| The international laser ranging service MR Pearlman, JJ Degnan, JM Bosworth Advances in space research 30 (2), 135-143, 2002 | 1029 | 2002 |
| Optimization of passively Q-switched lasers JJ Degnan IEEE journal of quantum electronics 31 (11), 1890-1901, 2002 | 619 | 2002 |
| Theory of the optimally coupled Q-switched laser JJ Degnan IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics 25 (2), 214-220, 1989 | 546 | 1989 |
| Millimeter accuracy satellite laser ranging: a review JJ Degnan Contributions of space geodesy to geodynamics: technology 25, 133-162, 1993 | 449 | 1993 |
| The waveguide laser: A review JJ Degnan Applied physics 11, 1-33, 1976 | 279 | 1976 |
| Photon-counting multikilohertz microlaser altimeters for airborne and spaceborne topographic measurements JJ Degnan Journal of Geodynamics 34 (3-4), 503-549, 2002 | 254 | 2002 |
| Satellite laser ranging: current status and future prospects JJ Degnan IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 398-413, 1985 | 227 | 1985 |
| Optical antenna gain. 1: Transmitting antennas BJ Klein, JJ Degnan Applied optics 13 (9), 2134-2141, 1974 | 209 | 1974 |
| Finite-aperture waveguide-laser resonators J Degnan, D Hall IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics 9 (9), 901-910, 1973 | 171 | 1973 |
| Three-dimension imaging lidar JJ Degnan US Patent 7,248,342, 2007 | 162 | 2007 |
| The ILRS: approaching 20 years and planning for the future MR Pearlman, CE Noll, EC Pavlis, FG Lemoine, L Combrink, JJ Degnan, ... Journal of Geodesy 93, 2161-2180, 2019 | 156 | 2019 |
| Optical antenna gain. 2: Receiving antennas JJ Degnan, BJ Klein Applied optics 13 (10), 2397-2401, 1974 | 127 | 1974 |
| CO2laser communication systems for near-earth space applications JH McElroy, N McAvoy, EH Johnson, JJ Degnan, FE Goodwin, ... Proceedings of the IEEE 65 (2), 221-251, 1977 | 102 | 1977 |
| Effects of thermalization on Q-switched laser properties JJ Degnan, DB Coyle, RB Kay IEEE journal of quantum electronics 34 (5), 887-899, 1998 | 101 | 1998 |
| Scanning, multibeam, single photon lidars for rapid, large scale, high resolution, topographic and bathymetric mapping JJ Degnan Remote Sensing 8 (11), 958, 2016 | 100 | 2016 |
| The next generation of satellite laser ranging systems M Wilkinson, U Schreiber, I Procházka, C Moore, J Degnan, G Kirchner, ... Journal of Geodesy 93 (11), 2227-2247, 2019 | 97 | 2019 |
| Asynchronous laser transponders for precise interplanetary ranging and time transfer JJ Degnan Journal of Geodynamics 34 (3-4), 551-594, 2002 | 96 | 2002 |
| Waveguide laser mode patterns in the near and far field JJ Degnan Applied Optics 12 (5), 1026-1030, 1973 | 95 | 1973 |
| The geoscience laser altimetry/ranging system SC Cohen, JJ Degnan, JL Bufton, JB Garvin, JB Abshire IEEE transactions on geoscience and remote sensing, 581-592, 1987 | 90 | 1987 |
| Scanner/optical system for three-dimensional lidar imaging and polarimetry JJ Degnan III, DN Wells US Patent 8,493,445, 2013 | 76 | 2013 |