John C. Wesley

5.5k citations

95 papers · 4.7k · 3 hit papers · h-index 30

Impact in

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 83
- Magnetic confinement fusion research 79
- Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics 16
Materials Chemistry 48
- Fusion materials and technologies 47

Co-authors: Arthur Lowndes Rich (4 shared papers)Eric Hollmann (16 shared papers)David A. Humphreys (14 shared papers)Jonathan H. Yu (9 shared papers)P.B. Parks (10 shared papers)N. Commaux (11 shared papers)Noboru FUJISAWA (7 shared papers)Robert Granetz (4 shared papers)
Journals: Nuclear Fusion (27 papers)Physics of Plasmas (9 papers)Journal of Nuclear Materials (5 papers)Physical Review Letters (3 papers)Review of Scientific Instruments (2 papers)
Partner nations: United States Germany Japan

In The Last Decade

John C. Wesley

83 papers receiving 4.5k citations

John C. Wesley's Hit Papers

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Chapter 1: Overview and summary 2007 · 718 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.

2007 Nuclear Fusion
2007 Nuclear Fusion
1997 Physics of Plasmas

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1	Chapter 3: MHD stability, operational limits and disruptions Nuclear Fusion ·T. C. Hender, John C. Wesley, J. Bialek, A. Bondeson, Allen H. Boozer, Richard Buttery, Andrea M Garofalo, Timothy Paul Goodman Hit paper breakdown →	2007	990
2	Chapter 1: Overview and summary Nuclear Fusion ·M. Shimada, David J. Campbell, V.S. Mukhovatov, Masami Fujiwara, N. A. Kirneva, Karl Lackner, Masayuki Nagami, Vladimir D. PUSTOVITOV Hit paper breakdown →	2007	718
3	Beta limits in long-pulse tokamak discharges Physics of Plasmas ·Olivier Sauter, R. J. La Haye, Zhen-Cheng Chang, David Gates, Yoshihiro Kamada, Hartmut Zohm, A. Bondeson, D. Boucher Hit paper breakdown →	1997	419
4	Principal physics developments evaluated in the ITER design review Nuclear Fusion ·Richard J. Hawryluk, David J. Campbell, Günter Janeschitz, Paul Thomas, Raffaele ALBANESE, R. Ambrosino, Christian Bachmann, L.R. Baylor	2009	204
5	Chapter 8: Plasma operation and control Nuclear Fusion ·Y. Gribov, David A. Humphreys, Ken KAJIWARA, Edward A. Lazarus, Jonathan B. Lister, Takahisa OZEKI, Alfredo Portone, M. Shimada	2007	149
6	Progress in the ITER Physics Basis - Chapter 1: Overview and summary Nuclear Fusion ·Mei Shimada, David J. Campbell, V.S. Mukhovatov, M. Fujiwara, N. A. Kirneva, Karl Lackner, Masayuki Nagami, Vladimir D. PUSTOVITOV	2007	130
7	Demonstration of rapid shutdown using large shattered deuterium pellet injection in DIII-D Nuclear Fusion ·N. Commaux, Larry Baylor, Thomas C. Jernigan, Eric Hollmann, P.B. Parks, David A. Humphreys, John C. Wesley, Jonathan H. Yu	2010	101
8	Control and dissipation of runaway electron beams created during rapid shutdown experiments in DIII-D Nuclear Fusion ·Eric Hollmann, Max E. Austin, Jose Boedo, N.H. Brooks, N. Commaux, N.W. Eidietis, David A. Humphreys, Valerie Izzo	2013	95
9	Halo current, runaway electrons and disruption mitigation in ITER Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion ·S. Putvinski, P. Barabaschi, Noboru FUJISAWA, N. Putvinskaya, M. N. Rosenbluth, John C. Wesley	1997	91
10	Particle Exhaust from Plasma Discharges with an Expanded-Boundary Divertor Physical Review Letters ·M. A. Mahdavi, J. C. DeBoo, C. L. Hsieh, N. Ohyabu, Ronald D. Stambaugh, John C. Wesley	1981	90
