J.A. Wesson

2.9k citations

35 papers · 2.6k · 1 hit paper · h-index 19

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Nuclear and High Energy Physics top 5%
- Magnetic confinement fusion research
- Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics
Astronomy and Astrophysics top 5%
- Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics
- Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics

Papers in

Nuclear and High Energy Physics 23
- Magnetic confinement fusion research 23
- Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics 8
Astronomy and Astrophysics 9
- Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics 7
- Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics 5

Co-authors: Gareth D. Hobbs (1 shared paper)M. F. F. Nave (2 shared papers)A. W. Edwards (5 shared papers)Richard David Gill (4 shared papers)Robert Granetz (3 shared papers)DAVID J. WARD (2 shared papers)Arthur Weller (2 shared papers)David J. Campbell (4 shared papers)
Journals: Nuclear Fusion (13 papers)Physical Review Letters (5 papers)Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion (4 papers)Physics of Plasmas (3 papers)Computer Physics Communications (1 paper)
Partner nations: United Kingdom United States Sweden

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J.A. Wesson

33 papers receiving 2.4k citations

J.A. Wesson's Hit Papers

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Heat flow through a Langmuir sheath in the presence of electron emission 1967 · 472 citations

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Paper score: A paper's citations measured against the top-1% bar of its own field and year: the square root of citations ÷ bar, so 1 means right at the bar and 2 means four times its citations. The bar blends the citation counts that enter the top 1% of the paper's subfields in its year (weighted 89.5%), of those subfields over all years (0.5%) and of its year across all fields (10%); a subfield and year with fewer than 400 papers takes its year's bar. Papers from 2026 are not scored yet: in an unfinished year, when a paper appeared matters more than how it is cited.

Hit paper: A paper cited at least 1.5× the top-1% bar of its field and year: a paper score of at least √1.5.

1967 Plasma Physics

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1	Heat flow through a Langmuir sheath in the presence of electron emission Plasma Physics ·Gareth D. Hobbs, J.A. Wesson Hit paper breakdown →	1967	472
2	Disruptions in JET Nuclear Fusion ·J.A. Wesson, Richard David Gill, Michel Hugon, F. C. Schüller, Joseph A. Snipes, David J. Ward, D. V. Bartlett, David J. Campbell	1989	377
3	Sawtooth oscillations Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion ·J.A. Wesson	1986	251
4	Stabilization of Sawteeth with Additional Heating in the JET Tokamak Physical Review Letters ·David J. Campbell, D.F.H. Start, J.A. Wesson, D. V. Bartlett, V. P. Bhatnagar, Marek Bures, J.G. Cordey, G.A. Cottrell	1988	192
5	Mode locking in tokamaks Nuclear Fusion ·M. F. F. Nave, J.A. Wesson	1990	191
6	Rapid Collapse of a Plasma Sawtooth Oscillation in the JET Tokamak Physical Review Letters ·A. W. Edwards, David J. Campbell, W. Engelhardt, H.-U. Fahrbach, Richard David Gill, Robert Granetz, Shigenori Tsuji, B. J. D. Tubbing	1986	179
7	Persistent density perturbations at rational- q surfaces following pellet injection in the Joint European Torus Physical Review Letters ·Arthur Weller, A.D. Cheetham, A. W. Edwards, Richard David Gill, A. Gondhalekar, Robert Granetz, Joseph A. Snipes, J.A. Wesson	1987	163
8	Sawtooth reconnection Nuclear Fusion ·J.A. Wesson	1990	152
9	Sawtooth activity in ohmically heated JET plasmas Nuclear Fusion ·David J. Campbell, Richard David Gill, C. Gowers, J.A. Wesson, D. V. Bartlett, Chris Best, Stefano Coda, A.E. Costley	1986	92
10	Poloidal distribution of impurities in a rotating tokamak plasma Nuclear Fusion ·J.A. Wesson	1997	76
11	Impurity influx model of fast tokamak disruptions Nuclear Fusion ·DAVID J. WARD, J.A. Wesson	1992	56
12	Snakes [JET resonant localised structures] Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion ·J.A. Wesson	1995	46
13	Negative voltage spike in tokamak disruptions Nuclear Fusion ·J.A. Wesson, DAVID J. WARD, M. N. Rosenbluth	1990	45
14	Spontaneous m = 1 instability in the JET sawtooth collapse Nuclear Fusion ·J.A. Wesson, A. W. Edwards, Robert Granetz	1991	31
15	3He-d fusion reaction rate measurements during ICRH heating experiments in JET Nuclear Fusion ·D. A. Boyd, David J. Campbell, J.G. Cordey, W.G.F. Core, J. Christiansen, G.A. Cottrell, Lars-Göran Eriksson, Torbjörn Hellsten	1989	31
16	Transport in the Sawtooth Collapse Physical Review Letters ·J.A. Wesson, B. Alper, A. W. Edwards, Richard David Gill	1997	29
17	Comparison between experiment and theory Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences ·R.J. Bickerton, A. Taroni, M.L. Watkins, J.A. Wesson	1987	25
18	Calculations of power deposition and velocity distributions during ICRH: Comparison with experimental results Nuclear Fusion ·Lars-Göran Eriksson, Torbjörn Hellsten, D. A. Boyd, David J. Campbell, J.G. Cordey, W.G.F. Core, J. Christiansen, Geoff A. Cottrell	1989	25
19	Non-uniform rotation and the resistive wall mode Physics of Plasmas ·C. G. Gimblett, R. J. Hastie, R. A. M. Van der Linden, J.A. Wesson	1996	23
20	A Stabilized High-Current Toroidal Discharge Producing High Temperatures Nature ·N.L. Allen, Thomas Edward Allibone, Donald R. Chick, R. F. Hemmings, T.P. Hughes, Sydney H. Kaufman, B. S. LILEY, Julia Mack	1958	19

About J.A. Wesson

J.A. Wesson is a scholar working on Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Materials Chemistry, Radiation and Computational Mechanics, having authored 35 papers that have together received 2.6k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Magnetic confinement fusion research (23 papers), Fusion materials and technologies (11 papers), Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics (8 papers), Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics (7 papers), Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics (5 papers), Plasma Diagnostics and Applications (4 papers), Nuclear Physics and Applications (3 papers) and Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows (3 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Nuclear and High Energy Physics (2.1k citations), Astronomy and Astrophysics (1.2k citations), Materials Chemistry (634 citations), Aerospace Engineering (335 citations) and Condensed Matter Physics (133 citations). J.A. Wesson has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Sweden. Frequent co-authors include Gareth D. Hobbs, M. F. F. Nave, A. W. Edwards, Richard David Gill, Robert Granetz, DAVID J. WARD, Arthur Weller, David J. Campbell, B. J. D. Tubbing and A.D. Cheetham. Their work appears in journals such as Nuclear Fusion, Physical Review Letters, Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, Physics of Plasmas and Computer Physics Communications.

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