Simon Watson

2.2k total citations
96 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Simon Watson is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Ocean Engineering and Aerospace Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Simon Watson has authored 96 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Mechanical Engineering, 24 papers in Ocean Engineering and 19 papers in Aerospace Engineering. Recurrent topics in Simon Watson's work include Underwater Vehicles and Communication Systems (20 papers), Modular Robots and Swarm Intelligence (18 papers) and Robotics and Sensor-Based Localization (17 papers). Simon Watson is often cited by papers focused on Underwater Vehicles and Communication Systems (20 papers), Modular Robots and Swarm Intelligence (18 papers) and Robotics and Sensor-Based Localization (17 papers). Simon Watson collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Japan. Simon Watson's co-authors include Barry Lennox, Andrew J. Edwards, Tran N. Pham, Peter N. Green, Frederick G. Vogt, Jacalyn S. Clawson, Mark Strohmeier, G. A. Maxwell, Farshad Arvin and Hujun Yin and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing.

In The Last Decade

Simon Watson

86 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Simon Watson 267 251 247 194 192 96 1.4k
Francesc Giralt 242 0.9× 77 0.3× 371 1.5× 59 0.3× 258 1.3× 96 3.3k
Jingtao Wang 571 2.1× 138 0.5× 614 2.5× 166 0.9× 156 0.8× 234 3.7k
Yanan Li 268 1.0× 67 0.3× 299 1.2× 117 0.6× 329 1.7× 219 3.2k
Shiyuan Yang 702 2.6× 67 0.3× 232 0.9× 175 0.9× 79 0.4× 173 2.4k
Yibo Wang 125 0.5× 153 0.6× 503 2.0× 99 0.5× 162 0.8× 152 1.5k
Xiaoping Zheng 208 0.8× 1.5k 6.1× 81 0.3× 166 0.9× 78 0.4× 136 2.8k
Guanghua Yang 399 1.5× 225 0.9× 159 0.6× 62 0.3× 308 1.6× 215 3.4k
Minami Yoda 310 1.2× 190 0.8× 348 1.4× 28 0.1× 254 1.3× 128 2.3k
Lifu Wang 280 1.0× 42 0.2× 283 1.1× 28 0.1× 39 0.2× 178 1.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Simon Watson

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Fields of papers citing papers by Simon Watson

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Simon Watson. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Simon Watson. The network helps show where Simon Watson may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Simon Watson

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Simon Watson. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Simon Watson 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 Simon Watson. Simon Watson 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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Mendoza, César, et al.. (2025). Integrating feature attribution and symbolic regression for automatic model structure identification and strategic sampling. Computers & Chemical Engineering. 197. 109036–109036. 3 indexed citations
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Mitchell, Daniel, Jamie Blanche, Paul Bremner, et al.. (2025). Cyber-physical-human systems for mobile robots in energy asset management: Current practices and future opportunities. Energy and AI. 21. 100570–100570.
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Tsitsimpelis, Ioannis, Andrew B. Kennedy, Barry Lennox, et al.. (2025). Low-density collimators for remote radiation characterisation tasks. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment. 1079. 170701–170701.
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Clarke, R.J., Aliakbar Akbari, Ferdian Jovan, et al.. (2025). Subterranean Mine Inspection Using the Prometheus Re‐Configurable Drone. Journal of Field Robotics. 1 indexed citations
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Watson, Simon, et al.. (2024). Cyber–physical system architecture of autonomous robot ecosystem for industrial asset monitoring. Computer Communications. 218. 72–84. 8 indexed citations
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Bremner, Paul, Jamie Blanche, Daniel Mitchell, et al.. (2024). Multimodal immersive digital twin platform for cyber–physical robot fleets in nuclear environments. Journal of Field Robotics. 41(5). 1521–1540. 9 indexed citations
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Cheng, Xueliang, Hanlin Niu, Simon Watson, et al.. (2023). Priority Planning for Robots via Fuzzy Logic Controller. IFAC-PapersOnLine. 56(2). 7026–7031.
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Watson, Simon, et al.. (2023). Cyber-WISE: A Cyber-Physical Deep Wireless Indoor Positioning System and Digital Twin Approach. Sensors. 23(24). 9903–9903. 2 indexed citations
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Mitchell, Daniel, Jamie Blanche, Sam Harper, et al.. (2022). A review: Challenges and opportunities for artificial intelligence and robotics in the offshore wind sector. Energy and AI. 8. 100146–100146. 58 indexed citations
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Bernardini, Sara, Ferdian Jovan, Simon Watson, et al.. (2020). A Multi-Robot Platform for the Autonomous Operation and Maintenance of Offshore Wind Farms. Archive of research processes and output produced by RCA (Royal College of Art). 1696–1700. 12 indexed citations
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Clarke, R.J., Aliakbar Akbari, Sara Bernardini, et al.. (2020). The Design of Prometheus: A Reconfigurable UAV for Subterranean Mine Inspection. Robotics. 9(4). 95–95. 10 indexed citations
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Rajasekaran, Vijaykumar, Andrew West, Farshad Arvin, et al.. (2019). Development of a Debris Clearance Vehicle for Limited Access Environments*. 2. 20–23. 1 indexed citations
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Campbell, John M., Kevin L. Facchine, Benoît Igne, et al.. (2019). Analysis of unstable degradation impurities of a benzodiazepine and their quantification without isolation using multiple linear regression. Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis. 167. 1–6. 5 indexed citations
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Green, Peter, et al.. (2018). Multi-plane Motion Planning for Multi- Legged Robots. Research Explorer (The University of Manchester). 1. 68–70. 1 indexed citations
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Arvin, Farshad, Julián Espinosa, Bruce Bird, et al.. (2018). Mona: an Affordable Mobile Robot for Swarm Robotic Applications. Research Explorer (The University of Manchester). 1. 49–52. 4 indexed citations
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Bower, William R., Gregory P. Horne, P. Wady, et al.. (2014). Development of irradiation capabilities to address the challenges of the nuclear industry. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms. 343. 62–69. 19 indexed citations
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Watson, Simon, Peter Green, Michael Green, et al.. (2011). Mapping Legacy Storage Ponds. Research Explorer (The University of Manchester). 7(5). 54–59. 1 indexed citations
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Pham, Tran N., et al.. (2010). Detection of low-level PTFE contamination: An application of solid-state NMR to structure elucidation in the pharmaceutical industry. Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis. 54(2). 401–405. 9 indexed citations
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Watson, Simon, et al.. (1993). Development and evaluation of an automated grain breakage tester for determining corn breakage susceptibility.. Cereal Foods World. 38(8). 570–575. 2 indexed citations

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