Malcolm D. Shuster

2.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
43 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Malcolm D. Shuster is a scholar working on Aerospace Engineering, Oceanography and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, Malcolm D. Shuster has authored 43 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Aerospace Engineering, 24 papers in Oceanography and 18 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in Malcolm D. Shuster's work include Inertial Sensor and Navigation (38 papers), Geophysics and Gravity Measurements (24 papers) and Target Tracking and Data Fusion in Sensor Networks (18 papers). Malcolm D. Shuster is often cited by papers focused on Inertial Sensor and Navigation (38 papers), Geophysics and Gravity Measurements (24 papers) and Target Tracking and Data Fusion in Sensor Networks (18 papers). Malcolm D. Shuster collaborates with scholars based in United States, Argentina and Brazil. Malcolm D. Shuster's co-authors include Roberto Alonso, Yang Cheng, F. Landis Markley, G. Bierman, Maria Cecília Zanardi and John L. Junkins and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics, IEEE Control Systems and The Journal of the Astronautical Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Malcolm D. Shuster

39 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Hit Papers

A survey of attitude representation 1993 2026 2004 2015 1993 400 800 1.2k
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 survey of attitude representation
    1993 1.2k citations Malcolm D. Shuster The Journal of the Astronautical Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Malcolm D. Shuster United States 17 1.6k 680 561 552 220 43 2.0k
Itzhack Y. Bar‐Itzhack Israel 29 2.7k 1.7× 476 0.7× 872 1.6× 1.5k 2.7× 476 2.2× 135 3.1k
Jyh‐Ching Juang Taiwan 21 594 0.4× 479 0.7× 100 0.2× 242 0.4× 238 1.1× 158 1.3k
Changdon Kee South Korea 23 1.5k 1.0× 130 0.2× 346 0.6× 277 0.5× 498 2.3× 210 1.8k
Lawrence R. Weill United States 7 1.1k 0.7× 118 0.2× 124 0.2× 594 1.1× 480 2.2× 21 1.5k
Jochen Trumpf Australia 20 782 0.5× 439 0.6× 87 0.2× 399 0.7× 246 1.1× 71 1.5k
Agus Budiyono South Korea 17 1.0k 0.6× 506 0.7× 85 0.2× 414 0.8× 377 1.7× 97 1.7k
D. Weiner United States 17 877 0.5× 110 0.2× 166 0.3× 205 0.4× 372 1.7× 81 1.6k
Jang Gyu Lee South Korea 22 659 0.4× 346 0.5× 80 0.1× 429 0.8× 398 1.8× 95 1.3k
Kristine L. Bell United States 20 1.2k 0.7× 106 0.2× 215 0.4× 752 1.4× 456 2.1× 94 2.2k
Daniele Borio Italy 26 1.9k 1.2× 121 0.2× 254 0.5× 408 0.7× 1.0k 4.7× 157 2.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Malcolm D. Shuster

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Cheng, Yang & Malcolm D. Shuster. (2013). Improvement to the Implementation of the QUEST Algorithm. Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics. 37(1). 301–305. 17 indexed citations
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Shuster, Malcolm D.. (2008). The Arts and Engineering. 3 indexed citations
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Shuster, Malcolm D.. (2008). Advice to young researchers. IEEE Control Systems. 28(5). 113–148. 1 indexed citations
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Shuster, Malcolm D.. (2007). Effective direction measurements for spacecraft attitude: II. Predicted directions. The Journal of the Astronautical Sciences. 55(4). 479–492. 2 indexed citations
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Shuster, Malcolm D. & F. Landis Markley. (2006). General Formula for Extracting the Euler Angles. Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics. 29(1). 215–221. 11 indexed citations
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Shuster, Malcolm D.. (2006). The quest for better attitudes. The Journal of the Astronautical Sciences. 54(3-4). 657–683. 45 indexed citations
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Cheng, Yang & Malcolm D. Shuster. (2005). QUEST and The Anti-QUEST: Good and Evil Attitude Estimation. The Journal of the Astronautical Sciences. 53(3). 337–351. 12 indexed citations
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Shuster, Malcolm D.. (2003). Constraint in Attitude Estimation Part II: Unconstrained Estimation. The Journal of the Astronautical Sciences. 51(1). 75–101. 24 indexed citations
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Zanardi, Maria Cecília & Malcolm D. Shuster. (2003). Batch, Sequential and Hybrid Approaches to Spacecraft Sensor Alignment Estimation. The Journal of the Astronautical Sciences. 51(3). 279–290. 3 indexed citations
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Shuster, Malcolm D.. (2003). Stellar Aberration and Parallax: A Tutorial. The Journal of the Astronautical Sciences. 51(4). 477–494. 17 indexed citations
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Shuster, Malcolm D.. (2003). Uniform Attitude Probability Distributions. The Journal of the Astronautical Sciences. 51(4). 451–475. 21 indexed citations
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Alonso, Roberto & Malcolm D. Shuster. (2002). Complete Linear Attitude-Independent Magnetometer Calibration. The Journal of the Astronautical Sciences. 50(4). 477–490. 142 indexed citations
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Zanardi, Maria Cecília & Malcolm D. Shuster. (1997). Batch and filter approaches to spacecraft sensor alignment estimation. Americanae (AECID Library). 403. 159–166. 4 indexed citations
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Markley, F. Landis & Malcolm D. Shuster. (1995). A new angle on the Euler angles. 2 indexed citations
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Junkins, John L. & Malcolm D. Shuster. (1993). Geometry of the Euler angles. 41(4). 531–543. 3 indexed citations
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Shuster, Malcolm D.. (1993). A survey of attitude representation. The Journal of the Astronautical Sciences. 41(4). 439–517. 1208 indexed citations breakdown →
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Shuster, Malcolm D., et al.. (1991). Batch estimation of spacecraft sensor alignments. II - Absolute alignment estimation. The Journal of the Astronautical Sciences. 39. 519–546. 35 indexed citations
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Shuster, Malcolm D.. (1991). New quests for better attitudes. NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA). 125–137. 2 indexed citations
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Shuster, Malcolm D.. (1990). INFLIGHT ESTIMATION OF SPACECRAFT SENSOR ALIGNMENT. 253–274. 8 indexed citations
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Shuster, Malcolm D., et al.. (1990). Consistent Estimation of Spacecraft Sensor Alignments. 1389–1395. 1 indexed citations

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