John F. Mustard

37.4k total citations · 12 hit papers
271 papers, 23.2k citations indexed

About

John F. Mustard is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Ecology and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, John F. Mustard has authored 271 papers receiving a total of 23.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 187 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 54 papers in Ecology and 53 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in John F. Mustard's work include Planetary Science and Exploration (186 papers), Astro and Planetary Science (118 papers) and Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping (53 papers). John F. Mustard is often cited by papers focused on Planetary Science and Exploration (186 papers), Astro and Planetary Science (118 papers) and Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping (53 papers). John F. Mustard collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Canada. John F. Mustard's co-authors include N. Keshava, S. L. Murchie, R. E. Milliken, B. L. Ehlmann, J. W. Head, F. Poulet, Bethany A. Bradley, C. M. Pieters, Jean‐Pierre Bibring and Jeremy Fisher and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

John F. Mustard

266 papers receiving 22.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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. Spectral unmixing
    2002 1.7k citations John F. Mustard et al. profile →
  2. Spectral unmixing
    2002 1.1k citations John F. Mustard et al. profile →
  3. Sulfates in Martian Layered Terrains: The OMEGA/Mars Express View
    2005 772 citations Y. Langevin, B. Gondet et al. Science profile →
  4. Phyllosilicates on Mars and implications for early martian climate
    2005 701 citations F. Poulet, John F. Mustard et al. profile →
  5. Subsurface water and clay mineral formation during the early history of Mars
    2011 609 citations B. L. Ehlmann, John F. Mustard et al. profile →
  6. Recent ice ages on Mars
    2003 560 citations J. W. Head, John F. Mustard et al. profile →
  7. Identification of hydrated silicate minerals on Mars using MRO‐CRISM: Geologic context near Nili Fossae and implications for aqueous alteration
    2009 538 citations B. L. Ehlmann, John F. Mustard et al. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres profile →
  8. Orbital Identification of Carbonate-Bearing Rocks on Mars
    2008 491 citations B. L. Ehlmann, John F. Mustard et al. Science profile →
  9. A synthesis of Martian aqueous mineralogy after 1 Mars year of observations from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
    2009 457 citations S. L. Murchie, John F. Mustard et al. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres profile →
  10. Solar‐induced chlorophyll fluorescence that correlates with canopy photosynthesis on diurnal and seasonal scales in a temperate deciduous forest
    2015 448 citations John F. Mustard et al. profile →
  11. Evidence for recent climate change on Mars from the identification of youthful near-surface ground ice
    2001 428 citations John F. Mustard, Christopher D. Cooper et al. profile →
  12. Revised CRISM spectral parameters and summary products based on the currently detected mineral diversity on Mars
    2014 298 citations F. P. Seelos, S. L. Murchie et al. 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 F. Mustard United States 80 13.9k 5.7k 5.5k 3.4k 3.1k 271 23.2k
R. N. Clark United States 74 12.1k 0.9× 4.5k 0.8× 3.3k 0.6× 1.5k 0.4× 2.8k 0.9× 397 20.3k
P. R. Christensen United States 76 16.9k 1.2× 4.2k 0.7× 1.5k 0.3× 1.0k 0.3× 356 0.1× 499 19.2k
J. B. Adams United States 55 4.1k 0.3× 2.1k 0.4× 3.8k 0.7× 2.1k 0.6× 1.7k 0.6× 192 11.1k
Gregg A. Swayze United States 40 4.0k 0.3× 1.5k 0.3× 1.1k 0.2× 880 0.3× 2.3k 0.7× 122 9.6k
C. M. Pieters United States 72 15.9k 1.1× 3.0k 0.5× 3.8k 0.7× 385 0.1× 500 0.2× 613 17.9k
R. E. Arvidson United States 74 15.0k 1.1× 4.6k 0.8× 1.1k 0.2× 484 0.1× 267 0.1× 555 18.1k
Jan‐Peter Müller United Kingdom 49 1.6k 0.1× 4.0k 0.7× 1.8k 0.3× 3.8k 1.1× 488 0.2× 413 12.5k
Alan R. Gillespie United States 47 645 0.0× 3.6k 0.6× 1.9k 0.3× 1.7k 0.5× 1.6k 0.5× 142 8.4k
R. V. Morris United States 70 12.9k 0.9× 3.0k 0.5× 1.5k 0.3× 251 0.1× 136 0.0× 538 16.0k
Robert E. Dickinson United States 90 4.3k 0.3× 13.7k 2.4× 4.3k 0.8× 18.7k 5.6× 243 0.1× 325 28.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of John F. Mustard

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Tarnas, Jesse, John F. Mustard, Barbara Sherwood Lollar, et al.. (2021). Earth-like Habitable Environments in the Subsurface of Mars. Astrobiology. 21(6). 741–756. 34 indexed citations
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Wu, Xing, Xia Zhang, John F. Mustard, et al.. (2021). Joint Hapke Model and Spatial Adaptive Sparse Representation with Iterative Background Purification for Martian Serpentine Detection. Remote Sensing. 13(3). 500–500. 7 indexed citations
3.
Mustard, John F., et al.. (2020). Olivine Spectra Largely Unaffected by Glass or Lunar-Like Space Weathering in the "Cross-Over" Region. LPI. 2197. 1 indexed citations
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Bramble, M. S., et al.. (2018). Origin and Emplacement of the Circum-Isidis Olivine-Rich Unit. Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. 1545. 4 indexed citations
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Mustard, John F., K. L. Donaldson Hanna, S. M. Wiseman, & C. M. Pieters. (2012). Visible-Near Infrared and Morphologic Character of High Silica Areas Identified by Diviner in the Aristarchus Crater: Association with Impact Melt. LPI. 2246. 1 indexed citations
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Besse, S., J. M. Sunshine, M. Staid, et al.. (2011). Compositional variability of the Marius Hills volcanic complex from the Moon Mineralogy Mapper (M3). Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 116. 58 indexed citations
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Parente, M., John F. Mustard, S. L. Murchie, & F. P. Seelos. (2011). Summarizing the Spectral Variability of CRISM Images with Endmember Extraction. Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. 2622. 1 indexed citations
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Skok, J. R., John F. Mustard, B. L. Ehlmann, R. E. Milliken, & S. L. Murchie. (2009). Silica Deposits in the Nili Patera Volcanic Caldera, Syrtis Major, Mars. AGUFM. 2009. 1 indexed citations
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Swayze, Gregg A., B. L. Ehlmann, R. E. Milliken, et al.. (2008). Discovery of the Acid-Sulfate Mineral Alunite in Terra Sirenum, Mars, Using MRO CRISM: Possible Evidence for Acid-Saline Lacustrine Deposits?. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2008. 36 indexed citations
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Milliken, R. E. & John F. Mustard. (2006). Estimating Absolute H2O Content of Low-Albedo Materials Using Reflectance Spectroscopy. 37th Annual Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. 1954. 1 indexed citations
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Bradley, Bethany A., R. A. Houghton, John F. Mustard, & Steven P. Hamburg. (2006). Invasive grass reduces aboveground carbon stocks in shrublands of the Western US. Global Change Biology. 12(10). 1815–1822. 148 indexed citations
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Arvidson, R. E., David C. Fernández‐Remolar, Ricardo Amils, et al.. (2006). Identification of Hydrated Sulfates Collected in the Northern Rio Tinto Valley by Reflectance and Raman Spectroscopy. 37th Annual Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. 1941. 4 indexed citations
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Milliken, R. E., John F. Mustard, F. Poulet, J. P. Bibring, & Y. Langevin. (2005). Estimating the Absolute Water Content of Arabia Terra Using Mars Express OMEGA Data. AGUFM. 2005. 3 indexed citations
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Mustard, John F.. (2003). First Look at the Thermophysical Properties of the Dissected Mantle. Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. 2005. 1 indexed citations
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Kirkland, L. E., et al.. (2002). Mars Infrared Spectroscopy: From Theory and the Laboratory To Field Observations. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2002. 1 indexed citations
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Mustard, John F., et al.. (2001). Improved Mapping of the Lunar Surface Using a Multiple Endmember Mixture Model. Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. 2052. 1 indexed citations
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Mustard, John F., et al.. (1997). The Importance of Nonlinear Mixture Modeling for Analysis of Lunar Multispectral Data. LPI. 995. 1 indexed citations
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Cooper, Christopher D. & John F. Mustard. (1997). Fine particle spectra of palagonite and smectite in the mid-infrared. 29. 1 indexed citations
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Mustard, John F. & J. M. Sunshine. (1995). Seeing Through the Dust: Martian Crustal Heterogeneity and Links to the SNC Meteorites. Science. 267(5204). 1623–1626. 92 indexed citations
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Pieters, C. M., et al.. (1993). Visible-infrared properties of controlled laboratory soils. Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. 1147. 7 indexed citations

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