Brandon Sorbom

2.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
22 papers, 565 citations indexed

About

Brandon Sorbom is a scholar working on Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Materials Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Brandon Sorbom has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 565 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics, 12 papers in Materials Chemistry and 9 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Brandon Sorbom's work include Magnetic confinement fusion research (14 papers), Fusion materials and technologies (12 papers) and Superconducting Materials and Applications (9 papers). Brandon Sorbom is often cited by papers focused on Magnetic confinement fusion research (14 papers), Fusion materials and technologies (12 papers) and Superconducting Materials and Applications (9 papers). Brandon Sorbom collaborates with scholars based in United States, Belgium and United Kingdom. Brandon Sorbom's co-authors include Harold Barnard, P. T. Bonoli, Timothy R. Palmer, Franco Mangiarotti, D.G. Whyte, C. Sung, Christian Bernt Haakonsen, J. M. Sierchio, Justin Ball and C. Kasten and has published in prestigious journals such as Review of Scientific Instruments, Journal of Nuclear Materials and Physics of Plasmas.

In The Last Decade

Brandon Sorbom

18 papers receiving 533 citations

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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.

ARC: A compact, high-field, fusion nuclear science facility and demonstration power plant with demountable magnets

2015 375 citations Brandon Sorbom, Justin Ball et al. Fusion Engineering and Design profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Brandon Sorbom United States	8	305	279	210	194	130	22	565
Christian Bernt Haakonsen United States	6	254 0.8×	204 0.7×	209 1.0×	164 0.8×	124 1.0×	11	489
D. A. Sutherland United States	7	271 0.9×	187 0.7×	166 0.8×	147 0.8×	103 0.8×	24	456
J. M. Sierchio United States	6	292 1.0×	197 0.7×	175 0.8×	145 0.7×	102 0.8×	10	532
Justin Ball Switzerland	9	421 1.4×	214 0.8×	199 0.9×	173 0.9×	103 0.8×	36	605
Franco Mangiarotti Switzerland	11	269 0.9×	199 0.7×	494 2.4×	347 1.8×	225 1.7×	48	761
R. Vieira United States	10	236 0.8×	92 0.3×	181 0.9×	114 0.6×	49 0.4×	63	363
P.W. Fisher United States	13	202 0.7×	228 0.8×	221 1.1×	133 0.7×	115 0.9×	57	513
Mitsushi Abe Japan	10	219 0.7×	95 0.3×	174 0.8×	102 0.5×	24 0.2×	60	361
K.-I. You South Korea	12	389 1.3×	143 0.5×	170 0.8×	152 0.8×	21 0.2×	24	548
E. Lamzin Russia	10	356 1.2×	114 0.4×	269 1.3×	181 0.9×	12 0.1×	68	446

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Brandon Sorbom

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Dinklage, A., R. J. Buttery, K. Crombé, et al.. (2025). Visions for fusion. Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion. 67(6). 63701–63701. 1 indexed citations

Creely, A. J., D. Brunner, M. Greenwald, et al.. (2024). Comment on ‘Relationship between magnetic field and tokamak size—a system engineering perspective and implications to fusion development’. Nuclear Fusion. 64(10). 108001–108001.

Greenberg, A. S., JL Cheng, Ashleigh Francis, et al.. (2024). Critical Current Correlations and Regressions Across the Superconducting Parameter Space of REBCO Wires, B||c. IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity. 34(5). 1–5. 1 indexed citations

Reinke, M.L., Brandon Sorbom, & M. Greenwald. (2023). The role of peer review in the pursuit of commercial fusion energy. Physics of Plasmas. 30(10). 3 indexed citations

Creely, A. J., D. Brunner, R. Mumgaard, et al.. (2023). SPARC as a platform to advance tokamak science. Physics of Plasmas. 30(9). 26 indexed citations

Strickland, Nick, Stuart C. Wimbush, Andrés Pantoja, et al.. (2021). Extended-Performance “SuperCurrent” Cryogen-Free Transport Critical-Current Measurement System. IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity. 31(5). 1–5. 24 indexed citations

Danagoulian, Areg, et al.. (2021). An accelerator facility for intermediate energy proton irradiation and testing of nuclear materials. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms. 489. 41–49. 5 indexed citations

Sorbom, Brandon, et al.. (2020). Recent developments in the design of ARC. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 2020. 2 indexed citations

Creely, A. J., R. Granetz, M. Greenwald, et al.. (2019). Scenario Development for SPARC. APS Division of Plasma Physics Meeting Abstracts. 2019.

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Kuang, A.Q., N.M. Cao, A. J. Creely, et al.. (2018). Conceptual design study for heat exhaust management in the ARC fusion pilot plant. Fusion Engineering and Design. 137. 221–242. 70 indexed citations

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Greenwald, M., Zachary Hartwig, J. Irby, et al.. (2018). Performance Projections For SPARC. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 2018.

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Marmar, E., M. Greenwald, Zachary Hartwig, et al.. (2018). The high field tokamak path to fusion energy: C-Mod to SPARC to ARC. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 2018. 1 indexed citations

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Mumgaard, R., M. Greenwald, Zachary Hartwig, et al.. (2017). The High Field Path to Practical Fusion Energy. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 2017. 9 indexed citations

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Sorbom, Brandon, et al.. (2016). Initial results of tests of depth markers as a surface diagnostic for fusion devices. Nuclear Materials and Energy. 12. 1277–1281. 6 indexed citations

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Mumgaard, R., Margaret Greenwald, J. P. Freidberg, et al.. (2016). Scoping study for compact high-field superconducting net energy tokamaks. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 2016. 1 indexed citations

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Sorbom, Brandon, Justin Ball, Timothy R. Palmer, et al.. (2015). ARC: A compact, high-field, fusion nuclear science facility and demonstration power plant with demountable magnets. Fusion Engineering and Design. 100. 378–405. 375 indexed citations breakdown →

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Sorbom, Brandon, Justin Ball, Timothy R. Palmer, et al.. (2015). The engineering design of ARC: A compact, highfield, fusion nuclear science facility and demonstration power plant. 14. 1–6. 5 indexed citations

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Sorbom, Brandon, Justin Ball, Timothy R. Palmer, et al.. (2014). ARC: A compact, high-field, disassemblable fusion nuclear science facility and demonstration power plant. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 2014. 1 indexed citations

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Hartwig, Zachary, Harold Barnard, Brandon Sorbom, et al.. (2014). Fuel retention measurements in Alcator C-Mod using accelerator-based in situ materials surveillance. Journal of Nuclear Materials. 463. 73–77. 9 indexed citations

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Sorbom, Brandon, Justin Ball, Harold Barnard, et al.. (2012). Liquid immersion blanket design for use in a compact modular fusion reactor. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 54. 1 indexed citations

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