John Bellardo

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
34 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

John Bellardo is a scholar working on Aerospace Engineering, Computer Networks and Communications and Astronomy and Astrophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, John Bellardo has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Aerospace Engineering, 9 papers in Computer Networks and Communications and 7 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics. Recurrent topics in John Bellardo's work include Spacecraft Design and Technology (16 papers), Space Satellite Systems and Control (7 papers) and Planetary Science and Exploration (5 papers). John Bellardo is often cited by papers focused on Spacecraft Design and Technology (16 papers), Space Satellite Systems and Control (7 papers) and Planetary Science and Exploration (5 papers). John Bellardo collaborates with scholars based in United States. John Bellardo's co-authors include Stefan Savage, Alex C. Snoeren, Geoffrey M. Voelker, Péter Benkö, Yuchung Cheng, Bruce Betts, David A. Spencer, Steve Chien, David R. Thompson and Kiri L. Wagstaff and has published in prestigious journals such as ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review, Advances in Space Research and Journal of Field Robotics.

In The Last Decade

John Bellardo

33 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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. 802.11 denial-of-service attacks: real vulnerabilities and practical solutions
    2003 435 citations John Bellardo, Stefan Savage DigitalCommons - CalPoly (California State Polytechnic University) profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
John Bellardo United States 12 831 380 226 179 118 34 1.2k
Christopher Bridges United Kingdom 14 248 0.3× 204 0.5× 510 2.3× 77 0.4× 143 1.2× 76 814
Zwi Altman France 18 758 0.9× 1.0k 2.8× 203 0.9× 77 0.4× 21 0.2× 88 1.3k
Mario Nicola Italy 14 188 0.2× 178 0.5× 264 1.2× 74 0.4× 48 0.4× 49 465
Claudio Sacchi Italy 17 707 0.9× 931 2.5× 673 3.0× 96 0.5× 29 0.2× 126 1.4k
Ali Jafarnia-Jahromi Canada 11 220 0.3× 467 1.2× 634 2.8× 191 1.1× 48 0.4× 19 822
Kanglian Zhao China 21 830 1.0× 384 1.0× 514 2.3× 48 0.3× 31 0.3× 88 1.1k
Matilde Sánchez-Fernández Spain 13 251 0.3× 646 1.7× 223 1.0× 129 0.7× 28 0.2× 55 937
Danilo Spano Luxembourg 11 589 0.7× 951 2.5× 855 3.8× 81 0.5× 23 0.2× 26 1.4k
Yujun Chen China 13 124 0.1× 166 0.4× 77 0.3× 190 1.1× 22 0.2× 58 551
Mobayode O. Akinsolu United Kingdom 17 130 0.2× 575 1.5× 659 2.9× 99 0.6× 14 0.1× 63 1.0k

Countries citing papers authored by John Bellardo

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Fields of papers citing papers by John Bellardo

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of John Bellardo

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Bellardo, John, et al.. (2023). LightSail 2 Solar Sail Control and Orbit Evolution. Aerospace. 10(7). 579–579. 10 indexed citations
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Bellardo, John, et al.. (2022). A Low Cost Star Tracker for CubeSat Missions. AIAA SCITECH 2022 Forum. 2 indexed citations
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Spencer, David A., et al.. (2020). The LightSail 2 solar sailing technology demonstration. Advances in Space Research. 67(9). 2878–2889. 93 indexed citations
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Zandbergen, Sander, et al.. (2020). Snow and water imaging spectrometer: final instrument characterization. 6–6. 2 indexed citations
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Spencer, David A., et al.. (2020). The LightSail 2 Controlled Solar Sailing Demonstration Mission. Digital Commons - USU (Utah State University). 3 indexed citations
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Bellardo, John, et al.. (2019). Damping And Vibrations Experiment (DAVE): On-Orbit Performance of a CubeSat Particle Damper. Utah State Research and Scholarship (Utah State University). 1 indexed citations
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Mouroulis, Pantazis, et al.. (2018). Snow and Water Imaging Spectrometer (SWIS): CubeSat configuration and design. 2587. 9–9. 1 indexed citations
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Spencer, David A., et al.. (2016). Testing The LightSail Program: Advancing Solar Sailing Technology Using a CubeSat Platform. 5(3). 531–550. 19 indexed citations
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Chien, Steve, David R. Thompson, Kiri L. Wagstaff, et al.. (2016). Onboard Autonomy on the Intelligent Payload Experiment CubeSat Mission. Journal of Aerospace Information Systems. 14(6). 307–315. 42 indexed citations
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Abraham, Douglas A., Alessandra Babuscia, Kamal Oudrhiri, et al.. (2015). Next-Generation Ground Network Architecture for Communications and Tracking of Interplanetary Smallsats. 1–44. 8 indexed citations
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Spencer, David A., et al.. (2015). Status of the Dual CubeSat LightSail Program. AIAA SPACE 2015 Conference and Exposition. 5 indexed citations
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Thompson, David R., Alphan Altınok, B. Bornstein, et al.. (2015). Onboard machine learning classification of images by a cubesat in Earth orbit. 1(4). 38–40. 7 indexed citations
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Chien, Steve, David R. Thompson, Kiri L. Wagstaff, et al.. (2014). Onboard Autonomy on the Intelligent Payload EXperiment (IPEX) Cubesat Mission: A pathfinder for the proposed HyspIRI Mission Intelligent Payload Module. 13 indexed citations
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Klesh, Andrew, John D. Baker, John Bellardo, et al.. (2013). INSPIRE: Interplanetary NanoSpacecraft Pathfinder in Relevant Environment. Deep Blue (University of Michigan). 42 indexed citations
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Chien, Steve, et al.. (2012). Onboard Processing and Autonomous Operations on the IPEX Cubesat. NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA). 1 indexed citations
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Bellardo, John, et al.. (2011). PolySat's Next Generation Avionics Design. DigitalCommons - CalPoly (California State Polytechnic University). 69–76. 8 indexed citations
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Cheng, Yuchung, John Bellardo, Péter Benkö, et al.. (2006). Jigsaw. ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review. 36(4). 39–50. 226 indexed citations
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Bellardo, John & Stefan Savage. (2003). 802.11 denial-of-service attacks: real vulnerabilities and practical solutions. DigitalCommons - CalPoly (California State Polytechnic University). 2–2. 435 indexed citations breakdown →
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Bellardo, John & Stefan Savage. (2002). Measuring packet reordering. DigitalCommons - CalPoly (California State Polytechnic University). 97–97. 70 indexed citations

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