C.H. Skinner

8.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
146 papers, 3.8k citations indexed

About

C.H. Skinner is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, C.H. Skinner has authored 146 papers receiving a total of 3.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 117 papers in Materials Chemistry, 96 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics and 25 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in C.H. Skinner's work include Fusion materials and technologies (112 papers), Magnetic confinement fusion research (91 papers) and Nuclear Materials and Properties (35 papers). C.H. Skinner is often cited by papers focused on Fusion materials and technologies (112 papers), Magnetic confinement fusion research (91 papers) and Nuclear Materials and Properties (35 papers). C.H. Skinner collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Japan. C.H. Skinner's co-authors include G. Federici, J.P. Coad, A.A. Haasz, J.N. Brooks, V. Philipps, J. Roth, W.R. Wampler, A. Hassanein, C. Grisolia and D.G. Whyte and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Applied Physics Letters and Journal of Applied Physics.

In The Last Decade

C.H. Skinner

140 papers receiving 3.6k citations

Hit Papers

align trajectories sort by overperformance

What are hit papers?

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.

Plasma-material interactions in current tokamaks and their implications for next step fusion reactors

2001 1.1k citations C.H. Skinner et al. Nuclear Fusion profile →

Author Peers

Peers are selected by citation overlap in the author's most active subfields. citations · hero ref

Author						Papers	Cites
C.H. Skinner	2.8k	1.9k	765	661	546	146	3.8k
G. Sergienko	2.5k 0.9×	2.1k 1.1×	442 0.6×	790 1.2×	389 0.7×	199	3.4k
B. Schweer	2.0k 0.7×	2.2k 1.1×	589 0.8×	996 1.5×	655 1.2×	190	3.4k
A. Pospieszczyk	2.4k 0.8×	2.6k 1.3×	875 1.1×	1.2k 1.8×	804 1.5×	222	4.0k
J.N. Brooks	3.3k 1.2×	2.3k 1.2×	398 0.5×	562 0.9×	560 1.0×	129	4.0k
H. Maier	3.0k 1.1×	1.4k 0.7×	721 0.9×	852 1.3×	613 1.1×	182	4.2k
J. Likonen	3.0k 1.1×	1.6k 0.8×	468 0.6×	887 1.3×	676 1.2×	251	4.0k
D. Nishijima	2.9k 1.0×	1.6k 0.8×	515 0.7×	1.0k 1.6×	579 1.1×	162	3.9k
J.P. Coad	2.8k 1.0×	1.6k 0.8×	353 0.5×	430 0.7×	428 0.8×	108	3.4k
W.R. Wampler	2.4k 0.9×	1.2k 0.6×	399 0.5×	430 0.7×	529 1.0×	92	3.1k
Ph. Mertens	1.5k 0.5×	1.4k 0.7×	464 0.6×	643 1.0×	322 0.6×	144	2.4k

Countries citing papers authored by C.H. Skinner

Since Specialization

Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of C.H. Skinner's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by C.H. Skinner with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites C.H. Skinner more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by C.H. Skinner

Since Specialization

Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by C.H. Skinner. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by C.H. Skinner. The network helps show where C.H. Skinner may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of C.H. Skinner

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

All Works

Sort: Min cites: Since: Top N: Style:

20 of 20 papers shown

Budny, R., E. D. Fredrickson, & C.H. Skinner. (2025). Isotopic mass effects of tritium-fueled high-performance TFTR supershots. Nuclear Fusion. 65(5). 56005–56005.

