C. McGuffey

3.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
81 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

C. McGuffey is a scholar working on Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Mechanics of Materials and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, C. McGuffey has authored 81 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 76 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics, 60 papers in Mechanics of Materials and 41 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in C. McGuffey's work include Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics (76 papers), Laser-induced spectroscopy and plasma (60 papers) and Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications (32 papers). C. McGuffey is often cited by papers focused on Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics (76 papers), Laser-induced spectroscopy and plasma (60 papers) and Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications (32 papers). C. McGuffey collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and France. C. McGuffey's co-authors include K. Krushelnick, A. G. R. Thomas, A. Maksimchuk, V. Chvykov, V. Yanovsky, F. Dollar, G. Kalintchenko, F. N. Beg, W. Schumaker and V. Yu. Bychenkov and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Applied Physics Letters and Journal of Applied Physics.

In The Last Decade

C. McGuffey

75 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

Ionization Induced Trapping in a Laser Wakefield Accelerator 2010 2026 2015 2020 2010 100 200 300
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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.

  1. Ionization Induced Trapping in a Laser Wakefield Accelerator
    2010 306 citations C. McGuffey, A. G. R. Thomas et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
C. McGuffey United States 22 1.5k 939 821 427 269 81 1.6k
J. J. Santos France 22 1.5k 1.0× 1000 1.1× 849 1.0× 555 1.3× 267 1.0× 93 1.7k
Sven Steinke United States 20 1.5k 1.0× 817 0.9× 787 1.0× 384 0.9× 182 0.7× 74 1.6k
Thomas Sokollik Germany 18 1.5k 1.0× 937 1.0× 981 1.2× 425 1.0× 200 0.7× 47 1.6k
W. Schumaker United States 15 1.3k 0.9× 669 0.7× 734 0.9× 373 0.9× 336 1.2× 29 1.4k
C. J. Hooker United Kingdom 5 1.4k 1.0× 841 0.9× 884 1.1× 286 0.7× 206 0.8× 8 1.5k
S. Fritzler France 17 1.6k 1.1× 1.0k 1.1× 995 1.2× 439 1.0× 235 0.9× 32 1.7k
C. Rechatin France 15 1.6k 1.1× 891 0.9× 906 1.1× 310 0.7× 348 1.3× 23 1.7k
R. Hörlein Germany 22 2.0k 1.4× 1.1k 1.2× 1.5k 1.9× 402 0.9× 261 1.0× 41 2.2k
M. Tzoufras United States 17 2.0k 1.3× 1.1k 1.2× 1.2k 1.4× 454 1.1× 236 0.9× 36 2.1k
G. Kalintchenko United States 16 1.1k 0.8× 652 0.7× 724 0.9× 233 0.5× 245 0.9× 39 1.2k

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Fields of papers citing papers by C. McGuffey

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of C. McGuffey

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

All Works

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Bailly-Grandvaux, M., R. Florido, C. A. Walsh, et al.. (2024). Impact of strong magnetization in cylindrical plasma implosions with applied B-field measured via x-ray emission spectroscopy. Physical Review Research. 6(1). 3 indexed citations
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Scott, G. G., D. Mariscal, R. F. Heeter, et al.. (2022). Demonstration of plasma mirror capability for the OMEGA Extended Performance laser system. Review of Scientific Instruments. 93(4). 43006–43006.
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Higginson, A., S. Zhang, M. Bailly-Grandvaux, et al.. (2021). Electron acceleration at oblique angles via stimulated Raman scattering at laser irradiance >1016Wcm−2μm2. Physical review. E. 103(3). 33203–33203. 2 indexed citations
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Bailly-Grandvaux, M., C. McGuffey, M. S. Wei, et al.. (2020). Ion acceleration from microstructured targets irradiated by high-intensity picosecond laser pulses. Physical review. E. 102(2). 21201–21201. 22 indexed citations
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Tillack, M. S., et al.. (2019). Characterization of plasma emission in the 1-6 nm band from laser-irradiated cryogenic xenon targets. Journal of Applied Physics. 126(11). 1 indexed citations
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Dozières, M., G. M. Petrov, P. Forestier-Colleoni, et al.. (2019). Optimization of laser-nanowire target interaction to increase the proton acceleration efficiency. Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion. 61(6). 65016–65016. 27 indexed citations
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Kim, J., C. McGuffey, D. C. Gautier, et al.. (2018). Anomalous material-dependent transport of focused, laser-driven proton beams. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 17538–17538. 4 indexed citations
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Kim, J., A. Kemp, S. C. Wilks, et al.. (2018). Computational modeling of proton acceleration with multi-picosecond and high energy, kilojoule, lasers. Physics of Plasmas. 25(8). 22 indexed citations
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Chen, S. N., S. Atzeni, M. Gauthier, et al.. (2018). Experimental evidence for the enhanced and reduced stopping regimes for protons propagating through hot plasmas. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 14586–14586. 11 indexed citations
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Sio, H., Rui Hua, Y. Ping, et al.. (2017). A broadband proton backlighting platform to probe shock propagation in low-density systems. Review of Scientific Instruments. 88(1). 13503–13503. 6 indexed citations
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Hua, Rui, H. Sio, S. C. Wilks, et al.. (2017). Study of self-generated fields in strongly-shocked, low-density systems using broadband proton radiography. Applied Physics Letters. 111(3). 7 indexed citations
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Jarrott, L. C., M. S. Wei, C. McGuffey, et al.. (2017). Calibration and characterization of a highly efficient spectrometer in von Hamos geometry for 7-10 keV x-rays. Review of Scientific Instruments. 88(4). 43110–43110. 17 indexed citations
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Kemp, G. E., P. A. Sterne, A. Fernandez-Pañella, et al.. (2017). Thermal conductivity measurements of proton-heated warm dense aluminum. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 7015–7015. 28 indexed citations
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Petrov, G. M., C. McGuffey, A. G. R. Thomas, K. Krushelnick, & F. N. Beg. (2016). Generation of heavy ion beams using femtosecond laser pulses in the target normal sheath acceleration and radiation pressure acceleration regimes. Physics of Plasmas. 23(6). 31 indexed citations
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Kim, J., C. McGuffey, B. Qiao, et al.. (2016). Varying stopping and self-focusing of intense proton beams as they heat solid density matter. Physics of Plasmas. 23(4). 11 indexed citations
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Petrov, G. M., C. McGuffey, A. G. R. Thomas, K. Krushelnick, & F. N. Beg. (2016). Proton acceleration from high-contrast short pulse lasers interacting with sub-micron thin foils. Journal of Applied Physics. 119(5). 5 indexed citations
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Fernandez-Pañella, A., Rui Hua, Julia A. King, et al.. (2015). Thermal conductivity measurements of proton-heated warm dense matter. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 1 indexed citations
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Wu, Dong, B. Qiao, C. McGuffey, X. T. He, & F. N. Beg. (2014). Generation of high-energy mono-energetic heavy ion beams by radiation pressure acceleration of ultra-intense laser pulses. Physics of Plasmas. 21(12). 26 indexed citations

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