Carl E. Adams

2.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
23 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Carl E. Adams is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Pollution and Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Carl E. Adams has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Materials Chemistry, 4 papers in Pollution and 4 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. Recurrent topics in Carl E. Adams's work include Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal (4 papers), Gear and Bearing Dynamics Analysis (2 papers) and Crystallography and molecular interactions (2 papers). Carl E. Adams is often cited by papers focused on Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal (4 papers), Gear and Bearing Dynamics Analysis (2 papers) and Crystallography and molecular interactions (2 papers). Carl E. Adams collaborates with scholars based in United States, Slovakia and France. Carl E. Adams's co-authors include Austin R. Frey, Lawrence E. Kinsler, W.R. Schell, N. H. Farlow, Ludo K. Frevel, W. Wesley Eckenfelder, J. G. Parker, Wesley L. Nyborg, R. K. Gould and John Tyndall and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, Analytical Chemistry and Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta.

In The Last Decade

Carl E. Adams

21 papers receiving 1.0k citations

Hit Papers

Fundamentals of Acoustics 1963 2026 1984 2005 1963 250 500 750
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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. Fundamentals of Acoustics
    1963 762 citations Carl E. Adams et al. American Journal of Physics profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Carl E. Adams United States 12 399 170 161 144 130 23 1.1k
Charles H. Sherman United States 12 419 1.1× 76 0.4× 270 1.7× 137 1.0× 217 1.7× 26 1.1k
M. Strasberg United States 13 384 1.0× 266 1.6× 139 0.9× 81 0.6× 54 0.4× 26 878
Samuel Temkin United States 20 331 0.8× 111 0.7× 194 1.2× 277 1.9× 137 1.1× 48 1.1k
Robert Hickling United States 18 426 1.1× 397 2.3× 415 2.6× 182 1.3× 98 0.8× 70 1.4k
Richard K. Cook United States 13 230 0.6× 109 0.6× 89 0.6× 73 0.5× 41 0.3× 35 755
Mark B. Moffett United States 12 303 0.8× 294 1.7× 273 1.7× 61 0.4× 161 1.2× 72 975
Walter G. Mayer United States 20 586 1.5× 220 1.3× 711 4.4× 74 0.5× 185 1.4× 104 1.6k
R.W.B. Stephens United Kingdom 16 325 0.8× 337 2.0× 411 2.6× 45 0.3× 147 1.1× 62 1.1k
R. D. Finch United States 15 173 0.4× 127 0.7× 113 0.7× 122 0.8× 71 0.5× 58 558
William L. Wolfe United States 17 270 0.7× 108 0.6× 98 0.6× 251 1.7× 385 3.0× 86 1.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Carl E. Adams

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Singh, Anu & Carl E. Adams. (1997). Rapid evaluation and installation of a low cost water treatment scheme at a superfund site. Environmental Progress. 16(4). 281–286. 1 indexed citations
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Adams, Carl E.. (1982). The economics of handling refinery sludges. Environment International. 7(4). 293–303. 1 indexed citations
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Adams, Carl E.. (1981). Development of Design and Operational Criteria for Wastewater Treatment. 21 indexed citations
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Engel, Pablo & Carl E. Adams. (1980). Rolling wear study of misaligned cylindrical contacts. Wear. 60(1). 39–59. 1 indexed citations
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Adams, Carl E.. (1979). Consequences of accelerated ovum transport, including a re-evaluation of Estes' operation. Reproduction. 55(1). 239–246. 26 indexed citations
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Adams, Carl E., et al.. (1978). Oxygen-activated sludge considerations for industrial applications.
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Engel, Pablo, et al.. (1978). Review of Wear Problems in the Computer Industry. Journal of Lubrication Technology. 100(2). 189–195. 2 indexed citations
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Frevel, Ludo K., et al.. (1976). A fast search–match program for powder diffraction analysis. Journal of Applied Crystallography. 9(3). 199–204. 25 indexed citations
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Adams, Carl E.. (1974). Treatment of a high-strength phenolic and ammonia waste stream by single and multistage activated-sludge process. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). 1 indexed citations
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Adams, Carl E.. (1973). Removing nitrogen from waste water. Environmental Science & Technology. 7(8). 696–701. 28 indexed citations
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Eckenfelder, W. Wesley & Carl E. Adams. (1972). Design and Economics of Joint Wastewater Treatment. Journal of the Sanitary Engineering Division. 98(1). 153–167. 7 indexed citations
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Frevel, Ludo K. & Carl E. Adams. (1968). Quantitative comparison of powder diffraction patterns. Analytical Chemistry. 40(8). 1335–1340. 11 indexed citations
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Adams, Carl E., et al.. (1966). The Infrared Spectra of Rubidium Borates of Varying Composition. The Journal of Physical Chemistry. 70(2). 340–346. 33 indexed citations
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Adams, Carl E., et al.. (1965). A Course of Lectures on the Theory of Sound. American Journal of Physics. 33(12). 1099–1100. 72 indexed citations
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Tyndall, John & Carl E. Adams. (1965). The Science of Sound. American Journal of Physics. 33(4). 351–352. 2 indexed citations
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Adams, Carl E., N. H. Farlow, & W.R. Schell. (1960). The compositions, structures and origins of radioactive fall-out particles. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 18(1-2). 42–56. 65 indexed citations
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Adams, Carl E., et al.. (1959). Thermal Effects of Acoustic Streaming near a Cylindrical Obstacle. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 31(6). 813–814. 1 indexed citations
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Nyborg, Wesley L., et al.. (1959). Sonically Induced Microstreaming Applied to a Surface Reaction. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 31(6). 706–711. 13 indexed citations
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Nyborg, Wesley L., et al.. (1958). Effects of Acoustic Streaming on the Photographic Process. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 30(7_Supplement). 678–679. 1 indexed citations
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Parker, J. G., et al.. (1953). Absorption of Sound in Argon, Nitrogen, and Oxygen at Low Pressures. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 25(2). 263–269. 25 indexed citations

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