Abe, Shota, C.H. Skinner, & Bruce E. Koel. (2024). A tutorial on the micro-trench technique for incident ion angle, material erosion, and impurity deposition measurements at plasma-facing surfaces. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms. 556. 165510–165510. 1 indexed citations

Abrams, T., J. Guterl, Shota Abe, et al.. (2023). Recent DIII-D progress toward validating models of tungsten erosion, re-deposition, and migration for application to next-step fusion devices. Materials Research Express. 10(12). 126503–126503. 7 indexed citations

Abe, Shota, et al.. (2022). Computational investigation of incident ion angles and material erosion at rough graphite and silicon carbide divertor surfaces. Physics of Plasmas. 29(10). 8 indexed citations

Abe, Shota, C.H. Skinner, J. Guterl, et al.. (2021). Micro-trench measurements of the net deposition of carbon impurity ions in the DIII-D divertor and the resulting suppression of surface erosion. Physica Scripta. 96(12). 124039–124039. 5 indexed citations

Abe, Shota, C.H. Skinner, I. Bykov, et al.. (2021). Determination of the characteristic magnetic pre-sheath length at divertor surfaces using micro-engineered targets on DiMES at DIII-D. Nuclear Fusion. 62(6). 66001–66001. 6 indexed citations

Chrobak, C., P.C. Stangeby, E. M. Hollmann, et al.. (2018). Measurement and modeling of aluminum sputtering and ionization in the DIII-D divertor including magnetic pre-sheath effects. Nuclear Fusion. 58(10). 106019–106019. 14 indexed citations

Domínguez-Gutiérrez, F. J., F. Bedoya, Jean Paul Allain, et al.. (2017). Unraveling the plasma-material interface with real time diagnosis of dynamic boron conditioning in extreme tokamak plasmas. Nuclear Fusion. 57(8). 86050–86050. 14 indexed citations

Krstić, Predrag, Jean Paul Allain, Chase N. Taylor, et al.. (2013). Deuterium Uptake in Magnetic-Fusion Devices with Lithium-Conditioned Carbon Walls. Physical Review Letters. 110(10). 105001–105001. 46 indexed citations

10.

Krasheninnikov, S. I., J. R. Angus, J. Guterl, et al.. (2012). On Edge Plasma, First Wall, and Dust Issues in Fusion Devices. 1 indexed citations

11.

Maingi, R., S. Kaye, C.H. Skinner, et al.. (2011). Continuous Improvement of H-Mode Discharge Performance with Progressively Increasing Lithium Coatings in the National Spherical Torus Experiment. Physical Review Letters. 107(14). 145004–145004. 68 indexed citations

12.

Skinner, C.H., et al.. (2011). Evaluation of an electrostatic dust removal system with potential application in next-step fusion devices. Review of Scientific Instruments. 82(5). 53502–53502. 3 indexed citations

13.

Smirnov, R.D., A. Yu. Pigarov, Yasunori Tanaka, et al.. (2008). Dust in fusion plasmas: theory and modeling. AIP conference proceedings. 1041. 59–62. 1 indexed citations

14.

Skinner, C.H., Carmelo Gentile, S. Langish, et al.. (2002). Tritium removal from codeposits on carbon tiles by a scanning laser. Journal of Nuclear Materials. 301(2-3). 98–107. 37 indexed citations

15.

Skinner, C.H., et al.. (2002). Tritium removal by CO/sub 2/ laser heating. 1. 321–324. 4 indexed citations

16.

Ménard, J., B.P. LeBlanc, S.A. Sabbagh, et al.. (2001). Ohmic flux consumption during initial operation of the NSTX spherical torus. Nuclear Fusion. 41(9). 1197–1206. 24 indexed citations

17.

Skinner, C.H., Carmelo Gentile, M. M. Menon, & Robert E. Barry. (1999). Flaking of co-deposited hydrogenated carbon layers on the TFTR limiter. Nuclear Fusion. 39(9). 1081–1085. 33 indexed citations

18.

Kim, D., C.H. Skinner, A. Wouters, et al.. (1988). Soft X-Ray Amplification in a Magnetically Confined Recombining H-like and Li-like Plasma. SWLOS116–SWLOS116. 1 indexed citations

19.

Suckewer, S., C.H. Skinner, D. Kim, et al.. (1986). Divergence Measurements of Soft—X-Ray Laser Beam. Physical Review Letters. 57(8). 1004–1007. 54 indexed citations

20.

Skinner, C.H., et al.. (1975). Four-wave mixing in barium (A). Journal of the Optical Society of America A. 65. 1180. 1 indexed citations

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact