John Verboncoeur

5.8k total citations · 3 hit papers
191 papers, 4.5k citations indexed

About

John Verboncoeur is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Aerospace Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, John Verboncoeur has authored 191 papers receiving a total of 4.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 175 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 83 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 74 papers in Aerospace Engineering. Recurrent topics in John Verboncoeur's work include Plasma Diagnostics and Applications (135 papers), Particle accelerators and beam dynamics (74 papers) and Gyrotron and Vacuum Electronics Research (51 papers). John Verboncoeur is often cited by papers focused on Plasma Diagnostics and Applications (135 papers), Particle accelerators and beam dynamics (74 papers) and Gyrotron and Vacuum Electronics Research (51 papers). John Verboncoeur collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and South Korea. John Verboncoeur's co-authors include C.K. Birdsall, Peng Zhang, N. T. Gladd, A. B. Langdon, Yangyang Fu, Sang Ki Nam, Vahid Vahedi, M. V. Alves, Yang Feng and De‐Qi Wen and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Applied Physics Letters and Journal of Applied Physics.

In The Last Decade

John Verboncoeur

174 papers receiving 4.2k citations

Hit Papers

An object-oriented electromagnetic PIC code 1993 2026 2004 2015 1995 2005 1993 100 200 300 400
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. An object-oriented electromagnetic PIC code
    1995 495 citations John Verboncoeur et al. Computer Physics Communications profile →
  2. Particle simulation of plasmas: review and advances
    2005 466 citations John Verboncoeur profile →
  3. Simultaneous Potential and Circuit Solution for 1D Bounded Plasma Particle Simulation Codes
    1993 382 citations John Verboncoeur, C.K. Birdsall 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 Verboncoeur United States 33 3.8k 2.0k 1.3k 1.0k 640 191 4.5k
Dan M. Goebel United States 44 6.1k 1.6× 1.3k 0.7× 1.7k 1.3× 1.1k 1.1× 1.2k 1.9× 278 7.4k
Igor Kaganovich United States 34 2.9k 0.8× 1.6k 0.8× 691 0.5× 536 0.5× 867 1.4× 215 3.9k
A. Neuber United States 32 2.6k 0.7× 1.7k 0.9× 1.2k 0.9× 618 0.6× 295 0.5× 379 3.8k
Ralf Peter Brinkmann Germany 32 3.1k 0.8× 1.3k 0.6× 480 0.4× 659 0.7× 1.0k 1.6× 143 3.5k
G. A. Mesyats Russia 30 1.6k 0.4× 1.7k 0.8× 364 0.3× 624 0.6× 413 0.6× 199 2.9k
Kimiya Komurasaki Japan 27 2.3k 0.6× 672 0.3× 1.0k 0.8× 393 0.4× 767 1.2× 388 3.2k
Valery Godyak United States 45 7.3k 1.9× 2.5k 1.2× 1.3k 1.0× 1.5k 1.4× 3.0k 4.7× 124 7.7k
Jean-Pierre Bœuf France 55 9.6k 2.5× 2.8k 1.4× 2.5k 1.9× 4.5k 4.5× 1.1k 1.8× 208 10.9k
J. Dickens United States 25 1.9k 0.5× 1.2k 0.6× 874 0.7× 369 0.4× 176 0.3× 352 2.8k
Rod Boswell Australia 41 5.1k 1.3× 1.6k 0.8× 1.5k 1.1× 601 0.6× 1.4k 2.1× 191 5.7k

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Fields of papers citing papers by John Verboncoeur

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of John Verboncoeur

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Iqbal, Asif, et al.. (2025). Coaxial multipactor with non-sinusoidal RF fields. Physics of Plasmas. 32(8).
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Iqbal, Asif, De‐Qi Wen, John Verboncoeur, & Peng Zhang. (2023). Recent advances in multipactor physics and mitigation. High Voltage. 8(6). 1095–1114. 23 indexed citations
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Iqbal, Asif, De‐Qi Wen, John Verboncoeur, & Peng Zhang. (2023). Two Surface Multipactor with Non-Sinusoidal RF Fields and Space Charge Effects. 29. 1–2.
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Mirmozafari, Mirhamed, Asif Iqbal, Peng Zhang, et al.. (2022). Secondary electron yield characterization of high porosity surfaces for multipactor-free microwave components. Physics of Plasmas. 29(8). 10 indexed citations
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Wen, De‐Qi, et al.. (2022). Parametric studies of stream instability-induced higher harmonics in plasma ionization breakdown near an emissive dielectric surface. Plasma Sources Science and Technology. 31(9). 95004–95004. 7 indexed citations
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Verboncoeur, John, et al.. (2022). Microgap breakdown with floating metal rod perturbations. Applied Physics Letters. 121(7). 11 indexed citations
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Wen, De‐Qi, et al.. (2021). Benchmarked and upgraded particle-in-cell simulations of a capacitive argon discharge at intermediate pressure: the role of metastable atoms. Plasma Sources Science and Technology. 30(10). 105009–105009. 36 indexed citations
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Yang, Dong, Yangyang Fu, Bocong Zheng, et al.. (2021). Similarity properties in capacitive radio frequency plasmas with nonlinear collision processes. Plasma Sources Science and Technology. 30(11). 115009–115009. 13 indexed citations
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Fu, Yangyang, Bocong Zheng, Peng Zhang, Qi Hua Fan, & John Verboncoeur. (2021). Transition characteristics and electron kinetics in microhollow cathode discharges. Journal of Applied Physics. 129(2). 16 indexed citations
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Ragan-Kelley, Benjamin, et al.. (2014). Modeling a thermionic energy converter using finite-difference time-domain particle-in-cell simulations. Physics of Plasmas. 21(2). 23510–23510. 10 indexed citations
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Johnson, Mark, et al.. (2008). OOPIC simulation of a cylindrical magnetron glow discharge. Spring Simulation Multiconference. 185–189. 1 indexed citations
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Nam, Sang Ki, et al.. (2007). Dielectric window breakdown in oxygen gas: from vacuum multipactor to collisional microwave discharge. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 49.
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Verboncoeur, John, et al.. (2004). Modeling of a MEMS Pseudospark Microthruster. APS. 46. 1 indexed citations
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Christlieb, Andrew, Robert Krasny, & John Verboncoeur. (2004). Efficient Particle Simulation of a Virtual Cathode Using a Grid-Free Treecode Poisson Solver. IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science. 32(2). 384–389. 18 indexed citations
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Verboncoeur, John. (2004). Aliasing of electromagnetic fields in stair step boundaries. Computer Physics Communications. 164(1-3). 344–352. 4 indexed citations
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Verboncoeur, John, et al.. (2003). DC Discharge Studies Using PIC-MCC. APS. 2 indexed citations
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Bruhwiler, David, John R. Cary, John Verboncoeur, et al.. (2001). Particle-in-cell simulations of plasma accelerators and electron-neutral collisions. Physical Review Special Topics - Accelerators and Beams. 4(10). 67 indexed citations
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Usui, Hideyuki, John Verboncoeur, & C.K. Birdsall. (2000). Development of 1D Object-Oriented Particle-in-Cell Code (1d-XOOPIC). IEICE Transactions on Electronics. 83(6). 989–992. 6 indexed citations
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Cartwright, Keith, P. J. Christenson, John Verboncoeur, & C.K. Birdsall. (2000). Surface wave enhanced collisionless transport in a bounded crossed-field non-neutral plasma. Physics of Plasmas. 7(5). 1740–1745. 18 indexed citations

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