Ron Watkins

573 total citations
20 papers, 500 citations indexed

About

Ron Watkins is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Control and Systems Engineering and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Ron Watkins has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 500 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 6 papers in Control and Systems Engineering and 6 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Ron Watkins's work include Plasma Diagnostics and Applications (13 papers), Electrohydrodynamics and Fluid Dynamics (8 papers) and Particle accelerators and beam dynamics (6 papers). Ron Watkins is often cited by papers focused on Plasma Diagnostics and Applications (13 papers), Electrohydrodynamics and Fluid Dynamics (8 papers) and Particle accelerators and beam dynamics (6 papers). Ron Watkins collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and South Africa. Ron Watkins's co-authors include Dan M. Goebel, Kristina Jameson, Ira Katz, Ioannis G. Mikellides, J. Feicht, Richard R. Hofer, R. W. Schumacher, James E. Polk, Thorsten Geisler and J. L. Black and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Applied Physics, Review of Scientific Instruments and Journal of Propulsion and Power.

In The Last Decade

Ron Watkins

20 papers receiving 446 citations

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ron Watkins United States	10	452	144	119	111	105	20	500
V. Yu. Kozhevnikov Russia	12	397 0.9×	325 2.3×	152 1.3×	59 0.5×	36 0.3×	66	497
Gregory G. Spanjers United States	12	435 1.0×	102 0.7×	66 0.6×	83 0.7×	89 0.8×	35	476
Michael McDonald United States	9	309 0.7×	58 0.4×	79 0.7×	57 0.5×	58 0.6×	28	369
G. Aston United States	9	281 0.6×	41 0.3×	55 0.5×	50 0.5×	131 1.2×	36	328
Lee Johnson United States	12	382 0.8×	61 0.4×	55 0.5×	80 0.7×	91 0.9×	46	466
E. A. Kralkina Russia	11	243 0.5×	62 0.4×	80 0.7×	118 1.1×	114 1.1×	59	318
Vernon H. Chaplin United States	11	296 0.7×	31 0.2×	110 0.9×	52 0.5×	64 0.6×	49	352
N. S. Yoon South Korea	12	478 1.1×	108 0.8×	136 1.1×	152 1.4×	132 1.3×	57	521
Thomas M. York United States	13	317 0.7×	73 0.5×	115 1.0×	83 0.7×	78 0.7×	47	406
Paul-Quentin Elias France	11	301 0.7×	111 0.8×	63 0.5×	58 0.5×	182 1.7×	25	402

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Black, J. L., Stéphane Hœrlé, Benjamin Smith, et al.. (2022). Artificial weathering of rock types bearing petroglyphs from Murujuga, Western Australia. Heritage Science. 10(1). 5 indexed citations

Jameson, Kristina, Dan M. Goebel, Richard R. Hofer, & Ron Watkins. (2007). Cathode Coupling in Hall Thrusters. 66(1). 24–30. 17 indexed citations

Goebel, Dan M., Ron Watkins, & Kristina Jameson. (2007). LaB6 Hollow Cathodes for Ion and Hall Thrusters. Journal of Propulsion and Power. 23(3). 552–558. 119 indexed citations

Jameson, Kristina, Dan M. Goebel, & Ron Watkins. (2007). Neutral Density Measurements in a Hall Thruster Plume. 1 indexed citations

Jameson, Kristina, Dan M. Goebel, Ioannis G. Mikellides, & Ron Watkins. (2006). Local Neutral Density and Plasma Parameter Measurements in a Hollow Cathode Plume. 16 indexed citations

Polk, James E., et al.. (2006). Characterization of Hollow Cathode Performance and Thermal Behavior. 17 indexed citations

Goebel, Dan M. & Ron Watkins. (2005). LaB6 Hollow Cathodes for Ion and Hall Thrusters. 15 indexed citations

Goebel, Dan M. & Ron Watkins. (2005). High current hollow cathodes for high power ion and hall thrusters. NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA). 5 indexed citations

Jameson, Kristina, Dan M. Goebel, & Ron Watkins. (2005). Hollow Cathode and Keeper-Region Plasma Measurements. 49 indexed citations

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Goebel, Dan M., Kristina Jameson, Ron Watkins, Ira Katz, & Ioannis G. Mikellides. (2005). Hollow cathode theory and experiment. I. Plasma characterization using fast miniature scanning probes. Journal of Applied Physics. 98(11). 114 indexed citations

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Jameson, Kristina, Dan M. Goebel, & Ron Watkins. (2005). Hollow cathode and thruster discharge chamber plasma measurements. NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA). 6 indexed citations

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Goebel, Dan M., Ira Katz, Ron Watkins, & Kristina Jameson. (2004). Hollow Cathode and Keeper-Region Plasma Measurements Using Ultra-Fast Miniature Scanning Probes. 40th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit. 59 indexed citations

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Schumacher, R. W., et al.. (2003). 2.5 MW average-power crossatron switch operation in a square-wave modulator circuit. 172–174. 1 indexed citations

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Goebel, Dan M., et al.. (2002). Compact, lightweight crossatron modulator switch. v. 318–324. 1 indexed citations

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Goebel, Dan M. & Ron Watkins. (2000). High current, low pressure plasma cathode electron gun. Review of Scientific Instruments. 71(2). 388–398. 43 indexed citations

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Goebel, Dan M., et al.. (1996). <title>Pasotron high-power microwave source performance</title>. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 2843. 69–78. 17 indexed citations

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Goebel, Dan M., et al.. (1993). Recent Advances in CROSSATRON Switches. v. 384–384. 1 indexed citations

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Goebel, Dan M., R. W. Schumacher, & Ron Watkins. (1992). Long pulse, plasma cathode E-gun. International Conference on High-Power Particle Beams. 2. 1093–1098. 7 indexed citations

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Goebel, Dan M., et al.. (1992). <title>PASOTRON<emph type="21">™</emph> high-energy microwave source</title>. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 1629. 119–129. 5 indexed citations

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Schumacher, R. W., Dan M. Goebel, Ron Watkins, et al.. (1991). Pasotron High-energy Microwave Source. 5. 135–135. 2 indexed citations

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