A. Kernan

10.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
47 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

A. Kernan is a scholar working on Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. According to data from OpenAlex, A. Kernan has authored 47 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics, 6 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 3 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Recurrent topics in A. Kernan's work include Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions (30 papers), Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies (25 papers) and High-Energy Particle Collisions Research (21 papers). A. Kernan is often cited by papers focused on Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions (30 papers), Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies (25 papers) and High-Energy Particle Collisions Research (21 papers). A. Kernan collaborates with scholars based in United States, Ireland and Switzerland. A. Kernan's co-authors include Sharon Traweek, G. Kalmus, G. Gidal, Wilson M. Powell, Robert P. Ely, R. T. Poe, Robert W. Birge, B. C. Shen, U. Camerini and Bronwyn H. Hall and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Physics Today and Physics Reports.

In The Last Decade

A. Kernan

47 papers receiving 1.0k citations

Hit Papers

Beamtimes and Lifetimes: The World of High Energy Physicists 1990 2026 2002 2014 1990 200 400 600
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Beamtimes and Lifetimes: The World of High Energy Physicists
    1990 644 citations Sharon Traweek, A. Kernan Physics Today profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
A. Kernan United States 16 508 225 131 103 87 47 1.2k
A. J. Meadows United Kingdom 22 300 0.6× 144 0.6× 67 0.5× 150 1.5× 40 0.5× 183 2.2k
Simon Penny United States 13 174 0.3× 421 1.9× 230 1.8× 120 1.2× 123 1.4× 38 2.1k
Robert K. Logan Canada 18 250 0.5× 196 0.9× 51 0.4× 71 0.7× 43 0.5× 111 1.1k
Samuel Devons United States 20 737 1.5× 54 0.2× 68 0.5× 455 4.4× 49 0.6× 48 1.7k
Basarab Nicolescu France 26 1.0k 2.0× 160 0.7× 211 1.6× 38 0.4× 27 0.3× 93 2.2k
William Graziano United States 12 251 0.5× 237 1.1× 51 0.4× 125 1.2× 48 0.6× 21 893
Eric Deeson United States 15 82 0.2× 69 0.3× 257 2.0× 424 4.1× 144 1.7× 60 1.7k
Edward Friedman United States 25 755 1.5× 517 2.3× 78 0.6× 288 2.8× 22 0.3× 274 2.8k
Jan Smith United Kingdom 18 466 0.9× 224 1.0× 457 3.5× 106 1.0× 132 1.5× 47 1.9k
Albert Einstein United States 12 107 0.2× 80 0.4× 72 0.5× 316 3.1× 49 0.6× 29 1.1k

Countries citing papers authored by A. Kernan

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Fields of papers citing papers by A. Kernan

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of A. Kernan

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of A. Kernan. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of A. Kernan based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with A. Kernan. A. Kernan is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Joyce, D., A. Kernan, M. Lindgren, et al.. (1993). Double Pomeron exchange studies inpp¯interactions at 0.63 TeV. Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields. 48(5). 1943–1948. 7 indexed citations
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Traweek, Sharon & A. Kernan. (1990). Beamtimes and Lifetimes: The World of High Energy Physicists. Physics Today. 43(7). 68–69. 644 indexed citations breakdown →
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Hanna, D.S., et al.. (1982). Diquark fragmentation in p-p interactions and comparison with νp, interactions. Physics Letters B. 114(5). 369–372. 1 indexed citations
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Böhm, A., A. Kernan, J. G. Layter, et al.. (1978). Meson-Resonance Production inp−pInteractions at 53-GeV (c.m.) Energy. Physical Review Letters. 41(26). 1761–1764. 5 indexed citations
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Baksay, L., Louis Baum, A. Böhm, et al.. (1976). Evidence for double Pomeron exchange at the CERN ISR. Physics Letters B. 61(1). 89–92. 20 indexed citations
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Webb, R., G. H. Trilling, V. L. Telegdi, et al.. (1975). Double diffraction dissociation and test of pomeron factorization at the CERN ISR. Physics Letters B. 55(3). 336–340. 18 indexed citations
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Böhm, A., M. Bozzo, R. Ellis, et al.. (1974). Proton diffraction dissociation studies at the CERN ISR. Nuclear Physics B. 79(1). 1–9. 2 indexed citations
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Mehtani, U., S. Y. Fung, A. Kernan, et al.. (1972). Evidence for Duality Constraints inΔ→π+Δ(1236)Decays. Physical Review Letters. 29(24). 1634–1637. 20 indexed citations
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Fung, S. Y., et al.. (1972). Spin-parity and helicity of diffractively produced N. Physics Letters B. 42(4). 497–500. 10 indexed citations
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Brody, A., R.J. Cashmore, A. Kernan, et al.. (1971). π−pElastic Scattering in the c. m. Energy Range 1400-2000 MeV. Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields. 3(11). 2619–2637. 10 indexed citations
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Poe, R. T., Bipin R. Desai, A. Kernan, & Harvey K. Shepard. (1969). A Kinematic-Ambiguity-Free Test forA1andBmesons. Physical Review Letters. 22(11). 551–554. 6 indexed citations
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Kernan, A., et al.. (1966). New Method for Assigning Baryon Resonances to SU(3) Multiplets. Physical Review Letters. 17(15). 832–834. 24 indexed citations
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Kernan, A., et al.. (1964). Muonic-Decay Branching Ratio of the Lambda Hyperon. Physical Review. 133(5B). B1271–B1273. 3 indexed citations
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Kaplon, M. F., et al.. (1961). PRIMARY COSMIC-RAY $alpha$-PARTICLES. Il Nuovo Cimento. 1 indexed citations
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Engler, A., M. F. Kaplon, A. Kernan, et al.. (1961). Primary cosmic-ray α-particles — I. Il Nuovo Cimento. 19(6). 1090–1099. 10 indexed citations
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Keefe, D., et al.. (1960). Preliminary results on the interactions in photographic emulsion of K−-mesons at 1.15 GeV/c. Il Nuovo Cimento. 16(6). 1135–1138. 1 indexed citations
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Keefe, D., A. Kernan, A. Montwill, et al.. (1959). The interactions of positive K-mesons with nuclei in photographic emulsion at energies in the region (240÷300) MeV. Il Nuovo Cimento. 12(3). 241–263. 17 indexed citations
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Bhowmik, B., D. Evans, D. J. Prowse, et al.. (1958). On the decay modes of interacting and non-interacting K+-mesons. Il Nuovo Cimento. 8(1). 147–154. 5 indexed citations
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Bhowmik, B., D. Evans, S. Nilsson, et al.. (1957). The interactions of positive k-mesons with nuclei in photographic emulsion at energies in the region 0 ÷ 30 MeV. Il Nuovo Cimento. 6(3). 440–477. 13 indexed citations
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Friedlander, M. W., D. Keefe, M. G. K. Menon, et al.. (1955). XVIII. Observations on negative K-mesons. The London Edinburgh and Dublin Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science. 46(373). 144–149. 6 indexed citations

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