11	Volt-second analysis and consumption in Doublet III plasmas Nuclear Fusion ·Seiki EJIMA, R.W. Callis, J.L. Luxon, R.D. Stambaugh, T. S. Taylor, John C. Wesley	1982	83
12	Runaway electron confinement modelling for rapid shutdown scenarios in DIII-D, Alcator C-Mod and ITER Nuclear Fusion ·Valerie Izzo, Eric Hollmann, A.N. James, Jonathan H. Yu, David A. Humphreys, Lang L. Lao, P. B. Parks, P. E. Sieck	2011	81
13	An ITPA joint experiment to study runaway electron generation and suppression Physics of Plasmas ·Robert Granetz, Basilio Esposito, Junghee Kim, Hans Rudolf Koslowski, Michael Lehnen, J. R. Martı́n-Solı́s, Carlos Paz-Soldán, Tongnyeol Rhee	2014	76
14	High-Field Electron g−2 Measurement Physical Review A ·John C. Wesley, Arthur Lowndes Rich	1971	73
15	Measurements of injected impurity assimilation during massive gas injection experiments in DIII-D Nuclear Fusion ·Eric Hollmann, T.C. Jernigan, P.B. Parks, Jose Boedo, T.E. Evans, Mathias Groth, Daniel Lewis Humphreys, A.N. James	2008	72
16	Gas jet disruption mitigation studies on Alcator C-Mod and DIII-D Nuclear Fusion ·Robert Granetz, Eric Hollmann, Dennis G. Whyte, Valerie Izzo, Ghassan Y. Antar, Angelika S. Bader, M. Bakhtiari, Theodore Biewer	2007	70
17	The Current Status of the Lepton g Factors Reviews of Modern Physics ·Arthur Lowndes Rich, John C. Wesley	1972	70
18	Scaling of energy confinement with minor radius, current and density in Doublet III Ohmically heated plasmas Nuclear Fusion ·Seiki EJIMA, Thomas W. Petrie, A.C. Riviere, T.R. Angel, C.J. Armentrout, Dan R. Baker, Frederick P. Blau, G. Bramson	1982	67
19	Novel rapid shutdown strategies for runaway electron suppression in DIII-D Nuclear Fusion ·N. Commaux, Larry Baylor, Stephen Kirk Combs, N.W. Eidietis, T.E. Evans, C. R. Foust, Eric Hollmann, David A. Humphreys	2011	66
20	Development of ITER 15 MA ELMy H-mode inductive scenario Nuclear Fusion ·C. Kessel, David J. Campbell, Y. Gribov, Gabriella Saibene, G. Ambrosino, Robert V. Budny, T. A. Casper, Mario Cavinato	2009	65

About John C. Wesley

John C. Wesley is a scholar working on Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Materials Chemistry, Aerospace Engineering, Biomedical Engineering and Astronomy and Astrophysics, having authored 95 papers that have together received 4.7k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Magnetic confinement fusion research (79 papers), Fusion materials and technologies (47 papers), Superconducting Materials and Applications (38 papers), Particle accelerators and beam dynamics (22 papers), Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics (16 papers), Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics (15 papers), Plasma Diagnostics and Applications (7 papers) and Nuclear Physics and Applications (4 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Nuclear and High Energy Physics (4.4k citations), Astronomy and Astrophysics (1.7k citations), Aerospace Engineering (1.1k citations), Materials Chemistry (2.0k citations) and Biomedical Engineering (1.5k citations). John C. Wesley has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Germany and Japan. Frequent co-authors include Arthur Lowndes Rich, Eric Hollmann, David A. Humphreys, Jonathan H. Yu, P.B. Parks, N. Commaux, Noboru FUJISAWA, Robert Granetz, Valerie Izzo and M. N. Rosenbluth. Their work appears in journals such as Nuclear Fusion, Physics of Plasmas, Journal of Nuclear Materials, Physical Review Letters and Review of Scientific Instruments.

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