D. G. Crighton

6.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
128 papers, 4.7k citations indexed

About

D. G. Crighton is a scholar working on Aerospace Engineering, Biomedical Engineering and Computational Mechanics. According to data from OpenAlex, D. G. Crighton has authored 128 papers receiving a total of 4.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 53 papers in Aerospace Engineering, 51 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 48 papers in Computational Mechanics. Recurrent topics in D. G. Crighton's work include Aerodynamics and Acoustics in Jet Flows (51 papers), Acoustic Wave Phenomena Research (47 papers) and Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows (26 papers). D. G. Crighton is often cited by papers focused on Aerodynamics and Acoustics in Jet Flows (51 papers), Acoustic Wave Phenomena Research (47 papers) and Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows (26 papers). D. G. Crighton collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and South Sudan. D. G. Crighton's co-authors include F. G. Leppington, M. Gaster, J. E. Ffowcs Williams, A. P. Dowling, M. Heckl, Patrick Huerre, Anthony B. Parry, J. J. C. Nimmo, Graham Towl and J. F. Scott and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Physics Today and Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics.

In The Last Decade

D. G. Crighton

123 papers receiving 4.3k 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.

Modern Methods in Analytical Acoustics

1992 428 citations D. G. Crighton et al. profile →
Stability of slowly diverging jet flow

1976 322 citations D. G. Crighton et al. Journal of Fluid Mechanics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
D. G. Crighton United Kingdom	33	2.7k	2.7k	1.6k	874	374	128	4.7k
M. S. Howe United States	39	4.6k 1.7×	5.9k 2.2×	2.5k 1.5×	2.8k 3.3×	188 0.5×	221	7.8k
Louis N. Cattafesta United States	43	4.6k 1.7×	4.8k 1.8×	1.4k 0.9×	504 0.6×	436 1.2×	263	7.0k
Patrick Huerre France	34	6.1k 2.2×	3.1k 1.1×	469 0.3×	1.1k 1.3×	493 1.3×	69	7.1k
Eli Turkel Israel	39	5.0k 1.8×	1.4k 0.5×	744 0.5×	248 0.3×	308 0.8×	216	8.2k
Peter A. Monkewitz Switzerland	35	6.3k 2.3×	2.4k 0.9×	457 0.3×	1.8k 2.1×	519 1.4×	95	7.0k
F. T. Smith United Kingdom	36	3.8k 1.4×	948 0.3×	415 0.3×	615 0.7×	162 0.4×	249	4.8k
Allan D. Pierce United States	25	709 0.3×	1.0k 0.4×	1.8k 1.1×	358 0.4×	169 0.5×	184	4.2k
R.E. Collin United States	31	788 0.3×	3.7k 1.4×	1.2k 0.8×	145 0.2×	145 0.4×	134	9.1k
Philip Gresho United States	31	4.1k 1.5×	361 0.1×	595 0.4×	341 0.4×	263 0.7×	90	5.1k
M. E. Goldstein United States	36	3.5k 1.3×	2.6k 1.0×	807 0.5×	1.1k 1.3×	49 0.1×	133	4.3k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Crighton, D. G.. (2009). Uses and abuses of the Hare Psychopathy Checklist. Evidence-Based Mental Health. 12(2). 33–36. 4 indexed citations

Crighton, D. G.. (2007). Chief Examiner’s Report. 1(89). 7–7. 32 indexed citations

Crighton, D. G., et al.. (1993). Overturning of nonlinear acoustic waves. Part 2 Relaxing gas dynamics. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 252. 601–615. 5 indexed citations

Crighton, D. G., et al.. (1991). Instability of flows in spatially developing media. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 435(1893). 109–128. 47 indexed citations

Crighton, D. G., et al.. (1991). Fluid loading with mean flow. I. Response of an elastic plate localized excitation. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Physical and Engineering Sciences. 335(1639). 557–592. 69 indexed citations

Crighton, D. G., et al.. (1990). Nonlinear diffraction and caustic formation. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 430(1878). 69–88. 20 indexed citations

Crighton, D. G., et al.. (1989). Old-age behaviour of cylindrical and spherical nonlinear waves: numerical and asymptotic results. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 422(1863). 387–405. 7 indexed citations

Crighton, D. G., et al.. (1989). Approximate solution methods for nonlinear acoustic propagation over long ranges. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 426(1870). 125–152. 12 indexed citations

Blythe, P. A. & D. G. Crighton. (1989). Shock-generated ignition: the induction zone. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 426(1870). 189–209. 48 indexed citations

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Crighton, D. G., et al.. (1987). Nonlinear wave motion governed by the modified Burgers equation. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 323(1570). 173–209. 58 indexed citations

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Nimmo, J. J. C. & D. G. Crighton. (1986). Geometrical and diffusive effects in nonlinear acoustic propagation over long ranges. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 320(1551). 1–35. 23 indexed citations

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Crighton, D. G.. (1985). Acoustics of a stiff locally reacting structure. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 397(1812). 99–120. 6 indexed citations

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Crighton, D. G., et al.. (1984). The modes, resonances and forced response of elastic structures under heavy fluid loading. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 312(1521). 295–341. 39 indexed citations

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Crighton, D. G.. (1984). Transmission of energy down periodically ribbed elastic structures under fluid loading. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 394(1807). 405–436. 22 indexed citations

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Crighton, D. G.. (1983). Long range acoustic scattering by surface inhomogeneities beneath a turbulent boundary layer. 107–120. 5 indexed citations

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Nimmo, J. J. C. & D. G. Crighton. (1982). Bäcklund transformations for nonlinear parabolic equations: the general results. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 384(1787). 381–401. 52 indexed citations

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Crighton, D. G. & Francis Godfrey Leppington. (1973). Singular perturbation methods in acoustics: diffraction by a plate of finite thickness. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 335(1602). 313–339. 63 indexed citations

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Crighton, D. G.. (1973). Instability of an elliptic jet. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 59(4). 665–672. 76 indexed citations

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Crighton, D. G.. (1972). Radiation properties of the semi-infinite vortex sheet. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 330(1581). 185–198. 31 indexed citations

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Crighton, D. G.. (1970). Radiation from turbulence near a composite flexible boundary. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 314(1517). 153–173. 11 indexed citations

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