A.W. Leonard

18.2k total citations · 3 hit papers
276 papers, 9.5k citations indexed

About

A.W. Leonard is a scholar working on Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Materials Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, A.W. Leonard has authored 276 papers receiving a total of 9.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 266 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics, 176 papers in Materials Chemistry and 94 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in A.W. Leonard's work include Magnetic confinement fusion research (266 papers), Fusion materials and technologies (175 papers) and Superconducting Materials and Applications (94 papers). A.W. Leonard is often cited by papers focused on Magnetic confinement fusion research (266 papers), Fusion materials and technologies (175 papers) and Superconducting Materials and Applications (94 papers). A.W. Leonard collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Germany. A.W. Leonard's co-authors include P.B. Snyder, T.H. Osborne, R. J. Groebner, H. R. Wilson, G. D. Porter, M.E. Fenstermacher, J.G. Watkins, T.H. Osborne, W.P. West and R. A. Moyer and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Nature Physics and Review of Scientific Instruments.

In The Last Decade

A.W. Leonard

266 papers receiving 9.0k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Edge localized modes and the pedestal: A model based on coupled peeling–ballooning modes

2002 598 citations P.B. Snyder, H. R. Wilson et al. Physics of Plasmas profile →
Edge stability and transport control with resonant magnetic perturbations in collisionless tokamak plasmas

2006 481 citations T.E. Evans, M.E. Fenstermacher et al. profile →
Scaling of the tokamak near the scrape-off layer H-mode power width and implications for ITER

