Albert Simon

3.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
58 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Albert Simon is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Astronomy and Astrophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, Albert Simon has authored 58 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 28 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics and 23 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics. Recurrent topics in Albert Simon's work include Magnetic confinement fusion research (19 papers), Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics (15 papers) and Laser-induced spectroscopy and plasma (14 papers). Albert Simon is often cited by papers focused on Magnetic confinement fusion research (19 papers), Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics (15 papers) and Laser-induced spectroscopy and plasma (14 papers). Albert Simon collaborates with scholars based in United States. Albert Simon's co-authors include William B. Thompson, M. N. Rosenbluth, S. Ichimaru, R. W. Short, David T. Goldman, G. E. Guest, E. G. Harris, John J. Kim, A. M. Sleeper and S. Migliuolo and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Physics Today.

In The Last Decade

Albert Simon

56 papers receiving 2.4k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Advances in plasma physics

1968 1.1k citations Albert Simon, William B. Thompson profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Albert Simon United States	20	1.4k	1.2k	1.1k	633	393	58	2.7k
C. Oberman United States	27	1.8k 1.3×	1.7k 1.4×	1.1k 1.0×	488 0.8×	449 1.1×	48	3.2k
D. A. Tidman United States	24	987 0.7×	1.2k 1.0×	772 0.7×	339 0.5×	517 1.3×	96	2.4k
J. H. Malmberg United States	30	1.6k 1.1×	1.2k 1.0×	2.0k 1.8×	762 1.2×	584 1.5×	62	3.3k
R. W. Gould United States	27	1.7k 1.2×	1.4k 1.1×	1.8k 1.6×	1.2k 2.0×	301 0.8×	67	3.5k
E. G. Harris United States	21	1.3k 0.9×	1.7k 1.4×	1.1k 1.0×	331 0.5×	230 0.6×	57	3.0k
A. Y. Wong United States	30	1.4k 1.0×	1.7k 1.4×	1.4k 1.2×	767 1.2×	404 1.0×	144	3.1k
Burton D. Fried United States	22	1.2k 0.8×	1.2k 1.0×	959 0.9×	351 0.6×	209 0.5×	69	2.2k
H. Okuda United States	27	1.3k 0.9×	1.8k 1.5×	692 0.6×	474 0.7×	130 0.3×	96	2.5k
B. Lehnert Sweden	25	1.5k 1.1×	1.4k 1.2×	680 0.6×	535 0.8×	174 0.4×	171	2.7k
Glenn Joyce United States	27	747 0.5×	1.4k 1.1×	1.5k 1.3×	575 0.9×	185 0.5×	65	2.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Albert Simon

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Fields of papers citing papers by Albert Simon

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Albert Simon

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Quakenbush, Lori, et al.. (2022). Trends in Subsistence Harvests of Ice Seals in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta Region, Alaska, 1962 – 2018. ARCTIC. 75(4). 449–461. 2 indexed citations

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Simon, Albert & R. W. Short. (1990). Reply to the comments of Drake. Physics of Fluids B Plasma Physics. 2(1). 227–228. 1 indexed citations

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Simon, Albert & R. W. Short. (1988). Alternative analysis of CO2-laser-produced plasma waves. The Physics of Fluids. 31(11). 3371–3374. 1 indexed citations

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Simon, Albert & R. W. Short. (1984). New Model of Raman Spectra in Laser-Produced Plasma. Physical Review Letters. 53(20). 1912–1914. 36 indexed citations

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Simon, Albert & S. Migliuolo. (1977). Nonlinear saturation of two unstable modes; survival competition. The Physics of Fluids. 20(11). 1855–1863. 2 indexed citations

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Simon, Albert, et al.. (1972). Quasilinear Theory of the Mirror Flute Instability. The Physics of Fluids. 15(12). 2341–2350. 11 indexed citations

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Simon, Albert, et al.. (1972). Onset of Striations in Barium Clouds. Physical Review Letters. 29(25). 1664–1667. 16 indexed citations

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Simon, Albert, et al.. (1970). Nonlinear Theory of the Positive Column Spiral Instability. The Physics of Fluids. 13(10). 2569–2571. 4 indexed citations

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Simon, Albert. (1969). Theory of Turbulent Plasma. Nuclear Science and Engineering. 36(3). 459–459. 17 indexed citations

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Simon, Albert & William B. Thompson. (1968). Advances in plasma physics. 1104 indexed citations breakdown →

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Simon, Albert. (1968). Nonlinear Transport in Weakly Ionized Plasma. The Physics of Fluids. 11(6). 1181–1185. 28 indexed citations

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Simon, Albert & M. N. Rosenbluth. (1966). Flute Instability at Low Density. The Physics of Fluids. 9(4). 726–729. 7 indexed citations

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Simon, Albert. (1965). Controlled Thermonuclear Reactions. Nuclear Science and Engineering. 23(4). 400–401. 30 indexed citations

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Simon, Albert. (1964). Elementary Plasma Physics. Nuclear Science and Engineering. 18(2). 295–296. 2 indexed citations

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Simon, Albert. (1963). Instability of a Partially Ionized Plasma in Crossed Electric and Magnetic Fields. The Physics of Fluids. 6(3). 382–388. 335 indexed citations

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Guest, G. E. & Albert Simon. (1962). Instability in Low-Pressure Plasma Diffusion Experiments. The Physics of Fluids. 5(1). 121–122. 10 indexed citations

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Simon, Albert. (1958). Ignition of a Thermonuclear Plasma by High-Energy Injection. The Physics of Fluids. 1(6). 495–500. 10 indexed citations

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Simon, Albert. (1954). Theory of Polarized Particles and Gamma Rays in Nuclear Reactions. Physical Review. 93(6). 1435–1435.

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Simon, Albert. (1953). Theory of Polarized Particles and Gamma Rays in Nuclear Reactions. Physical Review. 92(4). 1050–1060. 48 indexed citations

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Simon, Albert. (1953). Higher Spin Polarizations in Nuclear Reactions. Physical Review. 90(2). 326–326. 2 indexed citations

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