Jonathan Lawton

2.9k total citations · 3 hit papers
15 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Jonathan Lawton is a scholar working on Control and Systems Engineering, Aerospace Engineering and Computer Networks and Communications. According to data from OpenAlex, Jonathan Lawton has authored 15 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Control and Systems Engineering, 6 papers in Aerospace Engineering and 5 papers in Computer Networks and Communications. Recurrent topics in Jonathan Lawton's work include Distributed Control Multi-Agent Systems (5 papers), Adaptive Control of Nonlinear Systems (3 papers) and Spacecraft Dynamics and Control (3 papers). Jonathan Lawton is often cited by papers focused on Distributed Control Multi-Agent Systems (5 papers), Adaptive Control of Nonlinear Systems (3 papers) and Spacecraft Dynamics and Control (3 papers). Jonathan Lawton collaborates with scholars based in United States. Jonathan Lawton's co-authors include Randal W. Beard, Fred Y. Hadaegh, Bobbi Young, Timothy W. McLain, Jacob H. Gunther, Wynn C. Stirling, Graham S. Collier, Aimée L. Tomlinson, Naresh Duvva and Kirk S. Schanze and has published in prestigious journals such as Automatica, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces and IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology.

In The Last Decade

Jonathan Lawton

15 papers receiving 2.1k citations

Hit Papers

A coordination architecture for spacecraft formation control 2001 2026 2009 2017 2001 2003 2002 250 500 750
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. A coordination architecture for spacecraft formation control
    2001 832 citations Randal W. Beard, Jonathan Lawton et al. IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology profile →
  2. A decentralized approach to formation maneuvers
    2003 795 citations Jonathan Lawton, Randal W. Beard et al. IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation profile →
  3. Synchronized multiple spacecraft rotations
    2002 325 citations Jonathan Lawton, Randal W. Beard Automatica profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Jonathan Lawton United States 12 1.9k 1.1k 689 507 280 15 2.2k
Abdelkader Abdessameud Canada 24 1.7k 0.9× 1.4k 1.3× 691 1.0× 274 0.5× 149 0.5× 49 2.2k
Yao Zou China 27 959 0.5× 1.3k 1.2× 793 1.2× 223 0.4× 98 0.3× 96 2.1k
Chuanjiang Li China 28 1.2k 0.6× 1.4k 1.3× 718 1.0× 77 0.2× 91 0.3× 136 2.1k
Myoung‐Chul Park South Korea 10 1.8k 1.0× 870 0.8× 491 0.7× 228 0.4× 215 0.8× 22 2.0k
Chengxi Zhang China 20 509 0.3× 862 0.8× 661 1.0× 225 0.4× 64 0.2× 142 1.5k
Juan Diego Sánchez‐Torres Mexico 23 825 0.4× 1.8k 1.7× 381 0.6× 118 0.2× 170 0.6× 104 2.4k
Sergey G. Nersesov United States 21 827 0.4× 1.5k 1.4× 179 0.3× 78 0.2× 97 0.3× 85 2.1k
Zhimin Han China 15 948 0.5× 411 0.4× 282 0.4× 91 0.2× 113 0.4× 40 1.2k
Jie Mei China 20 2.4k 1.3× 1.4k 1.3× 316 0.5× 75 0.1× 83 0.3× 89 2.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jonathan Lawton

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All Works

15 of 15 papers shown
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Wang, Xiaodan, Habtom B. Gobeze, Jonathan Lawton, et al.. (2025). Consecutive Photoinduced Electron Transfer in a Donor–Acceptor–Donor Chromophore and Corresponding Metal Organic Frameworks. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 17(22). 32260–32270. 2 indexed citations
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Lawton, Jonathan, et al.. (2023). Azomethine‐Containing Pyrrolo[3,2‐b]pyrrole Copolymers for Simple and Degradable Conjugated Polymers. Macromolecular Rapid Communications. 45(1). e2300220–e2300220. 11 indexed citations
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Lawton, Jonathan, Randal W. Beard, & Bobbi Young. (2003). A decentralized approach to formation maneuvers. IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation. 19(6). 933–941. 795 indexed citations breakdown →
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Lawton, Jonathan & Randal W. Beard. (2003). Attitude Regulation About a Fixed Rotation Axis. Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics. 26(2). 253–258. 8 indexed citations
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Young, Bobbi, Jonathan Lawton, & Randal W. Beard. (2002). Two hybrid control schemes for nonholonomic robots. 2. 1824–1829. 4 indexed citations
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Lawton, Jonathan & Randal W. Beard. (2002). Synchronized multiple spacecraft rotations. Automatica. 38(8). 1359–1364. 325 indexed citations breakdown →
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Lawton, Jonathan & Randal W. Beard. (2001). Model independent eigenaxis maneuvers using quaternion feedback. 2339–2344 vol.3. 18 indexed citations
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Beard, Randal W., Jonathan Lawton, & Fred Y. Hadaegh. (2001). A coordination architecture for spacecraft formation control. IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology. 9(6). 777–790. 832 indexed citations breakdown →
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Lawton, Jonathan, Randal W. Beard, & Fred Y. Hadaegh. (2000). Elementary attitude formation maneuvers via leader-following and behavior-based control. AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference and Exhibit. 30 indexed citations
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Lawton, Jonathan. (2000). A behavior-based approach to multiple spacecraft formation flying. 19 indexed citations
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Beard, Randal W., Jonathan Lawton, & Fred Y. Hadaegh. (2000). A feedback architecture for formation control. 4087–4091 vol.6. 100 indexed citations
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Lawton, Jonathan, Randal W. Beard, & Timothy W. McLain. (1999). Successive Galerkin approximation of nonlinear optimal attitude. 4373–4377 vol.6. 21 indexed citations
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Beard, Randal W., et al.. (1999). Nonlinear Projection Filter Based on Galerkin Approximation. Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics. 22(2). 258–266. 23 indexed citations
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Lawton, Jonathan, Randal W. Beard, & Fred Y. Hadaegh. (1999). An adaptive control approach to satellite formation flying with relative distance constraints. 1545–1549 vol.3. 19 indexed citations
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Lawton, Jonathan & Randal W. Beard. (1998). Numerically efficient approximations to the Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman equation. 2. 195–199 vol.1. 15 indexed citations

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