.6× 171 0.3× 1.2k 2.2× 211 0.6× 12 0.1× 85 1.7k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Taylor, Stuart, et al.. (2024). Time Parametrized Motion Planning. Mathematics. 12(21). 3404–3404.
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Hu, Qinglei, Wei Chen, Lei Guo, & James D. Biggs. (2021). Adaptive Fixed-Time Attitude Tracking Control of Spacecraft With Uncertainty-Rejection Capability. IEEE Transactions on Systems Man and Cybernetics Systems. 52(7). 4634–4647. 49 indexed citations
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Vázquez, Rafael, et al.. (2021). Orbit-Attitude Predictive Control in the Vicinity of Asteroids with In Situ Gravity Estimation. Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics. 45(2). 262–279. 9 indexed citations
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Biggs, James D., et al.. (2021). Pose Regulation via the Dual Unitary Group: An Application to Spacecraft Rendezvous. IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems. 57(6). 3734–3748. 5 indexed citations
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Li, Chuanjiang, et al.. (2019). Fixed-time near-optimal control for repointing maneuvers of a spacecraft with nonlinear terminal constraints. ISA Transactions. 97. 401–414. 14 indexed citations
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Biggs, James D., et al.. (2018). Motion Planning on a Class of 6-D Lie Groups via a Covering Map. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control. 64(9). 3544–3554. 7 indexed citations
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Zhang, Jianqiao, Dong Ye, James D. Biggs, & Zhaowei Sun. (2018). Finite-time relative orbit-attitude tracking control for multi-spacecraft with collision avoidance and changing network topologies. Advances in Space Research. 63(3). 1161–1175. 46 indexed citations
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McInnes, Colin R., et al.. (2018). Orbit period modulation for relative motion using continuous low thrust in the two-body and restricted three-body problems. Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy. 130(2). 12–12. 1 indexed citations
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Biggs, James D., et al.. (2017). A semi-analytic approach to spacecraft attitude guidance. Virtual Community of Pathological Anatomy (University of Castilla La Mancha). 1231–1236. 1 indexed citations
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Biggs, James D., et al.. (2016). Near minimum-time trajectories for quadrotor UAVs in complex environments. Virtual Community of Pathological Anatomy (University of Castilla La Mancha). 6 indexed citations
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Biggs, James D., et al.. (2014). Planning natural repointing manoeuvres for nano-spacecraft. IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems. 50(3). 2129–2145. 15 indexed citations
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Biggs, James D., Karsten Danielmeier, J. Hitzbleck, et al.. (2013). Electroactive Polymers: Developments of and Perspectives for Dielectric Elastomers. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 52(36). 9409–9421. 223 indexed citations
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Biggs, James D., et al.. (2013). A new approach to the solution of free rigid body motion for attitude maneuvers. 664–669. 2 indexed citations
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Heiligers, Jeannette, Matteo Ceriotti, Colin R. McInnes, & James D. Biggs. (2012). Design of optimal transfers between North and South Pole-sitter orbits. Strathprints: The University of Strathclyde institutional repository (University of Strathclyde). 7 indexed citations
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Biggs, James D., et al.. (2011). Computationally light attitude controls for resource limited nano-spacecraft. Strathprints: The University of Strathclyde institutional repository (University of Strathclyde). 119(12). 845–50. 4 indexed citations
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Biggs, James D., et al.. (2010). Extension of low-thrust propulsion to the autonomous coplanar circular restricted four body problem with application to future trojan asteroid missions. Strathprints: The University of Strathclyde institutional repository (University of Strathclyde). 510–519. 13 indexed citations
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Biggs, James D., et al.. (2005). A search for invariant relative satellite motion. PLoS ONE. 11(12). e0169499–e0169499. 5 indexed citations
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Biggs, James D., et al.. (2001). Electrical resistivity of the upper arm and leg yields good estimates of whole body fat. Physiological Measurement. 22(2). 365–376. 21 indexed citations
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Biggs, James D., K.W. Horch, & F. J. Clark. (1999). Extrinsic muscles of the hand signal fingertip location more precisely than they signal the angles of individual finger joints. Experimental Brain Research. 125(3). 221–230. 17 indexed citations
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Williams, A., et al.. (1998). Supernova 1998A in IC 2627. International Astronomical Union Circular. 6003. 1.

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