A. R. Lang

7.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
123 papers, 5.5k citations indexed

About

A. R. Lang is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Geophysics and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, A. R. Lang has authored 123 papers receiving a total of 5.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 62 papers in Materials Chemistry, 37 papers in Geophysics and 17 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in A. R. Lang's work include Diamond and Carbon-based Materials Research (43 papers), High-pressure geophysics and materials (37 papers) and Advanced X-ray Imaging Techniques (15 papers). A. R. Lang is often cited by papers focused on Diamond and Carbon-based Materials Research (43 papers), High-pressure geophysics and materials (37 papers) and Advanced X-ray Imaging Techniques (15 papers). A. R. Lang collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Australia and United States. A. R. Lang's co-authors include Moreton Moore, R. E. McMurtrie, Yuichi Κamiya, John C. Walmsley, M. Polcarová, G.S. Woods, A. P. W. Makepeace, Eiji Ohtaki, M.L. Benson and S. G. Mason and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Physical Review Letters and Applied Physics Letters.

In The Last Decade

A. R. Lang

121 papers receiving 5.0k citations

Hit Papers

align trajectories

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.

X-ray diffraction procedures for polycrystal-line and amorphous materials

1956 1.7k citations A. R. Lang Acta Metallurgica profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
A. R. Lang United Kingdom	34	2.4k	820	759	715	701	123	5.5k
J. R. Philip India	49	1.3k 0.6×	392 0.5×	746 1.0×	477 0.7×	1.6k 2.3×	313	10.4k
M. J. Whelan United Kingdom	48	2.0k 0.8×	177 0.2×	740 1.0×	477 0.7×	454 0.6×	196	8.0k
J. Frederick W. Mosselmans United Kingdom	44	2.0k 0.8×	624 0.8×	413 0.5×	296 0.4×	434 0.6×	223	6.7k
Eberhard Lehmann Switzerland	54	2.2k 0.9×	1.4k 1.7×	1.6k 2.0×	699 1.0×	242 0.3×	349	10.2k
Susan A. Welch United States	33	1.2k 0.5×	561 0.7×	414 0.5×	426 0.6×	299 0.4×	115	7.2k
Peter Weber United States	46	1.9k 0.8×	409 0.5×	1.3k 1.7×	954 1.3×	711 1.0×	170	9.1k
Benjamin Gilbert United States	53	5.5k 2.3×	595 0.7×	1.0k 1.3×	141 0.2×	280 0.4×	146	12.8k
Koen Janssens Belgium	56	1.5k 0.6×	536 0.7×	470 0.6×	297 0.4×	389 0.6×	401	11.6k
Prabhat K. Gupta India	42	2.2k 0.9×	203 0.2×	228 0.3×	271 0.4×	769 1.1×	138	5.4k
Joseph I. Goldstein United States	50	2.9k 1.2×	2.7k 3.2×	1.6k 2.1×	147 0.2×	93 0.1×	185	12.0k

Countries citing papers authored by A. R. Lang

Since Specialization

Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of A. R. Lang's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by A. R. Lang with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites A. R. Lang more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by A. R. Lang

Since Specialization

Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by A. R. Lang. 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. R. Lang. The network helps show where A. R. Lang may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of A. R. Lang

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of A. R. Lang. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of A. R. Lang 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. R. Lang. A. R. Lang is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

Sort: Min cites: Since: Top N: Style:

20 of 20 papers shown

1.

Lang, A. R.. (2008). The strain-optical constants of diamond: A brief history of measurements. Diamond and Related Materials. 18(1). 1–5. 6 indexed citations

2.

Lang, A. R. & A. P. W. Makepeace. (1999). Synchrotron X-ray reticulographic measurement of lattice deformations associated with energetic ion implantation in diamond. Journal of Applied Crystallography. 32(6). 1119–1126. 1 indexed citations

3.

Lang, A. R., A. P. W. Makepeace, & J. E. Butler. (1998). Synchrotron X-ray microdiffraction measurements of lattice tilts within CVD diamond crystallites terminated by cathodoluminescent blue-cross-quartered cube facets. Diamond and Related Materials. 7(11-12). 1698–1708. 8 indexed citations

4.

Lang, A. R. & A. P. W. Makepeace. (1996). Reticulography: a simple and sensitive technique for mapping misorientations in single crystals. Journal of Synchrotron Radiation. 3(6). 313–315. 11 indexed citations

5.

Lang, A. R., et al.. (1993). CL and Optical Microtopographic Studies of Argyle Diamonds. Explore Bristol Research. 53(559). 334–337. 5 indexed citations

6.

Walmsley, John C. & A. R. Lang. (1987). A transmission electron microscope study of a cubic boron nitride-based compact material with AIN and AIB2 binder phases. Journal of Materials Science. 22(11). 4093–4102. 15 indexed citations

7.

Lang, A. R. & John C. Walmsley. (1983). Apatite inclusions in natural diamond coat. Physics and Chemistry of Minerals. 9(1). 6–8. 41 indexed citations

8.

Lang, A. R. & R. Leuning. (1981). New omnidirectional anemometer with no moving parts. Boundary-Layer Meteorology. 20(4). 445–457. 2 indexed citations

9.

Lang, A. R.. (1980). Polarized infra-red cathodoluminescence from synthetic diamonds. Philosophical Magazine B. 41(6). 689–698. 10 indexed citations

10.

Lang, A. R., et al.. (1975). Description of leaf orientation and heliotropic response of sunflower using directional statistics. Agricultural Meteorology. 15(1). 33–48. 25 indexed citations

11.

Lang, A. R.. (1973). Leaf orientation of a cotton plant. Agricultural Meteorology. 11. 37–51. 107 indexed citations

12.

Moore, Moreton & A. R. Lang. (1972). On the internal structure of natural diamonds of cubic habit. Philosophical magazine. 26(6). 1313–1325. 68 indexed citations

13.

Lang, A. R., et al.. (1970). Four‐terminal Peltier Type Thermocouple Psychrometer for Measuring Water Potential in Nonisothermal Systems¹. Agronomy Journal. 62(6). 705–708. 4 indexed citations

14.

Lang, A. R., et al.. (1969). Leaf Water Balance During Oscillation of Stomatal Aperture. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 44(6). 826–830. 60 indexed citations

15.

Lang, A. R., et al.. (1965). A study of repeated twinning, lattice imperfections and impurity distribution in amethyst. Philosophical magazine. 12(116). 283–296. 20 indexed citations

16.

Lang, A. R.. (1965). MAPPING DAUPHINÉ AND BRAZIL TWINS IN QUARTZ BY X-RAY TOPOGRAPHY. Applied Physics Letters. 7(6). 168–170. 23 indexed citations

17.

Authier, A., et al.. (1965). On the macroscopic distribution of dislocations in single crystals of high-purity recrystallized aluminium. Philosophical magazine. 12(117). 547–560. 19 indexed citations

18.

Lang, A. R.. (1957). Small-angle scattering of X-rays. Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids. 3(1-2). 161–161. 43 indexed citations

19.

Lang, A. R.. (1956). X-ray diffraction by polycrystalline materials. Acta Metallurgica. 4(1). 102–106. 63 indexed citations

20.

Lang, A. R.. (1953). Extinction in X-Ray Diffraction Patterns of Powders. Proceedings of the Physical Society Section B. 66(12). 1003–1008. 12 indexed citations

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact