Blain Brown

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
33 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Blain Brown is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Blain Brown has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 8 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 6 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Blain Brown's work include Magneto-Optical Properties and Applications (4 papers), Characterization and Applications of Magnetic Nanoparticles (4 papers) and Nuclear Physics and Applications (3 papers). Blain Brown is often cited by papers focused on Magneto-Optical Properties and Applications (4 papers), Characterization and Applications of Magnetic Nanoparticles (4 papers) and Nuclear Physics and Applications (3 papers). Blain Brown collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Japan. Blain Brown's co-authors include Adolf W. Lohmann, B. J. Isherwood, M. A. G. Halliwell, B. A. Calhoun, A. P. Malozemoff, S. Konishi, C. E. Wieman, G. R. Henry, M. D. Montgomery and Hugh C. Wolfe and has published in prestigious journals such as Applied Physics Letters, Journal of Applied Physics and Journal of Applied Crystallography.

In The Last Decade

Blain Brown

31 papers receiving 954 citations

Hit Papers

Complex Spatial Filtering with Binary Masks 1966 2026 1986 2006 1966 100 200 300 400 500
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. Complex Spatial Filtering with Binary Masks
    1966 500 citations Blain Brown, Adolf W. Lohmann Applied Optics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Blain Brown United States 11 567 438 302 192 187 33 1.1k
M. Makowski Poland 22 819 1.4× 742 1.7× 267 0.9× 252 1.3× 204 1.1× 99 1.4k
D. P. Paris United States 7 535 0.9× 508 1.2× 224 0.7× 255 1.3× 224 1.2× 14 908
Wai-Hon Lee United States 11 602 1.1× 301 0.7× 285 0.9× 102 0.5× 275 1.5× 21 861
Hua‐Kuang Liu United States 12 347 0.6× 289 0.7× 288 1.0× 69 0.4× 182 1.0× 69 697
N. Collings United Kingdom 16 437 0.8× 408 0.9× 561 1.9× 84 0.4× 229 1.2× 104 1.1k
R. Voorakaranam United States 14 631 1.1× 444 1.0× 663 2.2× 86 0.4× 111 0.6× 26 1.3k
W. A. Crossland United Kingdom 20 648 1.1× 448 1.0× 638 2.1× 106 0.6× 259 1.4× 126 1.4k
Chenliang Chang China 18 918 1.6× 884 2.0× 160 0.5× 354 1.8× 288 1.5× 63 1.4k
Seokil Moon South Korea 17 499 0.9× 803 1.8× 183 0.6× 250 1.3× 213 1.1× 33 1.3k
Pierre‐Alexandre Blanche United States 21 1.2k 2.0× 711 1.6× 814 2.7× 158 0.8× 182 1.0× 91 2.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Blain Brown

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Fields of papers citing papers by Blain Brown

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Blain Brown

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Brown, Blain. (2021). Cinematography. 2 indexed citations
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Brown, Blain. (2021). Cinematography: Theory and Practice: For Cinematographers and Directors. 1 indexed citations
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Brown, Blain. (2018). motion picture and video lighting. 5 indexed citations
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Brown, Blain. (2016). cinematography theory and practiceimagemaking for cinematographers & directors. Routledge eBooks. 1 indexed citations
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Brown, Blain. (2013). Cinematography: Theory and Practice. 20 indexed citations
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Brown, Blain. (2011). Cinematography: Theory and Practice: Image Making for Cinematographers and Directors. CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research). 40 indexed citations
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Brown, Blain. (2002). Cinematography : theory and practice : imagemaking for cinematographers, directors & videographers. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 8 indexed citations
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Brown, Blain, G. F. Clark, C. Dineen, et al.. (1989). The application of synchrotron radiation to X-ray multiple-diffraction studies. Journal of Applied Crystallography. 22(3). 201–204. 5 indexed citations
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Brown, Blain, M. A. G. Halliwell, & B. J. Isherwood. (1980). The characterization of distortions in heteroepitaxial structures by X‐ray multiple diffraction. Journal of Microscopy. 118(3). 375–381. 8 indexed citations
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Brown, Blain, et al.. (1979). High density devices using permalloy propagation of wall-coded bubbles. IEEE Transactions on Magnetics. 15(6). 1501–1506. 3 indexed citations
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Konishi, S., et al.. (1978). Effect of ion-implantation on bubble translation velocity. Journal of Applied Physics. 49(3). 1894–1896. 4 indexed citations
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Brown, Blain, et al.. (1976). The speed difference between an S=0 and S=1 bubble in the presence of an in-plane magnetic field. AIP conference proceedings. 29. 67–69. 5 indexed citations
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Brown, Blain, et al.. (1976). Wall States in Ion‐Implanted Garnet Films. AIP conference proceedings. 138–143. 40 indexed citations
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Brown, Blain. (1976). Wall state stability during translational motion. AIP conference proceedings. 29. 69–71. 33 indexed citations
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Brown, Blain, et al.. (1975). High-resolution measurement of the response of an isolated bubble domain to pulsed magnetic fields. IEEE Transactions on Magnetics. 11(5). 1391–1393. 10 indexed citations
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Ahn, K. Y., et al.. (1973). Magnetic Properties and Curie-Point Writing in Evaporated MnAlGe Films. AIP conference proceedings. 1423–1427. 3 indexed citations
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Brown, Blain, et al.. (1973). Simple Optical System for Measurement of Dihedral Angles on Small Specimens. Review of Scientific Instruments. 44(1). 44–45. 1 indexed citations
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Brown, Blain. (1972). Readout Performance Analysis of a Cryogenic Magneto-optical Data Storage System. IBM Journal of Research and Development. 16(1). 19–26. 10 indexed citations
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Brown, Blain & Adolf W. Lohmann. (1969). Computer-generated Binary Holograms. IBM Journal of Research and Development. 13(2). 160–168. 242 indexed citations
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Brown, Blain & Adolf W. Lohmann. (1966). Complex Spatial Filtering with Binary Masks. Applied Optics. 5(6). 967–967. 500 indexed citations breakdown →

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