Scott Ploen

2.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
37 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Scott Ploen is a scholar working on Aerospace Engineering, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Control and Systems Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Scott Ploen has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Aerospace Engineering, 14 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics and 11 papers in Control and Systems Engineering. Recurrent topics in Scott Ploen's work include Spacecraft Dynamics and Control (22 papers), Space Satellite Systems and Control (17 papers) and Astro and Planetary Science (11 papers). Scott Ploen is often cited by papers focused on Spacecraft Dynamics and Control (22 papers), Space Satellite Systems and Control (17 papers) and Astro and Planetary Science (11 papers). Scott Ploen collaborates with scholars based in United States, South Korea and Singapore. Scott Ploen's co-authors include Behçet Açıkmeşe, Daniel P. Scharf, Fred Y. Hadaegh, J.E. Bobrow, F. C. Park, Aron A. Wolf, Frank C. Park, H. Seraji, Garett Sohl and Marwan Bikdash and has published in prestigious journals such as The International Journal of Robotics Research, IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation and IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems.

In The Last Decade

Scott Ploen

34 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Hit Papers

Convex Programming Approach to Powered Descent Guidance f... 2004 2026 2011 2018 2007 2004 100 200 300 400
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. Convex Programming Approach to Powered Descent Guidance for Mars Landing
    2007 467 citations Behçet Açıkmeşe, Scott Ploen Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics profile →
  2. A survey of spacecraft formation flying guidance and control. Part II: control
    2004 402 citations Daniel P. Scharf, Fred Y. Hadaegh et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Scott Ploen United States 14 1.2k 563 387 355 254 37 1.7k
R. Scott Erwin United States 22 1.2k 1.0× 670 1.2× 170 0.4× 286 0.8× 116 0.5× 111 2.0k
Geoffrey T. Huntington United States 11 1.5k 1.3× 465 0.8× 343 0.9× 80 0.2× 288 1.1× 12 2.1k
Marcello Romano United States 27 1.8k 1.6× 609 1.1× 925 2.4× 104 0.3× 158 0.6× 116 2.2k
Anton de Ruiter Canada 24 1.2k 1.1× 1.2k 2.1× 390 1.0× 373 1.1× 97 0.4× 117 2.0k
Srinivas R. Vadali United States 32 2.2k 1.9× 1.5k 2.6× 1.2k 3.1× 195 0.5× 50 0.2× 98 3.2k
Jingrui Zhang China 22 913 0.8× 516 0.9× 468 1.2× 80 0.2× 66 0.3× 115 1.4k
G. Ambrosino Italy 22 493 0.4× 418 0.7× 158 0.4× 72 0.2× 133 0.5× 109 1.5k
Xibin Cao China 26 1.2k 1.0× 1.4k 2.4× 244 0.6× 447 1.3× 91 0.4× 180 2.3k
Naiming Qi China 18 658 0.6× 393 0.7× 240 0.6× 69 0.2× 170 0.7× 141 1.2k
Christopher L. Darby United States 9 1.1k 0.9× 322 0.6× 177 0.5× 36 0.1× 199 0.8× 14 1.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Scott Ploen

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Fields of papers citing papers by Scott Ploen

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Scott Ploen

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Scott Ploen. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Scott Ploen 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 Scott Ploen. Scott Ploen 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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Ploen, Scott, et al.. (2023). Bias Compensated Inertial Navigation for Venus Balloon Missions. 1–13. 3 indexed citations
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Cortés, Jorge, Rajesh Rajamani, Murti V. Salapaka, et al.. (2015). [25 Years Ago]. IEEE Control Systems. 35(1). 18–141.
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Ploen, Scott, et al.. (2009). Determination of Spacecraft Landing Footprint for Safe Planetary Landing. IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems. 45(1). 3–16. 18 indexed citations
4.
Hadaegh, Fred Y., et al.. (2007). Formulation and analysis of stability for spacecraft formations. IET Control Theory and Applications. 1(2). 461–474. 13 indexed citations
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Açıkmeşe, Behçet & Scott Ploen. (2007). Convex Programming Approach to Powered Descent Guidance for Mars Landing. Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics. 30(5). 1353–1366. 467 indexed citations breakdown →
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Wolf, Aron A., et al.. (2006). Performance Trades for Mars Pinpoint Landing. 1–16. 52 indexed citations
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Ploen, Scott, et al.. (2006). A Comparison of Powered Descent Guidance Laws for Mars Pinpoint Landing. AIAA/AAS Astrodynamics Specialist Conference and Exhibit. 52 indexed citations
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Scharf, Daniel P., et al.. (2006). A direct solution for fuel-optimal reactive collision avoidance of collaborating spacecraft. 6 pp.–6 pp.. 7 indexed citations
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Hadaegh, Fred Y., et al.. (2006). A formulation of stability for spacecraft formations. 27. 7 pp.–7 pp.. 1 indexed citations
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Ploen, Scott, et al.. (2005). Attitude Dynamics and Control of Solar Sails with Articulated Vanes. AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference and Exhibit. 21 indexed citations
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Scharf, Daniel P., Fred Y. Hadaegh, & Scott Ploen. (2004). A survey of spacecraft formation flying guidance and control. Part II: control. 2976–2985 vol.4. 402 indexed citations breakdown →
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Bikdash, Marwan, Fred Y. Hadaegh, Daniel P. Scharf, & Scott Ploen. (2004). Three-dimensional analysis of basic formation initialization algorithms in deep space. 3447–3453 vol.4. 1 indexed citations
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Ploen, Scott, Daniel P. Scharf, Fred Y. Hadaegh, & Marwan Bikdash. (2004). Initialization of Distributed Spacecraft Formations. The Journal of the Astronautical Sciences. 52(4). 495–515. 5 indexed citations
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Scharf, Daniel P., Scott Ploen, Fred Y. Hadaegh, & Garett Sohl. (2004). Guaranteed Spatial Initialization of Distributed Spacecraft Formations. AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference and Exhibit. 3 indexed citations
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Scharf, Daniel P., Fred Y. Hadaegh, & Scott Ploen. (2004). A survey of spacecraft formation flying guidance and control (part 1): guidance. 2. 1733–1739. 191 indexed citations
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Hadaegh, Fred Y., V. Jamnejad, Daniel P. Scharf, & Scott Ploen. (2003). Self-organizing control for space-based sparse antennas. 1 indexed citations
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Ploen, Scott, et al.. (2002). Geometric algorithms for operational space dynamics and control. 2. 1606–1611.
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Ploen, Scott, et al.. (2002). Solar Sail Dynamics and Control Using a Boom Mounted Bus Articulated by a Bi-State Two-Axis Gimbal and Reaction Wheels. AIAA/AAS Astrodynamics Specialist Conference and Exhibit. 10 indexed citations
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Ploen, Scott & J.E. Bobrow. (2002). An O(n) geometric algorithm for manipulator forward dynamics. 40. 563–568. 3 indexed citations
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Ploen, Scott, et al.. (1999). Coordinate-invariant algorithms for robot dynamics. IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation. 15(6). 1130–1135. 43 indexed citations

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