2013 431 citations A.W. Leonard, A. Thornton et al. Nuclear Fusion profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Framework for assessment of magnetic equilibrium controller performance on the MAST upgrade spherical tokamak 2025 ·Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion ·A. Lvovskiy, H. Anand, A.S. Welander, (unknown), C.H. Vincent, G. McArdle, J. Lovell, (unknown), J.L. Barr, (unknown), B. Sammuli, David Humphreys, N.W. Eidietis, V. Soukhanovskii, A.W. Leonard, A. Nelson, A. Thornton, J. Harrison	0
2	In search of X-point radiator regime features in NSTX and DIII-D discharges with the snowflake divertor 2024 ·Nuclear Materials and Energy ·V. Soukhanovskii, S. L. Allen, M.E. Fenstermacher, C.J. Lasnier, A.G. McLean, F. Scotti, Egemen Kolemen, A. Diallo, S. P. Gerhardt, S. Kaye, B.P. LeBlanc, (unknown), J. Ménard, R. Raman, A.W. Hyatt, A.W. Leonard, T.H. Osborne	1
3	Characterization and controllability of radiated power via extrinsic impurity seeding in strongly negative triangularity plasmas in DIII-D 2024 ·Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion ·D. Eldon, L. Casali, I. Bykov, C. Chrystal, Keith Erickson, (unknown), A.W. Leonard, Auna Moser, (unknown), T. Odstrčil, C. Paz-Soldan, (unknown), F. Scotti, (unknown), K. E. Thome, Huiqian Wang, Amy B. Welsh, T. M. Wilks	4
4	Experiments on plasma detachment in a V-shaped slot divertor in the DIII-D tokamak 2024 ·Nuclear Fusion ·R. Maurizio, D. M. Thomas, J.H. Yu, T. Abrams, A.W. Hyatt, J. L. Herfindal, A.W. Leonard, (unknown), A.G. McLean, Jun Ren, F. Scotti, M.W. Shafer, (unknown), Huiqian Wang, J.G. Watkins	1
5	DIII-D's role as a national user facility in enabling the commercialization of fusion energy 2023 ·Physics of Plasmas ·R. J. Buttery, T. Abrams, L. Casali, C. M. Greenfield, R. J. Groebner, C. T. Holcomb, Suk‐Ho Hong, A.E. Jaervinen, A.W. Leonard, A.G. McLean, T.H. Osborne, D. C. Pace, J.M. Park, C. C. Petty, M.W. Shafer, A. C. C. Sips, (unknown)	3
6	Developing solid-surface plasma facing components for pilot plants and reactors with replenishable wall claddings and continuous surface conditioning. Part B: required research in present tokamaks 2022 ·Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion ·P.C. Stangeby, E.A. Unterberg, Jim Davis, T. Abrams, A. Bortolon, (unknown), David Donovan, Heng Guo, Robert Kolasinski, A.W. Leonard, J.H. Nichols, (unknown), D.L. Rudakov, D. M. Thomas, J.G. Watkins	3
7	E × B flow driven electron temperature bifurcation in a closed slot divertor with ion B × ∇B away from the X-point in the DIII-D tokamak 2022 ·Nuclear Fusion ·(unknown), Huiqian Wang, Huan Guo, A.W. Leonard, R. Maurizio, Eric Meier, Jun Ren, P.C. Stangeby, (unknown), (unknown), R.S. Wilcox, J.H. Yu, J.G. Watkins	5
8	Developing solid-surface plasma facing components for pilot plants and reactors with replenishable wall claddings and continuous surface conditioning. Part A: concepts and questions 2022 ·Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion ·P.C. Stangeby, E.A. Unterberg, J.W. Davis, T. Abrams, A. Bortolon, I. Bykov, David Donovan, (unknown), Robert Kolasinski, A.W. Leonard, J.H. Nichols, D.L. Rudakov, (unknown), D. M. Thomas, J.G. Watkins	12
9	Numerical assessment of the new V-shape small-angle slot divertor on DIII-D 2021 ·Nuclear Fusion ·R. Maurizio, Hongbo Du, A. Gallo, Huan Guo, A.W. Leonard, (unknown), (unknown), P.C. Stangeby, D. M. Thomas, Huiqian Wang, R.S. Wilcox, J.H. Yu, L. Casali, M.W. Shafer	20
10	Advances in radiated power control at DIII-D 2019 ·Nuclear Materials and Energy ·D. Eldon, Egemen Kolemen, David Humphreys, A.W. Hyatt, A. Järvinen, A.W. Leonard, A.G. McLean, Auna Moser, T.W. Petrie, M.L. Walker	24
11	Interpretations of the impact of cross-field drifts on divertor flows in DIII-D with UEDGE 2017 ·Nuclear Materials and Energy ·A.E. Jaervinen, S.L. Allen, M. Groth, A.G. McLean, T.D. Rognlien, C.M. Samuell, A. Briesemeister, M.E. Fenstermacher, D. N. Hill, A.W. Leonard, G. D. Porter	20
12	Testing the role of molecular physics in dissipative divertor operations through helium plasmas at DIII-D 2017 ·Physics of Plasmas ·J.M. Canik, A. Briesemeister, A.G. McLean, M. Groth, A.W. Leonard, J. Lore, Auna Moser, (unknown)	22
13	Role of cross-field drifts in the onset of divertor detachment 2015 ·Bulletin of the American Physical Society ·M. Groth, S.L. Allen, M.E. Fenstermacher, (unknown), (unknown), A.G. McLean, C.J. Lasnier, G. D. Porter, T.D. Rognlien, A. Briesemeister, E.A. Unterberg, A.W. Leonard, J.G. Watkins	1
14	An Isolated Divertor for Reactor Scale Tokamaks 2011 ·Bulletin of the American Physical Society ·A.W. Leonard, (unknown), T.W. Petrie	1
15	Developing and Testing the EPED Pedestal Model 2010 ·Bulletin of the American Physical Society ·P.B. Snyder, R. J. Groebner, A.W. Leonard, T.H. Osborne, J. W. Hughes, H. R. Wilson	1
16	Pedestal Performance Dependence Upon Plasma Shape 2006 ·Bulletin of the American Physical Society ·A.W. Leonard, R. J. Groebner, T.H. Osborne, P.B. Snyder, D. M. Thomas, T.A. Casper	1
17	Variation of Particle Control with Changes in Divertor Geometry 2004 ·Indian Journal of Psychiatry ·T.W. Petrie, S.L. Allen, N.H. Brooks, M.E. Fenstermacher, J. R. Ferron, C. M. Greenfield, M. Groth, A.W. Hyatt, A.W. Leonard, T.C. Luce, M. A. Mahdavi, M. Murakami, G. D. Porter, M.E. Rensink, M. J. Schaffer, M. R. Wade, J.G. Watkins, W. P. West, N. S. Wolf	0
18	Impurity Seeding and Radiating Mantle Discharges in the DIII--D Tokamak 1998 ·APS ·G.L. Jackson, G. M. Staebler, D. R. Baker, T.E. Evans, R. J. Groebner, R.J. La Haye, A.W. Leonard, T.W. Petrie, T. S. Taylor, W. P. West, M. Murakami, M. R. Wade, J.A. Boedo, R.A. Moyer, C.J. Lasnier, A. Messiaen, J. Ongena, B. Unterberg	1
19	The characteristics method in general geometry 1995 ·Transactions of the American Nuclear Society ·(unknown), J. Vujic, A.W. Leonard, (unknown)	17
20	Optimal polar angles and weights for the characteristics method 1995 ·Transactions of the American Nuclear Society ·A.W. Leonard, (unknown)	22

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