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John E. Foster

Engineering · University of Michigan

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Established · publishing since 1988
Plasma Diagnostics and ApplicationsPlasma Applications and DiagnosticsElectrohydrodynamics and Fluid DynamicsParticle accelerators and beam dynamicsLaser-induced spectroscopy and plasma

Publications

357

Citations

4,892

Est. group size

~6

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

39

Publishing since 1988

In context
Among 1,507 established Engineering PIs within our index
Citations: 4,892cohort median 1,834
Publications / year (recent): 8.6cohort median 4.2

Typically publishes in teams of ~3 · 70% small-team papers (≤3 authors) · across 27 venues

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 8.6/year recently
2017: 13 publications172018: 25 publications25182019: 8 publications192020: 19 publications202021: 7 publications212022: 14 publications222023: 10 publications232024: 5 publications242025: 13 publications252026: 1 publication26
Collaborators per year
Distinct co-authors at University of Michigan each year — a rough indication of whether the group around this researcher has been growing or contracting. An estimate from co-authorship, not a roster: collaborators are not necessarily lab members, and recent years can be under-counted while indexing catches up.
2017: 10 collaborators2018: 10 collaborators2019: 5 collaborators2020: 2 collaborators2021: 8 collaborators2022: 6 collaborators2023: 9 collaborators2024: 2 collaborators2025: 10 collaborators1719212325
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Bulletin of the American Physical Society×22
  • Plasma Sources Science and Technology×13
  • APS Annual Gaseous Electronics Meeting Abstracts×10
  • IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science×7
  • 2022 IEEE International Conference on Plasma Science (ICOPS)×7
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This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Jul 25, 2026.

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