C. F. Curtiss

17.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
136 papers, 13.7k citations indexed

About

C. F. Curtiss is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Applied Mathematics and Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, C. F. Curtiss has authored 136 papers receiving a total of 13.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 57 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 49 papers in Applied Mathematics and 37 papers in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. Recurrent topics in C. F. Curtiss's work include Gas Dynamics and Kinetic Theory (48 papers), Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics (34 papers) and Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates (29 papers). C. F. Curtiss is often cited by papers focused on Gas Dynamics and Kinetic Theory (48 papers), Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics (34 papers) and Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates (29 papers). C. F. Curtiss collaborates with scholars based in United States, Spain and Canada. C. F. Curtiss's co-authors include Joseph O. Hirschfelder, R. Byron Bird, R. Byron Bird, Richard B. Bernstein, J. S. Rowlinson, David K. Hoffman, George Gioumousis, Robert E. Roberts, R. F. Snider and M. D. Pattengill and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and The Journal of Chemical Physics.

In The Last Decade

C. F. Curtiss

134 papers receiving 12.5k 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.

Molecular Theory of Gases and Liquids

1955 9.6k citations Joseph O. Hirschfelder, C. F. Curtiss et al. profile →
Integration of Stiff Equations

1952 441 citations C. F. Curtiss, Joseph O. Hirschfelder profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
C. F. Curtiss United States	37	5.1k	3.3k	2.4k	2.3k	2.3k	136	13.7k
Joseph O. Hirschfelder United States	48	8.4k 1.7×	3.3k 1.0×	2.8k 1.2×	2.0k 0.9×	2.5k 1.1×	181	17.9k
R. Byron Bird United States	14	3.7k 0.7×	4.1k 1.3×	2.8k 1.2×	1.5k 0.7×	3.7k 1.6×	35	15.2k
J. Kestin United States	51	1.8k 0.4×	5.6k 1.7×	1.3k 0.5×	1.8k 0.8×	2.4k 1.1×	233	11.9k
W. A. Wakeham United Kingdom	58	2.2k 0.4×	8.2k 2.5×	2.6k 1.1×	1.5k 0.7×	1.3k 0.6×	331	14.8k
J. S. Rowlinson United Kingdom	41	2.2k 0.4×	5.5k 1.7×	3.9k 1.6×	335 0.1×	855 0.4×	164	10.5k
Stuart A. Rice United States	69	11.6k 2.3×	3.4k 1.0×	8.1k 3.3×	303 0.1×	782 0.3×	462	26.4k
B. J. Alder United States	43	9.2k 1.8×	5.3k 1.6×	12.7k 5.3×	337 0.1×	1.1k 0.5×	136	23.8k
H. T. Davis United States	74	2.4k 0.5×	4.8k 1.5×	5.0k 2.1×	200 0.1×	2.4k 1.0×	381	18.1k
B. Widom United States	44	3.4k 0.7×	5.1k 1.6×	5.1k 2.1×	286 0.1×	821 0.4×	150	13.0k
William A. Steele United States	51	4.0k 0.8×	6.4k 2.0×	8.3k 3.5×	199 0.1×	1.3k 0.6×	266	18.5k

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Curtiss, C. F.. (1988). The Effects of Time‐Smoothing in the Kinetic Theory of Polymeric Systems. Journal of Rheology. 32(5). 403–427. 1 indexed citations

Bird, R. Byron, et al.. (1982). A kinetic theory for polymer melts. V. Experimental comparisons for shear-flow rheological properties. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 77(9). 4758–4766. 35 indexed citations

Curtiss, C. F.. (1981). Classical, diatomic molecule, kinetic theory cross sections. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 75(3). 1341–1346. 50 indexed citations

Thomas, James A. & C. F. Curtiss. (1980). The transport properties of binary gas mixtures in applied magnetic fields. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 72(10). 5581–5590. 6 indexed citations

Curtiss, C. F., et al.. (1979). Angular and rotational energy moments of cross sections in atom–diatom scattering. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 70(12). 5792–5797. 9 indexed citations

Curtiss, C. F.. (1977). Rotational and vibrational excitation in the scattering of atoms by diatomic molecules. Molecular Physics. 34(2). 441–452. 3 indexed citations

Curtiss, C. F. & R. Byron Bird. (1977). Second-order fluid constants for freely jointed bead-rod chain suspensions. Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics. 2(4). 392–396. 7 indexed citations

Hunter, L. W. & C. F. Curtiss. (1973). Molecular collisions. XVIII. Restricted distorted wave approximation to rotational and vibrational excitation of polyatomic molecules. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 58(9). 3897–3902. 14 indexed citations

Curtiss, C. F.. (1971). Transport Properties of a Gas of Diatomic Molecules. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 54(3). 872–877. 10 indexed citations

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Roberts, R. E., Richard B. Bernstein, & C. F. Curtiss. (1968). A resonance theory of thermolecular recombination kinetics : H + H + M - H2 + M. Chemical Physics Letters. 2(6). 366–368. 20 indexed citations

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Curtiss, C. F., et al.. (1967). Quantum-Mechanical Kinetic Theory of Loaded Spheres. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 46(1). 283–302. 5 indexed citations

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Curtiss, C. F. & Arturo Hardisson. (1967). Molecular Collisions. V. Nearly Spherical Potentials. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 46(7). 2618–2633. 21 indexed citations

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Hoffman, David K. & C. F. Curtiss. (1965). Kinetic Theory of Dense Gases. IV. Transport Virial Coefficients. The Physics of Fluids. 8(4). 667–682. 36 indexed citations

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Hoffman, David K. & C. F. Curtiss. (1965). Kinetic Theory of Dense Gases. V. Evaluation of the Second Transport Virial Coefficients. The Physics of Fluids. 8(5). 890–895. 35 indexed citations

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Curtiss, C. F., et al.. (1964). Quantum Corrections to the Transport Cross Sections. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 41(5). 1167–1173. 12 indexed citations

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Curtiss, C. F.. (1964). Expansions of Integrals of Bessel Functions of Large Order. Journal of Mathematical Physics. 5(4). 561–564. 7 indexed citations

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Gioumousis, George & C. F. Curtiss. (1962). Molecular Collisions. IV. Nearly Spherical Rigid Body Approximation. Journal of Mathematical Physics. 3(6). 1059–1072. 19 indexed citations

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Curtiss, C. F., et al.. (1959). Kinetic Theory of Nonspherical Molecules. IV. Angular Momentum Transport Coefficient. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 31(6). 1643–1645. 20 indexed citations

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Hirschfelder, Joseph O., C. F. Curtiss, & R. Byron Bird. (1954). Molecular theory of gases and liquids. CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research). 2 indexed citations

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Rowlinson, J. S. & C. F. Curtiss. (1951). Lattice Theories of the Liquid State. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 19(12). 1519–1529. 139 indexed citations

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