Simon Watts

4.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
79 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

Simon Watts is a scholar working on Aerospace Engineering, Oceanography and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, Simon Watts has authored 79 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 66 papers in Aerospace Engineering, 31 papers in Oceanography and 7 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in Simon Watts's work include Radar Systems and Signal Processing (62 papers), Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing (30 papers) and Radio Wave Propagation Studies (25 papers). Simon Watts is often cited by papers focused on Radar Systems and Signal Processing (62 papers), Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing (30 papers) and Radio Wave Propagation Studies (25 papers). Simon Watts collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Australia and Portugal. Simon Watts's co-authors include R.J.A. Tough, K.D. Ward, Keith D. Ward, Chris Baker, Luke Rosenberg, Hugh Griffiths, Mike Wicks, Lawrence S. Cohen, Shannon D. Blunt and Eric L. Mokole and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Proceedings of the IEEE and IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems.

In The Last Decade

Simon Watts

76 papers receiving 3.0k citations

Hit Papers

Radar Spectrum Engineering and Management: Technical and ... 2013 2026 2017 2021 2014 2013 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. Radar Spectrum Engineering and Management: Technical and Regulatory Issues
    2014 414 citations Hugh Griffiths, Simon Watts et al. profile →
  2. Sea Clutter: Scattering, the K Distribution and Radar Performance
    2013 296 citations R.J.A. Tough, Simon Watts 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
Simon Watts United Kingdom 23 2.7k 1.4k 439 306 263 79 3.1k
Y. Jade Morton United States 28 2.1k 0.8× 850 0.6× 255 0.6× 122 0.4× 537 2.0× 271 3.0k
Daniel R. Fuhrmann United States 20 2.5k 1.0× 422 0.3× 311 0.7× 1.4k 4.6× 396 1.5× 96 3.4k
T. Thayaparan Canada 31 1.7k 0.6× 419 0.3× 268 0.6× 192 0.6× 349 1.3× 120 2.8k
Nadav Levanon Israel 25 2.3k 0.9× 371 0.3× 418 1.0× 408 1.3× 1.4k 5.2× 109 3.3k
Dennis Akos United States 30 2.5k 0.9× 454 0.3× 505 1.2× 198 0.6× 1.3k 4.8× 197 3.3k
Frank C. Robey United States 9 1.8k 0.7× 294 0.2× 182 0.4× 771 2.5× 157 0.6× 27 2.1k
K.D. Ward United Kingdom 14 1.1k 0.4× 680 0.5× 191 0.4× 115 0.4× 103 0.4× 38 1.4k
P. Lombardo Italy 35 4.0k 1.5× 624 0.4× 397 0.9× 578 1.9× 971 3.7× 290 4.8k
Christian Tiberius Netherlands 28 1.9k 0.7× 1.2k 0.8× 241 0.5× 84 0.3× 525 2.0× 113 2.5k
Danilo Orlando Italy 33 3.1k 1.2× 342 0.2× 889 2.0× 1.3k 4.3× 303 1.2× 175 3.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Simon Watts

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Fields of papers citing papers by Simon Watts

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Simon Watts

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Simon Watts. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Simon Watts 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 Watts. Simon Watts 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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Watts, Simon. (2025). Pulse Doppler Radar Development, 1940–1945. IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Magazine. 40(4). 30–40.
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Watts, Simon. (2023). The Moonshine Pulse Repeater Jammer. IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Magazine. 38(8). 38–46. 2 indexed citations
3.
Watts, Simon & Luke Rosenberg. (2022). Challenges in radar sea clutter modelling. IET Radar Sonar & Navigation. 16(9). 1403–1414. 17 indexed citations
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Watts, Simon. (2022). Moonshine. IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Magazine. 38(2). 44–45. 1 indexed citations
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Watts, Simon. (2021). The FuG 200 Hohentwiel Airborne Maritime Surveillance Radar. IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Magazine. 36(2). 28–37. 2 indexed citations
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Rosenberg, Luke, Simon Watts, & Maria Greco. (2019). Modeling the Statistics of Microwave Radar Sea Clutter. IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Magazine. 34(10). 44–75. 37 indexed citations
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Watts, Simon. (2019). ASV Mark I, the First Airborne Maritime Surveillance Radar. IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Magazine. 34(8). 50–61. 5 indexed citations
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Watts, Simon. (2018). Airborne Maritime Surveillance Radar, Volume 2. Morgan & Claypool Publishers eBooks. 1 indexed citations
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Watts, Simon. (2017). The ASV 21 maritime surveillance radar. 27–32. 4 indexed citations
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Rosenberg, Luke, Simon Watts, Stephen Bocquet, & Matthew Ritchie. (2015). Characterisation of the Ingara HGA dataset. 27–32. 16 indexed citations
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Ritchie, Matthew, A.G. Stove, Simon Watts, K. Woodbridge, & Hugh Griffiths. (2013). Application of a new sea clutter Doppler model. 560–565. 21 indexed citations
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Watts, Simon. (2008). Radar sea clutter: Recent progress and future challenges. 19 indexed citations
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Watts, Simon, K.D. Ward, & R.J.A. Tough. (2007). CFAR loss and gain in K-distributed sea-clutter and thermal noise. 143–143. 10 indexed citations
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Watts, Simon. (1999). Duration of radar false alarms in band-limited Gaussian noise. IEE Proceedings - Radar Sonar and Navigation. 146(6). 273–277. 5 indexed citations
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Watts, Simon. (1996). Cell-averaging CFAR gain in spatiallycorrelated K-distributed clutter. IEE Proceedings - Radar Sonar and Navigation. 143(5). 321–327. 82 indexed citations
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Allen, John T., et al.. (1996). Upper Ocean underway operations on BIO Hesperides cruise OMEGA-ALGERS (cruise 37) using SeaSoar and ADCP 30/9/96 - 14/10/96. DIGITAL.CSIC (Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)). 4 indexed citations
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Watts, Simon. (1990). Synthetic aperture techniques. 1 indexed citations
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Watts, Simon, Chris Baker, & K.D. Ward. (1990). Maritime surveillance radar. Part 2: Detection performance prediction in sea clutter. IEE Proceedings F Radar and Signal Processing. 137(2). 63–63. 59 indexed citations
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Watts, Simon. (1987). Radar Detection Prediction in K-Distributed Sea Clutter and Thermal Noise. IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems. AES-23(1). 40–45. 209 indexed citations
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Watts, Simon. (1985). Radar detection prediction in sea clutter using the compound K-distribution model. IEE Proceedings F Communications, Radar and Signal Processing. 132(7). 613–620. 123 indexed citations

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