A. L. Qualls

1.4k total citations
43 papers, 494 citations indexed

About

A. L. Qualls is a scholar working on Aerospace Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Nuclear and High Energy Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, A. L. Qualls has authored 43 papers receiving a total of 494 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Aerospace Engineering, 26 papers in Materials Chemistry and 13 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics. Recurrent topics in A. L. Qualls's work include Nuclear reactor physics and engineering (18 papers), Fusion materials and technologies (14 papers) and Magnetic confinement fusion research (13 papers). A. L. Qualls is often cited by papers focused on Nuclear reactor physics and engineering (18 papers), Fusion materials and technologies (14 papers) and Magnetic confinement fusion research (13 papers). A. L. Qualls collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and France. A. L. Qualls's co-authors include Adrian S. Sabau, Joanna McFarlane, Hebi Yin, T. Muroga, L. R. Baylor, C. R. Foust, S. K. Combs, D. A. Rasmussen, S. J. Meitner and J.C. Conklin and has published in prestigious journals such as Applied Energy, Review of Scientific Instruments and Journal of Nuclear Materials.

In The Last Decade

A. L. Qualls

39 papers receiving 466 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
A. L. Qualls United States 13 280 206 196 121 91 43 494
J.J. Cordier France 11 175 0.6× 181 0.9× 88 0.4× 53 0.4× 92 1.0× 35 298
S. Chiocchio Germany 11 395 1.4× 246 1.2× 148 0.8× 96 0.8× 166 1.8× 47 535
H. Takatsu Japan 12 368 1.3× 114 0.6× 118 0.6× 157 1.3× 121 1.3× 75 488
M. Chantant France 13 174 0.6× 269 1.3× 170 0.9× 72 0.6× 113 1.2× 34 460
Jon Harman United Kingdom 8 263 0.9× 212 1.0× 166 0.8× 36 0.3× 123 1.4× 14 411
F. Maviglia Germany 14 387 1.4× 274 1.3× 223 1.1× 35 0.3× 146 1.6× 39 484
Lester M. Waganer United States 14 303 1.1× 278 1.3× 177 0.9× 16 0.1× 145 1.6× 54 459
P. Satyamurthy India 13 125 0.4× 51 0.2× 180 0.9× 122 1.0× 95 1.0× 35 372
Gianfranco Federici Germany 14 436 1.6× 270 1.3× 191 1.0× 69 0.6× 105 1.2× 30 533

Countries citing papers authored by A. L. Qualls

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Fields of papers citing papers by A. L. Qualls

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by A. L. Qualls. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by A. L. Qualls. The network helps show where A. L. Qualls may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of A. L. Qualls

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of A. L. Qualls. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of A. L. Qualls 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. L. Qualls. A. L. Qualls 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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Qualls, A. L., et al.. (2017). Dynamic Radioisotope Power System development for space exploration. 1–7. 5 indexed citations
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Qualls, A. L., et al.. (2017). Steps in the development of nuclear thermal propulsion fuels. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). 1–6. 1 indexed citations
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Borowski, Stanley K., et al.. (2016). Affordable Development and Demonstration of a Small Nuclear Thermal Rocket (NTR) Engine and Stage: How Small Is Big Enough?. NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA). 1 indexed citations
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Chang, Chih‐Wei, et al.. (2015). Small modular reactor modeling using modelica for nuclear-renewable hybrid energy systems applications. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). 113(1). 903–906. 4 indexed citations
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Borowski, Stanley K., et al.. (2015). Affordable Development and Demonstration of a Small NTR Engine and Stage: How Small is Big Enough?. AIAA SPACE 2015 Conference and Exposition. 2 indexed citations
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McFarlane, Joanna, et al.. (2014). Performance and Thermal Stability of a Polyaromatic Hydrocarbon in a Simulated Concentrating Solar Power Loop. AIMS energy. 2(1). 41–70. 1 indexed citations
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Yin, Hebi, Adrian S. Sabau, J.C. Conklin, Joanna McFarlane, & A. L. Qualls. (2013). Mixtures of SF6–CO2 as working fluids for geothermal power plants. Applied Energy. 106. 243–253. 55 indexed citations
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Mason, Lee S., et al.. (2011). A Small Fission Power System for NASA Planetary Science Missions. JA Clinical Reports. 2(1). 23–23. 19 indexed citations
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Qualls, A. L. & Edwin R. Hancock. (2011). Recapturing NERVA-Derived Fuels for Nuclear Thermal Propulsion. 2 indexed citations
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Meitner, S. J., L. R. Baylor, J.J. Carbajo, et al.. (2009). Development of a Twin-Screw D2Extruder for the ITER Pellet Injection System. Fusion Science & Technology. 56(1). 52–56. 24 indexed citations
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Baylor, L. R., S. K. Combs, C. R. Foust, et al.. (2009). Pellet fuelling, ELM pacing and disruption mitigation technology development for ITER. Nuclear Fusion. 49(8). 85013–85013. 63 indexed citations
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Tinker, Michael, et al.. (2004). Nuclear Electric Vehicle Optimization Toolset (NEVOT). 10th AIAA/ISSMO Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization Conference. 6 indexed citations
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Snead, L.L., T.D. Burchell, & A. L. Qualls. (2003). Strength of neutron-irradiated high-quality 3D carbon fiber composite. Journal of Nuclear Materials. 321(2-3). 165–169. 14 indexed citations
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Foster, C.A., et al.. (2002). A 400-pellet feed system for the ORNL centrifuge pellet injector. 1. 51a–51d. 1 indexed citations
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Zinkle, S.J., Naoyuki Hashimoto, D. Hoelzer, et al.. (2002). Effect of periodic temperature variations on the microstructure of neutron-irradiated metals. Journal of Nuclear Materials. 307-311. 192–196. 20 indexed citations
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Muroga, T., S.J. Zinkle, A. L. Qualls, & H. Watanabe. (2001). Varying temperature irradiation experiment in HFIR. Journal of Nuclear Materials. 299(2). 148–156. 19 indexed citations
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Snead, L.L., Rui Yamada, K. Noda, et al.. (2000). In situ thermal conductivity measurement of ceramics in a fast neutron environment. Journal of Nuclear Materials. 283-287. 545–550. 10 indexed citations
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Baylor, L. R., A. Géraud, W. A. Houlberg, et al.. (1997). An international pellet ablation database. Nuclear Fusion. 37(4). 445–450. 70 indexed citations
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Schuresko, D.D., M. J. Cole, P.W. Fisher, et al.. (1989). Simplified eight-shot pneumatic pellet injector for plasma fueling applications on the Princeton Beta Experiment and on the Advanced Toroidal Facility. Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A Vacuum Surfaces and Films. 7(3). 949–954. 5 indexed citations

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