John Wesson

1.3k total citations
39 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

John Wesson is a scholar working on Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, John Wesson has authored 39 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics, 14 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics and 9 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in John Wesson's work include Magnetic confinement fusion research (23 papers), Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics (9 papers) and Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics (8 papers). John Wesson is often cited by papers focused on Magnetic confinement fusion research (23 papers), Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics (9 papers) and Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics (8 papers). John Wesson collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Germany. John Wesson's co-authors include A. Sykes, F. A. Haas, M. Turner, J. B. Taylor, Amiya K. Sen, S. J. Cox, Harry R. Lewis, J. P. Freidberg, T. C. Hender and M. R. Perrone and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Physics Today and Journal of Computational Physics.

In The Last Decade

John Wesson

37 papers receiving 937 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
John Wesson United Kingdom	17	882	649	188	137	133	39	1.0k
B. V. Waddell United States	13	1.3k 1.5×	1.0k 1.6×	219 1.2×	143 1.0×	136 1.0×	18	1.3k
A. Samain France	21	1.0k 1.2×	624 1.0×	106 0.6×	140 1.0×	278 2.1×	60	1.1k
W. I. van Rij United States	9	1.0k 1.2×	641 1.0×	236 1.3×	196 1.4×	200 1.5×	24	1.1k
D. M. Meade United States	14	761 0.9×	401 0.6×	116 0.6×	172 1.3×	248 1.9×	40	907
E.C. Crume United States	11	1.3k 1.5×	832 1.3×	233 1.2×	189 1.4×	375 2.8×	23	1.4k
F. A. Haas United Kingdom	18	704 0.8×	497 0.8×	119 0.6×	101 0.7×	100 0.8×	73	961
J. Schivell United States	19	941 1.1×	329 0.5×	135 0.7×	166 1.2×	369 2.8×	55	1.1k
F. C. Jobes United States	11	752 0.9×	541 0.8×	55 0.3×	155 1.1×	145 1.1×	20	891
A. W. Edwards United Kingdom	18	1.2k 1.3×	579 0.9×	254 1.4×	135 1.0×	383 2.9×	30	1.3k
R. Lehmer United States	19	936 1.1×	508 0.8×	141 0.8×	123 0.9×	495 3.7×	30	1.1k

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Wesson, John. (2014). Better approximations. Physics World. 27(5). 25–25.

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Wesson, John. (2008). The Science of Golf. 2 indexed citations

3.

Wesson, John, D. Campbell, & J. W. Connor. (1997). Tokamaks. 2. ed.. 4 indexed citations

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Wesson, John. (1993). Energy balance in tearing modes. Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion. 35(1). 1–15. 3 indexed citations

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Hastie, R. J., A. Sykes, M. Turner, & John Wesson. (1977). Stabilization of tearing modes in tokamaks. Nuclear Fusion. 17(3). 515–522. 16 indexed citations

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Gowers, C., D.C. Robinson, A. Sykes, et al.. (1977). An experimental, 3-D numerical and analytical study of reversed-field pinches /RFP/. 1. 429–443. 1 indexed citations

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Wesson, John. (1976). Non-linear behaviour of hydromagnetic instabilities. Computer Physics Communications. 12(1). 53–65. 2 indexed citations

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Sykes, A. & John Wesson. (1976). Relaxation Instability in Tokamaks. Physical Review Letters. 37(3). 140–143. 99 indexed citations

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Wesson, John & A. Sykes. (1975). Toroidal calculations of tokamak stability. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). 2 indexed citations

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Sykes, A. & John Wesson. (1974). Two-dimensional calculation of tokamak stability. Nuclear Fusion. 14(5). 645–648. 27 indexed citations

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Lewis, Harry R., A. Sykes, & John Wesson. (1972). A comparison of some particle-in-cell plasma simulation methods. Journal of Computational Physics. 10(1). 85–106. 22 indexed citations

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Wesson, John. (1972). On the Distribution of Personal Incomes. The Review of Economic Studies. 39(1). 77–77. 18 indexed citations

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Bodin, H.A.B., A.A. Newton, G.H. Wolf, & John Wesson. (1970). Stability of a Bulged Theta Pinch. The Physics of Fluids. 13(11). 2735–2746. 8 indexed citations

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Freidberg, J. P. & John Wesson. (1970). Ion Drift Wave Instability. The Physics of Fluids. 13(4). 1009–1016. 5 indexed citations

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Freidberg, J. P. & John Wesson. (1970). Instability of the m = 1 Mode of a Rotating θ Pinch. The Physics of Fluids. 13(4). 1117–1118. 16 indexed citations

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Wesson, John. (1970). Dynamic Stabilization and the Rayleigh-Taylor Instability. The Physics of Fluids. 13(3). 761–766. 10 indexed citations

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Bodin, H.A.B., A.A. Newton, G.H. Wolf, & John Wesson. (1969). The Stability of a Bulged Region in the Midplane of a Long Theta-Pinch. MPG.PuRe (Max Planck Society). 1 indexed citations

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Haas, F. A. & John Wesson. (1967). Dynamic Stabilization of the Theta Pinch. Physical Review Letters. 19(15). 833–835. 12 indexed citations

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Wesson, John. (1963). Drift Instabilities in Cylindrical Discharges. The Physics of Fluids. 6(12). 1769–1771. 1 indexed citations

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Wesson, John. (1962). Field diffusion in cylindrical plasmas. Journal of Nuclear Energy Part C Plasma Physics Accelerators Thermonuclear Research. 4(3). 175–179. 3 indexed citations

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