Anthony J. Downs

41.2k total citations · 5 hit papers
293 papers, 25.6k citations indexed

About

Anthony J. Downs is a scholar working on Inorganic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Anthony J. Downs has authored 293 papers receiving a total of 25.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 106 papers in Inorganic Chemistry, 77 papers in Materials Chemistry and 64 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Anthony J. Downs's work include Inorganic Fluorides and Related Compounds (71 papers), Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (61 papers) and Hydrogen Storage and Materials (32 papers). Anthony J. Downs is often cited by papers focused on Inorganic Fluorides and Related Compounds (71 papers), Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (61 papers) and Hydrogen Storage and Materials (32 papers). Anthony J. Downs collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Germany and United States. Anthony J. Downs's co-authors include Edward C. Banfield, Dwaine Marvick, Tim M. Greene, Simon Aldridge, Hans‐Jörg Himmel, Colin R. Pulham, Carlos Almeida, Leila Cottet, Nito Ângelo Debacher and César Mello and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Chemical Society Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Anthony J. Downs

283 papers receiving 22.0k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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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.

An Economic Theory of Democracy.

1958 11.2k citations Anthony J. Downs et al. profile →
An Economic Theory of Democracy

1960 2.7k citations Anthony J. Downs et al. profile →
An Economic Theory of Political Action in a Democracy

1957 1.7k citations Anthony J. Downs profile →
Inside Bureaucracy

1967 1.4k citations Anthony J. Downs profile →
Removal of methylene blue from colored effluents by adsorption on montmorillonite clay

2009 643 citations Anthony J. Downs et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Anthony J. Downs United Kingdom	45	11.8k	6.5k	6.2k	3.0k	2.6k	293	25.6k
James H. Davis United States	49	1.1k 0.1×	1.9k 0.3×	10.2k 1.6×	6.0k 2.0×	470 0.2×	249	39.9k
George W. Huber United States	114	382 0.0×	1.2k 0.2×	2.1k 0.3×	8.4k 2.8×	5.9k 2.2×	484	62.9k
James S. Coleman United States	70	3.6k 0.3×	3.8k 0.6×	17.7k 2.8×	3.0k 1.0×	157 0.1×	340	47.5k
Giovanni Sartori Italy	50	4.2k 0.4×	352 0.1×	3.0k 0.5×	673 0.2×	1.2k 0.5×	277	12.6k
John P. Robinson United States	62	1.3k 0.1×	611 0.1×	6.9k 1.1×	272 0.1×	127 0.0×	356	21.8k
David J. Harvey United Kingdom	82	3.0k 0.3×	844 0.1×	4.6k 0.7×	436 0.1×	77 0.0×	520	31.9k
James E. Anderson United States	56	972 0.1×	4.3k 0.7×	1.0k 0.2×	3.0k 1.0×	475 0.2×	439	15.8k
Amartya Sen United States	87	9.9k 0.8×	16.4k 2.5×	24.0k 3.9×	1.5k 0.5×	16 0.0×	435	55.1k
Robert E. Quinn United States	42	598 0.1×	742 0.1×	2.2k 0.4×	4.3k 1.4×	513 0.2×	94	15.3k
Hongbin Li China	64	1.4k 0.1×	2.0k 0.3×	722 0.1×	766 0.3×	163 0.1×	380	18.3k

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Becker, Leandro Buss, Anthony J. Downs, Craig Schlenoff, et al.. (2024). Effects of the Human Presence among Robots in the ARIAC 2023 Industrial Automation Competition. Journal of Intelligent & Robotic Systems. 110(3).

Romano, Rosana M., Carlos O. Della Védova, & Anthony J. Downs. (2007). Methanesulfenyl Fluoride, CH₃SF, a Missing Link in the Family of Sulfenyl Halides: Formation and Characterization through the Matrix Photochemistry of Methyl Thiofluoroformate, FC(O)SCH₃. Chemistry - A European Journal. 13(29). 8185–8192. 14 indexed citations

Madhavan, R., et al.. (2007). Traversability Metrics for Urban Search and Rescue Robots on Rough Terrain | NIST. 7 indexed citations

Romano, Rosana M., Carlos O. Della Védova, Anthony J. Downs, Yeny A. Tobón, & Helge Willner. (2005). New Members of an Old Family: Isolation of IC(O)Cl and IC(O)Br and Evidence for the Formation of Weakly Bound Br^•···CO. Inorganic Chemistry. 44(9). 3241–3248. 16 indexed citations

Downs, Anthony J.. (2004). Why Traffic Congestion is Here to Stay....and Will Get Worse. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 1(25). 19–25. 20 indexed citations

Downs, Anthony J.. (2004). Growth management and affordable housing : do they conflict?. Project Muse (Johns Hopkins University). 65 indexed citations

Downs, Anthony J.. (2003). WHY FLORIDA'S CONCURRENCY PRINCIPLES (FOR CONTROLLING NEW DEVELOPMENT BY REGULATING ROAD CONSTRUCTION) DO NOT--AND CANNOT--WORK EFFECTIVELY. Transportation quarterly. 57(1). 4 indexed citations

Downs, Anthony J.. (2001). What does 'smart growth' really mean?. 67(4). 45 indexed citations

Limberg, Christian, et al.. (2001). The Photochemistry of [CpMo(CO)3(η1-C3H5)] in Frozen Gas Matrices at 10 K and the Behaviour of [CpMo(CO)2(η3-C3H5)] Isomers in Different Media. European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry. 2001(10). 2613–2618. 11 indexed citations

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Burchell, Robert W., David Listokin, Helen E. Phillips, et al.. (1998). The Costs of Sprawl-Revisited. Digital Commons - University of South Florida (University of South Florida). 238 indexed citations

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Downs, Anthony J., Tim M. Greene, G. Sean McGrady, et al.. (1996). Molecular Structures of Methyldifluoroarsine, CH₃AsF₂, and Dimethylfluoroarsine, (CH₃)₂AsF, in the Gas Phase As Determined by Electron Diffraction andab InitioCalculations. Inorganic Chemistry. 35(24). 6952–6958. 2 indexed citations

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Downs, Anthony J.. (1993). POINT OF VIEW: IMPLEMENTING PEAK-HOUR ROAD PRICING AT FULLSCALE: FINDING SOLUTIONS TO PRACTICAL PROBLEMS. TR news. 17 indexed citations

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Downs, Anthony J.. (1992). Policy directions concerning racial discrimination in U.S. housing markets. Housing Policy Debate. 3(2). 685–745. 3 indexed citations

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Monroe, Kristen Renwick & Anthony J. Downs. (1991). The Economic Approach to Politics : A Critical Reassessment of the Theory of Rational Action. 75 indexed citations

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Appelman, Evan H., Anthony J. Downs, & C. Gardner. (1989). Matrix photochemistry of hypofluorous acid, HOF: oxygen atom transfer and other reactions. The Journal of Physical Chemistry. 93(2). 598–608. 8 indexed citations

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Downs, Anthony J.. (1978). Teoría económica de la acción política en una democracia. Dialnet (Universidad de la Rioja). 8(2). 403–111. 18 indexed citations

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Downs, Anthony J.. (1974). The Successes and Failures of Federal Housing Policy.. The Public interest. 18(3). 101093–101093. 8 indexed citations

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Downs, Anthony J.. (1973). Federal housing subsidies: how are they working?. Lexington Books. 12 indexed citations

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Downs, Anthony J.. (1970). Residential Segregation: Its Effects on Education.. 1 indexed citations

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Downs, Anthony J.. (1969). Round Table on Allocation of Resources in Law Enforcement. American Economic Review. 59(2). 504–505.

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