Kathryn Johnson

4.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
92 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

About

Kathryn Johnson is a scholar working on Aerospace Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Control and Systems Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Kathryn Johnson has authored 92 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 59 papers in Aerospace Engineering, 48 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 24 papers in Control and Systems Engineering. Recurrent topics in Kathryn Johnson's work include Wind Energy Research and Development (57 papers), Wind Turbine Control Systems (40 papers) and Wind and Air Flow Studies (13 papers). Kathryn Johnson is often cited by papers focused on Wind Energy Research and Development (57 papers), Wind Turbine Control Systems (40 papers) and Wind and Air Flow Studies (13 papers). Kathryn Johnson collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and Denmark. Kathryn Johnson's co-authors include Lucy Y. Pao, Paul Fleming, Matthew Churchfield, Alan Wright, Pieter Gebraad, John Michalakes, Patrick Moriarty, Jan‐Willem van Wingerden, Philippe R. Spalart and Sang Lee and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Applied Energy and International Journal of Hydrogen Energy.

In The Last Decade

Kathryn Johnson

89 papers receiving 3.3k citations

Hit Papers

Evaluating techniques for redirecting turbine wakes using... 2011 2026 2016 2021 2014 2011 100 200 300
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. Evaluating techniques for redirecting turbine wakes using SOWFA
    2014 354 citations Paul Fleming, Kathryn Johnson et al. profile →
  2. Control of Wind Turbines
    2011 320 citations Lucy Y. Pao, Kathryn Johnson profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Kathryn Johnson United States 28 2.4k 1.9k 1.2k 729 618 92 3.4k
Baowei Song China 28 574 0.2× 859 0.5× 298 0.3× 220 0.3× 435 0.7× 136 2.6k
Dongran Song China 30 961 0.4× 1.8k 0.9× 1.0k 0.9× 229 0.3× 106 0.2× 122 2.6k
Alasdair McDonald United Kingdom 27 687 0.3× 1.5k 0.8× 1.4k 1.2× 143 0.2× 195 0.3× 114 2.9k
Alan Wright United States 30 1.9k 0.8× 1.4k 0.7× 1.2k 1.0× 450 0.6× 557 0.9× 124 3.1k
Pier Ruggero Spina Italy 27 865 0.4× 716 0.4× 413 0.3× 131 0.2× 531 0.9× 163 2.8k
William Leithead United Kingdom 22 602 0.3× 1.1k 0.6× 1.0k 0.9× 115 0.2× 108 0.2× 107 1.8k
Ekaitz Zulueta Spain 22 505 0.2× 500 0.3× 225 0.2× 119 0.2× 348 0.6× 132 1.5k
Richard Bucknall United Kingdom 29 450 0.2× 526 0.3× 372 0.3× 549 0.8× 98 0.2× 98 2.9k
Mohsen Soltani Denmark 28 1.1k 0.5× 2.0k 1.1× 1.4k 1.2× 183 0.3× 104 0.2× 159 2.9k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kathryn Johnson

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kathryn Johnson

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Kathryn Johnson. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Kathryn Johnson 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 Kathryn Johnson. Kathryn Johnson is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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King, Jennifer, et al.. (2025). Hydrogen storage minimization under industrial flexibility constraints: A techno-economic analysis of off-grid green ammonia production. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 111. 12–21. 4 indexed citations
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Johnson, Kathryn, et al.. (2024). The Development of Sociotechnical Thinking in Engineering Undergraduates. Papers on Engineering Education Repository (American Society for Engineering Education). 4 indexed citations
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Claussen, Stephanie, et al.. (2024). Exploring the Nexus Between Student's Perceptions of Sociotechnical Thinking and Construction of their Engineering Identities. 2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access Proceedings. 7 indexed citations
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Blacklock, Jenifer, et al.. (2024). Faculty Interpretations of Sociotechnical Thinking in their Classrooms: Techniques for Integration. 2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access Proceedings. 3 indexed citations
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Claussen, Stephanie, et al.. (2023). “Not an Engineer Yet”: Manifestations of Liminal Engineering Identities. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(2). 95–121. 1 indexed citations
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Johnson, Kathryn, et al.. (2022). Control of a Floating Wind Turbine on a Novel Actuated Platform. 2022 American Control Conference (ACC). 3532–3537. 12 indexed citations
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Johnson, Kathryn, et al.. (2022). Buoyancy can ballast control for increased power generation of a floating offshore wind turbine with a light-weight semi-submersible platform. Applied Energy. 330. 120287–120287. 18 indexed citations
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Claussen, Stephanie, et al.. (2020). Pain and Gain: Barriers and Opportunities for Integrating Sociotechnical Thinking into Diverse Engineering Courses. Papers on Engineering Education Repository (American Society for Engineering Education). 16 indexed citations
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Loth, Eric, Rick Damiani, Scott Hughes, et al.. (2020). Gravo‐aeroelastic scaling of a 13‐MW downwind rotor for 20% scale blades. Wind Energy. 24(3). 229–245. 9 indexed citations
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Bay, Christopher J., Jennifer Annoni, Luis A. Martínez‐Tossas, Lucy Y. Pao, & Kathryn Johnson. (2019). Flow Control Leveraging Downwind Rotors for Improved Wind Power Plant Operation. 2843–2848. 19 indexed citations
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Annoni, Jennifer, Christopher J. Bay, Kathryn Johnson, et al.. (2019). Wind direction estimation using SCADA data with consensus-based optimization. Wind energy science. 4(2). 355–368. 37 indexed citations
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Zalkind, Daniel, Mayank Chetan, Christopher J. Bay, et al.. (2019). System-level design studies for large rotors. Wind energy science. 4(4). 595–618. 27 indexed citations
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Annoni, Jennifer, Christopher J. Bay, Kathryn Johnson, et al.. (2018). A Framework for Autonomous Wind Farms: Wind Direction Consensus. 4 indexed citations
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Annoni, Jennifer, et al.. (2018). Efficient Optimization of Large Wind Farms for Real-Time Control. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). 6200–6205. 40 indexed citations
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Johnson, Kathryn, et al.. (2015). Social Justice in Control Systems Engineering. 26.1378.1–26.1378.20. 15 indexed citations
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Aho, Jacob, Andrew Buckspan, Jason Laks, et al.. (2012). Tutorial of Wind Turbine Control for Supporting Grid Frequency through Active Power Control: Preprint. University of North Texas Digital Library (University of North Texas). 15 indexed citations
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Johnson, Kathryn, Lee Jay Fingersh, Lucy Y. Pao, & Mark J. Balas. (2005). Adaptive Torque Control of Variable Speed Wind Turbines for Increased Region 2 Energy Capture. 43rd AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit. 7 indexed citations

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