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Christopher O. Johnston

Christopher O. Johnston

D-Index & Metrics

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

D-Index
33
Citations
3214
World Ranking
3088
National Ranking
1049

Christopher O. Johnston publication distribution in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Christopher O. Johnston sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 659+

This scientist: 137 publications — 19th percentile

19% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 659 publications or more.

Christopher O. Johnston D-index placement in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Christopher O. Johnston sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index: 83 scientists 31 D-Index: 113 scientists 32 D-Index: 144 scientists 33 D-Index: 153 scientists 34 D-Index: 189 scientists 35 D-Index: 158 scientists 36 D-Index: 139 scientists 37 D-Index: 127 scientists 38 D-Index: 130 scientists 39 D-Index: 126 scientists 40 D-Index: 104 scientists 41 D-Index: 100 scientists 42 D-Index: 107 scientists 43 D-Index: 101 scientists 44 D-Index: 103 scientists 45 D-Index: 79 scientists 46 D-Index: 88 scientists 47 D-Index: 70 scientists 48 D-Index: 83 scientists 49 D-Index: 44 scientists 50 D-Index: 64 scientists 51 D-Index: 56 scientists 52 D-Index: 50 scientists 53 D-Index: 48 scientists 54 D-Index: 58 scientists 55 D-Index: 52 scientists 56 D-Index: 48 scientists 57 D-Index: 42 scientists 58 D-Index: 34 scientists 59 D-Index: 42 scientists 60 D-Index: 37 scientists 61 D-Index: 42 scientists 62 D-Index: 44 scientists 63 D-Index: 22 scientists 64 D-Index: 33 scientists 65 D-Index: 29 scientists 66 D-Index: 23 scientists 67 D-Index: 29 scientists 68 D-Index: 24 scientists 69 D-Index: 19 scientists 70 D-Index: 34 scientists 71 D-Index: 26 scientists 72 D-Index: 19 scientists 73 D-Index: 18 scientists 74 D-Index: 19 scientists 75 D-Index: 14 scientists 76 D-Index: 19 scientists 77 D-Index: 8 scientists 78 D-Index: 18 scientists 79 D-Index: 16 scientists 80 D-Index: 12 scientists 81 D-Index: 17 scientists 82 D-Index: 11 scientists 83 D-Index: 16 scientists 84 D-Index: 7 scientists 85 D-Index: 9 scientists 86 D-Index: 8 scientists 87 D-Index: 6 scientists 88 D-Index: 6 scientists 89 D-Index: 7 scientists 90 D-Index: 10 scientists 91 D-Index: 4 scientists 92 D-Index: 4 scientists 93+ D-Index: 100 scientists
30 D-Index 93+

This scientist: 33 D-Index — 14th percentile

14% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 93 D-Index or more.

Best Publications

  • Spectrum Modeling for Air Shock-Layer Radiation at Lunar-Return Conditions

    Christopher O. Johnston;Brian R. Hollis;Kenneth Sutton

  • Design and Wind-Tunnel Analysis of a Fully Adaptive Aircraft Configuration

    David A. Neal;Matthew G. Good;Christopher O. Johnston;Harry H. Robertshaw

  • Non-Boltzmann Modeling for Air Shock-Layer Radiation at Lunar-Return Conditions

    Christopher O. Johnston;Brian R. Hollis;Kenneth Sutton

  • Nonequilibrium Shock-Layer Radiative Heating for Earth and Titan Entry

    Christopher Owen Johnston

  • Modeling of nonequilibrium CO Fourth-Positive and CN Violet emission in CO2–N2 gases

    C.O. Johnston;A.M. Brandis

  • Adaptive coarse graining method for energy transfer and dissociation kinetics of polyatomic species

    A. Sahai;B. Lopez;C. O. Johnston;M. Panesi

  • Characterization of Stagnation-Point Heat Flux for Earth Entry

    Aaron M. Brandis;Christopher O. Johnston

  • Features of Afterbody Radiative Heating for Earth Entry

    Christopher O. Johnston;Aaron M. Brandis

  • Influence of Ablation on Radiative Heating for Earth Entry

    Christopher O. Johnston;Peter A. Gnoffo;Kenneth Sutton

  • Shock Layer Radiation Modeling and Uncertainty for Mars Entry

    Christopher O. Johnston;Aaron M. Brandis;Kenneth Sutton

  • Mars Science Laboratory Heat Shield Aerothermodynamics: Design and Reconstruction

    Karl T. Edquist;Brian R. Hollis;Christopher O. Johnston;Deepak Bose

  • Three-Dimensional Radiation Ray-Tracing for Shock-Layer Radiative Heating Simulations

    Alireza Mazaheri;Christopher O. Johnston;Siavash Sefidbakht

  • Uncertainty Assessment of Hypersonic Aerothermodynamics Prediction Capability

    Deepak Bose;James L. Brown;Dinesh K. Prabhu;Peter Gnoffo

  • A Comparison of EAST Shock-Tube Radiation Measurements with a New Air Radiation Model

    Christopher O. Johnston

  • A Study of Ablation-Flowfield Coupling Relevant to the Orion Heatshield

    Christopher O. Johnston;Peter A. Gnoffo;Alireza Mazaheri

  • A model to compare the flight control energy requirements of morphing and conventionally actuated wings

    Christopher O. Johnston;David A. Neal;Leonard D. Wiggins;Harry H. Robertshaw

  • Investigation of Nonequilibrium Radiation for Mars Entry

    Aaron Brandis;Christopher Johnston;Marco Panesi;Brett Cruden

  • Radiative Heating Methodology for the Huygens Probe

    Christopher O. Johnston;Brian R. Hollis;Kenneth Sutton

  • Radiative Heating Uncertainty for Hyperbolic Earth Entry, Part 1: Flight Simulation Modeling and Uncertainty

    Christopher O. Johnston;Alireza Mazaheri;Peter Gnoffo;Bil Kleb

  • Equilibrium Radiative Heating from 9.5 to 15.5 km/s for Earth Atmospheric Entry

    A. M. Brandis;C. O. Johnston;B. A. Cruden;D. K. Prabhu

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter A. Gnoffo
Peter A. Gnoffo Langley Research Center
Brian R. Hollis
Brian R. Hollis Langley Research Center
William H. Mason
William H. Mason Virginia Tech
Daniel J. Inman
Daniel J. Inman University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
David W. Schwenke
David W. Schwenke Analytical Mechanics Associates (United States)
Richard L. Jaffe
Richard L. Jaffe Ames Research Center
Ralph D. Lorenz
Ralph D. Lorenz Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Nagi N. Mansour
Nagi N. Mansour Ames Research Center

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