Boris Leaf

594 total citations
31 papers, 375 citations indexed

About

Boris Leaf is a scholar working on Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Astronomy and Astrophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, Boris Leaf has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 375 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, 19 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 5 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics. Recurrent topics in Boris Leaf's work include Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics (15 papers), Quantum Mechanics and Applications (9 papers) and Statistical Mechanics and Entropy (6 papers). Boris Leaf is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics (15 papers), Quantum Mechanics and Applications (9 papers) and Statistical Mechanics and Entropy (6 papers). Boris Leaf collaborates with scholars based in United States and Belgium. Boris Leaf's co-authors include Francis W. Sears, William C. Schieve, I. Prigogine and P. Résibois and has published in prestigious journals such as American Journal of Physics, Physica A Statistical Mechanics and its Applications and Journal of Mathematical Physics.

In The Last Decade

Boris Leaf

29 papers receiving 338 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Boris Leaf United States 8 228 177 47 44 36 31 375
F. Henin Belgium 11 247 1.1× 309 1.7× 22 0.5× 53 1.2× 53 1.5× 28 459
W. D. Thacker United States 12 216 0.9× 183 1.0× 54 1.1× 37 0.8× 30 0.8× 26 436
L. Jánossy India 11 218 1.0× 106 0.6× 80 1.7× 64 1.5× 9 0.3× 63 400
R. Balescu Belgium 12 189 0.8× 289 1.6× 86 1.8× 18 0.4× 59 1.6× 25 489
Mark D. Semon United States 11 249 1.1× 82 0.5× 58 1.2× 41 0.9× 11 0.3× 19 392
J. A. McLennan United States 8 93 0.4× 163 0.9× 30 0.6× 8 0.2× 79 2.2× 11 348
P. Cordero Chile 9 182 0.8× 219 1.2× 108 2.3× 12 0.3× 33 0.9× 23 409
R.A. Pasmanter Netherlands 11 64 0.3× 149 0.8× 27 0.6× 10 0.2× 21 0.6× 30 348
A. Ya. Kazakov Russia 12 132 0.6× 109 0.6× 13 0.3× 36 0.8× 22 0.6× 46 493
I. Prigogine Belgium 10 178 0.8× 253 1.4× 156 3.3× 90 2.0× 10 0.3× 16 511

Countries citing papers authored by Boris Leaf

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Fields of papers citing papers by Boris Leaf

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Boris Leaf

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Leaf, Boris. (1998). Frequency Parts Of Lorentz-Gauge Potentials In Quantization Of The Electromagnetic Field. Foundations of Physics Letters. 11(1). 1–22.
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Leaf, Boris. (1996). Positive- and negative-frequency parts of D'Alembert's equation with applications in electrodynamics. Foundations of Physics. 26(3). 337–368. 1 indexed citations
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Leaf, Boris. (1986). Local properties of quantum systems. Journal of Mathematical Physics. 27(6). 1612–1617. 2 indexed citations
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Leaf, Boris. (1985). Realization of latent ensembles of the statistical operator. Journal of Mathematical Physics. 26(6). 1337–1341. 3 indexed citations
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Leaf, Boris. (1982). The continuous spectra of quantum operators. Foundations of Physics. 12(6). 583–606. 4 indexed citations
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Leaf, Boris. (1975). S-operator (matrix) formalism for the Liouville and von Neumann equations and the approach to equilibrium. Physica A Statistical Mechanics and its Applications. 81(2). 163–189. 2 indexed citations
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Leaf, Boris. (1974). N-particle kinetic equation for a classical gas. Physica. 72(1). 131–151. 4 indexed citations
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Leaf, Boris. (1970). Further Generalization of the Generalized Master Equation. Journal of Mathematical Physics. 11(6). 1806–1814. 5 indexed citations
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Leaf, Boris, et al.. (1969). Sponsored Research in American Universities and Colleges. AAUP Bulletin. 55(2). 291–291. 2 indexed citations
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Leaf, Boris. (1969). Canonical Operators for the Simple Harmonic Oscillator. Journal of Mathematical Physics. 10(11). 1980–1987. 21 indexed citations
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Leaf, Boris. (1969). Canonical Transformations and Spectra of Quantum Operators. Journal of Mathematical Physics. 10(11). 1971–1979. 28 indexed citations
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Leaf, Boris. (1968). Weyl Transformation and the Classical Limit of Quantum Mechanics. Journal of Mathematical Physics. 9(1). 65–72. 87 indexed citations
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Leaf, Boris & William C. Schieve. (1967). The solution of the Liouville equation in the infinite limit. Physica. 36(3). 345–353. 2 indexed citations
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Leaf, Boris & William C. Schieve. (1967). A Hilbert space derivation of the classical generalized master equation. Physica. 36(4). 589–605. 8 indexed citations
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Leaf, Boris. (1963). Dissipative Potentials and the Motion of a Classical Charge. II. Physical Review. 132(3). 1321–1326. 3 indexed citations
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Leaf, Boris. (1962). On the relativistic motion of two charged particles in classical electrodynamics. Physica. 28(2). 206–216. 3 indexed citations
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Leaf, Boris. (1962). Dissipative Potentials and the Motion of a Classical Charge. Physical Review. 127(4). 1369–1376. 3 indexed citations
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Résibois, P. & Boris Leaf. (1960). Time-independent perturbation solution of the Liouville equation. Bulletin de la Classe des sciences. 46(1). 148–156. 2 indexed citations
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Sears, Francis W., et al.. (1953). An Introduction to Thermodynamics, the Kinetic Theory of Gases, and Statistical Mechanics. American Journal of Physics. 21(7). 580–580. 107 indexed citations

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