José Braga

912 total citations · 1 hit paper
19 papers, 719 citations indexed

About

José Braga is a scholar working on Computer Networks and Communications, Ocean Engineering and Control and Systems Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, José Braga has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 719 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Computer Networks and Communications, 10 papers in Ocean Engineering and 8 papers in Control and Systems Engineering. Recurrent topics in José Braga's work include Underwater Vehicles and Communication Systems (9 papers), Adaptive Control of Nonlinear Systems (5 papers) and Maritime Navigation and Safety (4 papers). José Braga is often cited by papers focused on Underwater Vehicles and Communication Systems (9 papers), Adaptive Control of Nonlinear Systems (5 papers) and Maritime Navigation and Safety (4 papers). José Braga collaborates with scholars based in Portugal, Spain and Belgium. José Braga's co-authors include Pedro Calado, Antonio E. Jimenez-Cano, Guillermo Heredia, Kristin Y. Pettersen, Walter Caharija, Asgeir J. Sørensen, Jan Tommy Gravdahl, Marco Bibuli, Enrica Zereik and Gabriele Bruzzone and has published in prestigious journals such as Marine Pollution Bulletin, IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology and Autonomous Robots.

In The Last Decade

José Braga

18 papers receiving 701 citations

Hit Papers

Integral Line-of-Sight Guidance and Control of Underactua... 2016 2026 2019 2022 2016 50 100 150 200 250
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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. Integral Line-of-Sight Guidance and Control of Underactuated Marine Vehicles: Theory, Simulations, and Experiments
    2016 268 citations Walter Caharija, Kristin Y. Pettersen et al. IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology profile →

Peers

José Braga
Enrica Zereik Italy
Yulei Liao China
Giacomo Marani United States
Junku Yuh United States
Juan David Hernández Spain
Walter Caharija Norway
Đula Nađ Croatia
Rosmiwati Mohd‐Mokhtar Malaysia
Yongsheng Zhao China
Andrew Lammas Australia
Enrica Zereik Italy
José Braga
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Co-authorship network of co-authors of José Braga

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of José Braga. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of José Braga based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with José Braga. José Braga is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

19 of 19 papers shown
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Braga, José, et al.. (2019). Experimental Verification of a Coordinated Path-Following Strategy for Underactuated Marine Vehicles. Frontiers in Robotics and AI. 6. 35–35. 4 indexed citations
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Braga, José, et al.. (2017). Coordinated efficient buoys data collection in large complex coastal environments using UAVs. 8 indexed citations
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Sundar, Kaarthik, et al.. (2017). Adaptive Position Estimation for Vehicles using Range Measurements. IFAC-PapersOnLine. 50(1). 1145–1150.
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Pinto, José, et al.. (2017). Network enabled cooperation of autonomous vehicles: A communications perspective. OCEANS 2017 - Aberdeen. abs 907 929. 1–6. 1 indexed citations
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Dooly, Gerard, Edin Omerdić, Joseph Coleman, et al.. (2016). Unmanned vehicles for maritime spill response case study: Exercise Cathach. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 110(1). 528–538. 16 indexed citations
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Caharija, Walter, Kristin Y. Pettersen, Marco Bibuli, et al.. (2016). Integral Line-of-Sight Guidance and Control of Underactuated Marine Vehicles: Theory, Simulations, and Experiments. IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology. 24(5). 1623–1642. 268 indexed citations breakdown →
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Caharija, Walter, Kristin Y. Pettersen, Pedro Calado, & José Braga. (2015). A Comparison Between the ILOS Guidance and the Vector Field Guidance. IFAC-PapersOnLine. 48(16). 89–94. 24 indexed citations
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Dooly, Gerard, Edin Omerdić, Joseph Coleman, et al.. (2015). UUV's in Maritime Spill Response Exercise Cathach. IFAC-PapersOnLine. 48(2). 88–93. 2 indexed citations
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Kapoutsis, Athanasios Ch., Georgios Salavasidis, Savvas A. Chatzichristofis, et al.. (2015). The NOPTILUS project overview: A fully-autonomous navigation system of teams of AUVs for static/dynamic underwater map construction★. IFAC-PapersOnLine. 48(2). 231–237. 5 indexed citations
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Braga, José, Pedro Calado, & João Borges de Sousa. (2015). An Inside Perspective on LAUV Control and Localization Layers★. IFAC-PapersOnLine. 48(2). 143–148. 1 indexed citations
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Jimenez-Cano, Antonio E., José Braga, Guillermo Heredia, & Anı́bal Ollero. (2015). Aerial manipulator for structure inspection by contact from the underside. 1879–1884. 86 indexed citations
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Kapoutsis, Athanasios Ch., Savvas A. Chatzichristofis, Lefteris Doitsidis, et al.. (2015). Real-time adaptive multi-robot exploration with application to underwater map construction. Autonomous Robots. 40(6). 987–1015. 44 indexed citations
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Heredia, Guillermo, Antonio E. Jimenez-Cano, Victor M. Vega, et al.. (2014). Control of a multirotor outdoor aerial manipulator. 3417–3422. 165 indexed citations
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Sousa, A., José Braga, Pedro Calado, et al.. (2013). The light autonomous underwater vehicle: Evolutions and networking. 1–6. 31 indexed citations
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Pinto, José, Pedro Calado, José Braga, et al.. (2012). Implementation of a Control Architecture for Networked Vehicle Systems. IFAC Proceedings Volumes. 45(5). 100–105. 38 indexed citations
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Braga, José, A. J. Healey, & João Borges de Sousa. (2012). Navigation Scheme for the LSTS SEACON Vehicles: Theory and Application. IFAC Proceedings Volumes. 45(5). 69–75. 7 indexed citations

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