John E. Foster

5.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
168 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

John E. Foster is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and Aerospace Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, John E. Foster has authored 168 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 132 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 61 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and 27 papers in Aerospace Engineering. Recurrent topics in John E. Foster's work include Plasma Diagnostics and Applications (113 papers), Electrohydrodynamics and Fluid Dynamics (75 papers) and Plasma Applications and Diagnostics (61 papers). John E. Foster is often cited by papers focused on Plasma Diagnostics and Applications (113 papers), Electrohydrodynamics and Fluid Dynamics (75 papers) and Plasma Applications and Diagnostics (61 papers). John E. Foster collaborates with scholars based in United States, Spain and Netherlands. John E. Foster's co-authors include Bradley Sommers, Isaiah Blankson, Mark J. Kushner, M. C. Garcı́a, Michael Patterson, Juliusz Kruszelnicki, Grigory Adamovsky, Michael J. Patterson, Brandon Weatherford and Michael Patterson and has published in prestigious journals such as Applied Physics Letters, Journal of Applied Physics and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

John E. Foster

156 papers receiving 2.9k citations

Hit Papers

Memory in the Cerebral Cortex 1996 2026 2006 2016 1996 2017 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. Memory in the Cerebral Cortex
    1996 504 citations John E. Foster profile →
  2. Plasma-based water purification: Challenges and prospects for the future
    2017 322 citations John E. Foster Physics of Plasmas 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 E. Foster United States 25 1.8k 1.3k 428 362 291 168 3.0k
Hideya Nishiyama Japan 21 586 0.3× 368 0.3× 67 0.2× 370 1.0× 364 1.3× 256 2.0k
Markus Zahn United States 44 4.0k 2.2× 286 0.2× 487 1.1× 2.5k 7.0× 89 0.3× 240 6.9k
Jan Benedikt Germany 39 2.2k 1.2× 2.2k 1.7× 21 0.0× 1.1k 3.0× 112 0.4× 143 4.2k
Tomoyuki Yamamoto Japan 35 802 0.4× 176 0.1× 80 0.2× 1.5k 4.1× 88 0.3× 207 3.7k
Yoshihiro Kuroda Japan 33 437 0.2× 140 0.1× 277 0.6× 247 0.7× 26 0.1× 290 3.6k
Eldwin J. Ng United States 27 2.3k 1.3× 188 0.1× 125 0.3× 454 1.3× 76 0.3× 116 4.1k
Frank Scheffold Switzerland 39 462 0.3× 471 0.4× 88 0.2× 1.3k 3.6× 45 0.2× 139 4.3k
Zhiming Zhang China 34 470 0.3× 267 0.2× 142 0.3× 906 2.5× 445 1.5× 228 3.9k
Ping Jiang China 29 1.1k 0.6× 47 0.0× 219 0.5× 628 1.7× 137 0.5× 268 3.4k
Hu Wang China 26 907 0.5× 87 0.1× 230 0.5× 960 2.7× 96 0.3× 161 2.8k

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Fields of papers citing papers by John E. Foster

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of John E. Foster

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All Works

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Foster, John E., et al.. (2024). Microwave-based CO 2 desorption for enhanced direct air capture: experimental validation and techno-economic perspectives. Environmental Research Letters. 19(3). 34002–34002. 12 indexed citations
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Gershman, Sophia, et al.. (2023). Evidence of plasma‐driven decomposition of common plastics exposed to an atmospheric nonthermal discharge. Plasma Processes and Polymers. 21(5). 2 indexed citations
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Wang, ‪Zhehui, et al.. (2022). On the nature of droplet production in DC glows with a liquid anode: mechanisms and potential applications. Plasma Sources Science and Technology. 31(11). 115008–115008. 1 indexed citations
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Olson, Terese M., et al.. (2021). An investigation of plasma-driven decomposition of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in raw contaminated ground water. Journal of Applied Physics. 130(5). 33 indexed citations
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Kruszelnicki, Juliusz, et al.. (2020). Interactions between atmospheric pressure plasmas and metallic catalyst particles in packed bed reactors. Journal of Physics D Applied Physics. 54(10). 104001–104001. 36 indexed citations
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Garcı́a, M. C., et al.. (2020). The variation in self-organized anode plasma pattern structure with solution electrolyte type in 1 atm DC glow discharge. Plasma Sources Science and Technology. 30(1). 15007–15007. 21 indexed citations
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Ning, Wenjun, et al.. (2020). Propagation of positive discharges in an air bubble having an embedded water droplet. Plasma Sources Science and Technology. 30(1). 15005–15005. 32 indexed citations
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Foster, John E., et al.. (2019). Experimental observation of interfacial oscillations and self-organization derived from streamer-driven mechanical perturbation of a gas–liquid boundary. Plasma Sources Science and Technology. 28(12). 125003–125003. 6 indexed citations
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Gallimore, Alec D., et al.. (2019). Enhanced method for analyzing Langmuir probe data and characterizing the Electron Energy Distribution Function (EEDF). Physics of Plasmas. 26(6). 3 indexed citations
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Foster, John E., et al.. (2019). Time-resolved imaging of streamer formation inside gaseous bubbles in liquids. Journal of Physics D Applied Physics. 53(2). 25206–25206. 18 indexed citations
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Foster, John E.. (2016). Towards Plasma-Based Water Purification: Challenges and Prospects for the Future. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 2016. 1 indexed citations
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Foster, John E., et al.. (2016). An Investigation of the Role of Near-Anode Plasma Conditions on Anode Spot Self-Organization in Atmospheric Pressure DC Glows. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 1 indexed citations
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Sommers, Bradley, et al.. (2013). Breakdown Voltage Scaling in Gas Bubbles Immersed in Liquid Water. Bulletin of the American Physical Society.
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Sommers, Bradley & John E. Foster. (2012). Plasma formation inside deformed gas bubbles submerged in water. APS. 1 indexed citations
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Garcı́a, M. C., et al.. (2012). Time Resolved Spectroscopy: Dynamic Study of a Dielectric Barrier Discharge Plasma. 1 indexed citations
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Foster, John E.. (2009). Characterization of DBD Plasma Jet. APS.
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Foster, John E. & Michael J. Patterson. (2002). Microwave ECR Ion Thruster Development Activities at NASA Glenn Research Center. NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA). 2. 94340. 2 indexed citations
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Foster, John E. & Michael Patterson. (2002). Plasma Emission Characteristics From a High Current Hollow Cathode in an Ion Thruster Discharge Chamber. NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA). 3. 686. 18 indexed citations

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