Allan Rosencwaig

10.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
100 papers, 8.4k citations indexed

About

Allan Rosencwaig is a scholar working on Mechanics of Materials, Biomedical Engineering and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Allan Rosencwaig has authored 100 papers receiving a total of 8.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 51 papers in Mechanics of Materials, 36 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 26 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Allan Rosencwaig's work include Thermography and Photoacoustic Techniques (51 papers), Photoacoustic and Ultrasonic Imaging (23 papers) and Laser Material Processing Techniques (15 papers). Allan Rosencwaig is often cited by papers focused on Thermography and Photoacoustic Techniques (51 papers), Photoacoustic and Ultrasonic Imaging (23 papers) and Laser Material Processing Techniques (15 papers). Allan Rosencwaig collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Israel. Allan Rosencwaig's co-authors include A. Gersho, Jon Opsal, D. L. Willenborg, G. K. Wertheim, J. M. Daniels, G. Busse, William L. Smith, H. J. Guggenheim, W. J. Tabor and Stan S. Hall and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Physical Review Letters and The Journal of Chemical Physics.

In The Last Decade

Allan Rosencwaig

95 papers receiving 7.6k citations

Hit Papers

Theory of the photoacoustic effect with solids 1975 2026 1992 2009 1976 1975 500 1000 1.5k
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. Theory of the photoacoustic effect with solids
    1976 1.9k citations Allan Rosencwaig, A. Gersho Journal of Applied Physics profile →
  2. Theory of the photoacoustic effect with solids
    1975 1.7k citations Allan Rosencwaig, A. Gersho The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Allan Rosencwaig United States 39 5.2k 3.9k 2.0k 1.7k 1.3k 100 8.4k
Andreas Mandelis Canada 45 6.9k 1.3× 4.9k 1.3× 1.6k 0.8× 2.9k 1.8× 1.2k 0.9× 564 10.9k
Nabil M. Amer United States 33 1.8k 0.3× 2.0k 0.5× 1.7k 0.9× 2.6k 1.5× 378 0.3× 83 7.0k
D. A. Smith United States 47 962 0.2× 1.6k 0.4× 3.5k 1.8× 1.3k 0.8× 312 0.2× 219 7.8k
Peter Hess Germany 39 1.8k 0.4× 1.8k 0.5× 1.6k 0.8× 1.7k 1.0× 139 0.1× 248 5.6k
Aidan P. Thompson United States 32 1.6k 0.3× 1.9k 0.5× 7.3k 3.6× 1.8k 1.1× 685 0.5× 86 12.0k
Leonid V. Zhigilei United States 55 4.5k 0.9× 3.8k 1.0× 3.8k 1.9× 1.0k 0.6× 265 0.2× 178 10.5k
John A. Woollam United States 43 1.0k 0.2× 1.6k 0.4× 3.9k 2.0× 3.8k 2.3× 206 0.2× 340 8.2k
Mohamed Chaker Canada 66 3.0k 0.6× 2.0k 0.5× 6.1k 3.1× 5.9k 3.6× 551 0.4× 413 13.7k
Derek Y. C. Chan Australia 60 1.1k 0.2× 4.6k 1.2× 3.5k 1.7× 2.0k 1.2× 166 0.1× 245 13.5k
F. Spaepen United States 64 2.2k 0.4× 1.8k 0.5× 10.8k 5.4× 3.2k 1.9× 648 0.5× 246 17.1k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Allan Rosencwaig

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Allan Rosencwaig

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Ding, Jinshan, et al.. (1999). Thermal wave studies of thin metal films and structures. 368–370. 1 indexed citations
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Opsal, Jon, et al.. (1994). <title>Novel technique for performing ellipsometric measurements in a submicrometer area</title>. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 2004. 313–323. 2 indexed citations
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Opsal, Jon, Michael W. Taylor, William L. Smith, & Allan Rosencwaig. (1987). Temporal behavior of modulated optical reflectance in silicon. Journal of Applied Physics. 61(1). 240–248. 77 indexed citations
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Rosencwaig, Allan, Jon Opsal, William L. Smith, & D. L. Willenborg. (1986). Detection of thermal waves through modulated optical transmittance and modulated optical scattering. Journal of Applied Physics. 59(4). 1392–1394. 15 indexed citations
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Rosencwaig, Allan, Jon Opsal, William L. Smith, & D. L. Willenborg. (1985). Detection of thermal waves through optical reflectance. Applied Physics Letters. 46(11). 1013–1015. 298 indexed citations
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Rosencwaig, Allan. (1981). Thermal-Wave Microscopy. ThA2–ThA2. 3 indexed citations
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Hendricks, C. D., et al.. (1979). Fabrication of glass sphere laser fusion targets. Journal of Nuclear Materials. 85-86. 107–111. 18 indexed citations
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Rosencwaig, Allan. (1977). Photo-acoustic spectroscopy of solids. Review of Scientific Instruments. 48(9). 1133–1137. 72 indexed citations
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Rosencwaig, Allan, et al.. (1977). STRATUM CORNEUM STUDIES WITH PHOTOACOUSTIC SPECTROSCOPY. Journal of Investigative Dermatology. 69(3). 296–298. 13 indexed citations
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Rosencwaig, Allan, et al.. (1977). A photoacoustic study of newborn rat stratum corneum. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Protein Structure. 493(1). 10–23. 25 indexed citations
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Rosencwaig, Allan & A. Gersho. (1976). Theory of the photoacoustic effect with solids. Journal of Applied Physics. 47(1). 64–69. 1923 indexed citations breakdown →
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Rosencwaig, Allan. (1975). Photoacoustic spectroscopy of solids. Physics Today. 28(9). 23–30. 150 indexed citations
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Rosencwaig, Allan. (1975). Photoacoustic spectroscopy of solids. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 58(S1). S52–S52. 2 indexed citations
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Rosencwaig, Allan & A. Gersho. (1975). Theory of the photoacoustic effect with solids. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 58(S1). S52–S52. 1702 indexed citations breakdown →
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Gyorgy, E. M., et al.. (1973). Anomalous Behavior of the Anisotropy and Linewidth due to Pr in Iron Garnets. Physical review. B, Solid state. 8(1). 279–281. 6 indexed citations
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Rosencwaig, Allan, W. J. Tabor, & T. J. Nelson. (1972). New Domain-Wall Configuration for Magnetic Bubbles. Physical Review Letters. 29(14). 946–948. 29 indexed citations
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Wertheim, G. K., Allan Rosencwaig, R. L. Cohen, & H. J. Guggenheim. (1971). Exchange Splitting in the4fPhotoelectron Spectra of the Rare Earths. Physical Review Letters. 27(8). 505–507. 55 indexed citations
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Rosencwaig, Allan. (1970). Localized canting model for substituted ferrimagnets. II. Doubly substituted YIG systems. Canadian Journal of Physics. 48(23). 2868–2876. 40 indexed citations
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Rosencwaig, Allan, Moshe Ron, A. Kidron, & H. Shechter. (1969). Polarization and opacity effects on Mössbauer spectral area. Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids. 30(2). 359–365. 2 indexed citations
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Ron, Moshe, Allan Rosencwaig, H. Shechter, & A. Kidron. (1966). The effect of magnetic fields on the Mössbauer spectra of Cu - Fe alloys. Physics Letters. 22(1). 44–45. 7 indexed citations

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