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Researcher · Langley Research Center · United States

James B Whitten

James B Whitten publishes mostly in Aerospace Engineering, Control and Systems Engineering and Automotive Engineering, on topics such as Aerospace and Aviation Technology, Aerospace Engineering and Control Systems and Air Traffic Management and Optimization.

OpenAlex
World rank
#2,177,788
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#654,386
of 1,627,098
Works
29
Citations
30
Citations per work
1.0
h-index
3
i10-index 1Top 78% in Aerospace Engineering
James B Whitten

What does James B Whitten research?

James B Whitten's work is mostly in Engineering (92%), Environmental Science (4%).

Physical Sciences: 28 works · 95.9% of their workEngineering: 27 works · 91.6% of their workAerospace Engineering: 19 works · 63.8% of their workControl and Systems Engineering: 4 works · 12.8% of their workAutomotive Engineering: 2 works · 6.4% of their workBiomedical Engineering: 1 works · 4.3% of their workMechanical Engineering: 1 works · 4.3% of their workEnvironmental Science: 1 works · 4.3% of their workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 works · 4.3% of their workEverything else: 1 works · 4.1% of their workTHEIR WORKJames B Whitten29works
Physical Sciences96%

Their six largest subfields, inside their fields and domains; the grey slice is everything else they publish. The interactive view splits every one of their works down to single topics.

The fields and subfields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering2791.6%
    2. Environmental Science14.3%
  2. Everything else14.1%
  1. 1Aerospace Engineering64% of their works
  2. 2Control and Systems Engineering13% of their works
  3. 3Automotive Engineering6% of their works
  4. 4Global and Planetary Change4% of their works
  5. 5Mechanical Engineering4% of their works
  6. 6Biomedical Engineering4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe James B Whitten's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Flight Control, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, Wind Estimation, Autonomous Aerial Refueling, Control Systems, Vision-Based Sensor, Air Traffic Management and Conflict Resolution.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Flight Control182 topics
  2. Unmanned Aerial Vehicles131 topic
  3. Wind Estimation131 topic
  4. Autonomous Aerial Refueling51 topic
  5. Control Systems52 topics
  6. Vision-Based Sensor51 topic
  7. Air Traffic Management41 topic
  8. Conflict Resolution41 topic
  9. Autonomous Vehicles31 topic
  10. Control31 topic
  11. Missile Guidance31 topic
  12. Vehicle Dynamics31 topic
  13. Elevator21 topic
  14. Hardware-in-the-Loop21 topic
  15. High Temperature Sensors21 topic
  16. Real-Time Simulation21 topic
  17. Thin Film Thermocouples21 topic
  18. Traffic Control21 topic

Where does James B Whitten work?

James B Whitten's main affiliation in the publication record is Langley Research Center, United States.

How many publications and citations does James B Whitten have?

OpenAlex counts 29 works and 30 citations for James B Whitten, an h-index of 3, ranking #2,177,788 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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