Les Johnson

2.9k total citations
135 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Les Johnson is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Aerospace Engineering and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Les Johnson has authored 135 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 95 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 90 papers in Aerospace Engineering and 17 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Les Johnson's work include Astro and Planetary Science (80 papers), Planetary Science and Exploration (44 papers) and Space Satellite Systems and Control (43 papers). Les Johnson is often cited by papers focused on Astro and Planetary Science (80 papers), Planetary Science and Exploration (44 papers) and Space Satellite Systems and Control (43 papers). Les Johnson collaborates with scholars based in United States, Spain and United Kingdom. Les Johnson's co-authors include Edward Montgomery, Greg Laue, Andy Heaton, Robin Pinson, Charles Adams, Mark Whorton, Enrico Lorenzini, David A. Spencer, Julie Castillo‐Rogez and Brian Gilchrist and has published in prestigious journals such as Scientific Reports, Applied Surface Science and Journal of Applied Polymer Science.

In The Last Decade

Les Johnson

121 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Les Johnson United States	24	1.0k	817	263	191	179	135	2.0k
Bruce Cameron United States	20	1.2k 1.1×	159 0.2×	554 2.1×	169 0.9×	16 0.1×	90	2.1k
Sven G. Bilén United States	21	446 0.4×	236 0.3×	567 2.2×	51 0.3×	43 0.2×	184	1.9k
William Liu New Zealand	21	174 0.2×	67 0.1×	1.0k 3.8×	34 0.2×	44 0.2×	136	2.2k
Ian Glover United Kingdom	24	279 0.3×	195 0.2×	1.6k 6.0×	8 0.0×	102 0.6×	186	2.4k
Peter Roberts United Kingdom	19	309 0.3×	250 0.3×	86 0.3×	17 0.1×	109 0.6×	89	1.0k
Richard C. Dorf United States	20	109 0.1×	11 0.0×	371 1.4×	135 0.7×	62 0.3×	74	2.2k
Young Kwark United States	30	267 0.3×	50 0.1×	2.6k 9.8×	10 0.1×	26 0.1×	130	3.5k
A. Chakrabarti India	16	58 0.1×	58 0.1×	532 2.0×	72 0.4×	42 0.2×	101	1.1k
David Henry France	28	217 0.2×	37 0.0×	893 3.4×	5 0.0×	80 0.4×	198	2.9k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Johnson, Les. (2024). Solar Sail Propulsion - Ready for Mission Implementation. 633–637.

Akhavan‐Tafti, Mojtaba, Les Johnson, Rohan Sood, et al.. (2023). Space weather investigation Frontier (SWIFT). Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences. 10. 7 indexed citations

Johnson, Les, et al.. (2023). Breakthrough Sun Diving: The Rectilinear Option. Journal of the British Interplanetary Society. 76(8). 283–287. 3 indexed citations

Loto'aniu, P. T. M., Les Johnson, R. A. Steenburgh, et al.. (2023). Solar Sail Missions for Sub-L1 Sampling of the Interplanetary Magnetic Field and Plasma on the Sun-Earth Line. 1 indexed citations

Johnson, Les, et al.. (2019). Near Earth Asteroid Scout: Exploring Asteroid 1991VG Using A Smallsat. 5 indexed citations

Soleymani, Sina, et al.. (2018). Strong Solar Radiation Forces from Anomalously Reflecting Metasurfaces for Solar Sail Attitude Control. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 10026–10026. 34 indexed citations

Gilchrist, Brian, et al.. (2017). Electrodynamic Tethers and E-Sails as Active Experiment Testbeds and Technologies in Space. AGUFM. 2017. 1 indexed citations

Korth, H., et al.. (2016). Closure of Birkeland Currents at Mercury: Constraints on the Electrical Conductivity of the Crust and Mantle. LPI. 1243. 1 indexed citations

Chen, Yibo, et al.. (2011). Analysis and mitigation of lateral thermal blockage effect of through-silicon-via in 3D IC designs. 397–402. 20 indexed citations

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Johnson, Les & Catherine Constable. (2009). Biases in Time-Averaged Field and Paleosecular Variation Studies. AGUFM. 2009. 1 indexed citations

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Bills, B. G., et al.. (2008). Influence of Earth-Moon Orbit Geometry on Deep Moonquake Occurrence Times. Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. 1735. 2 indexed citations

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Uno, Hiromi, et al.. (2008). Chronology of Lunar Magnetism Revisited. Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. 2494. 1 indexed citations

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Johnson, Les, et al.. (2007). Helios and Prometheus - A Solar-Nuclear Outer-Solar System Mission. JBIS. 60. 439–442. 5 indexed citations

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Johnson, Les, et al.. (2006). Recent Advances in Solar Sail Propulsion at NASA. NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA).

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Johnson, Les, et al.. (2005). A Strategic Roadmap to Centauri. NASA STI Repository (National Aeronautics and Space Administration). 58. 316–325.

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Matloff, Gregory L. & Les Johnson. (2005). Applications of the Electrodynamic Tether to Interstellar Travel. Journal of the British Interplanetary Society. 58. 398–402. 3 indexed citations

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Montgomery, Edward & Les Johnson. (2004). Development of Solar Sail Propulsion for Inner Solar System NASA Science Missions. 40th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit. 5 indexed citations

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Johnson, Les, et al.. (2003). Propulsive Small Expendable Deployer System (ProSEDS) Experiment: Mission Overview & Status. Deep Blue (University of Michigan).

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Johnson, Les & Sean C. Solomon. (1996). Variations in Lithospheric Properties on Venus from Coronae and Chasmata. LPI. 27. 607. 1 indexed citations

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Johnson, Les, et al.. (1992). Mitigation of adverse environmental effects on lunar-based astronomical instruments. NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA). 2. 1–1841.

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