D. H. Munro

7.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
73 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

D. H. Munro 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, D. H. Munro has authored 73 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 57 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics, 37 papers in Mechanics of Materials and 28 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in D. H. Munro's work include Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics (57 papers), Laser-induced spectroscopy and plasma (34 papers) and High-pressure geophysics and materials (27 papers). D. H. Munro is often cited by papers focused on Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics (57 papers), Laser-induced spectroscopy and plasma (34 papers) and High-pressure geophysics and materials (27 papers). D. H. Munro collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and United Kingdom. D. H. Munro's co-authors include S. W. Haan, Thomas Dittrich, M. M. Marinak, O. S. Jones, J. D. Lindl, B. A. Hammel, S. M. Pollaine, G. D. Kerbel, N. A. Gentile and B. A. Remington and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Physical Review Letters and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

D. H. Munro

67 papers receiving 2.5k citations

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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.

Three-dimensional HYDRA simulations of National Ignition Facility targets

2001 461 citations M. M. Marinak, O. S. Jones et al. Physics of Plasmas profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
D. H. Munro United States	28	2.2k	1.2k	1.0k	884	420	73	2.6k
M. J. Edwards United States	33	2.3k 1.1×	1.2k 1.0×	1.0k 1.0×	949 1.1×	437 1.0×	71	2.7k
O. S. Jones United States	28	2.1k 1.0×	1.2k 1.0×	1.1k 1.0×	829 0.9×	351 0.8×	94	2.6k
L. J. Suter United States	20	2.3k 1.1×	1.3k 1.1×	1.3k 1.3×	915 1.0×	304 0.7×	48	2.6k
D. S. Clark United States	31	2.5k 1.1×	1.1k 1.0×	1.2k 1.2×	809 0.9×	455 1.1×	105	2.8k
M. Temporal Spain	25	1.8k 0.8×	925 0.8×	837 0.8×	798 0.9×	341 0.8×	87	2.0k
R. L. McCrory United States	31	2.7k 1.2×	1.5k 1.3×	1.4k 1.3×	895 1.0×	618 1.5×	76	3.2k
J. D. Salmonson United States	27	1.8k 0.9×	742 0.6×	758 0.7×	618 0.7×	281 0.7×	73	2.4k
R. L. McCrory United States	26	2.5k 1.1×	1.6k 1.3×	1.2k 1.2×	896 1.0×	526 1.3×	40	2.9k
P. W. McKenty United States	25	1.8k 0.8×	1.0k 0.9×	913 0.9×	632 0.7×	224 0.5×	84	2.0k
R. P. J. Town United States	27	1.9k 0.9×	1.0k 0.9×	814 0.8×	706 0.8×	205 0.5×	54	2.1k

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Spears, B. K., S. Brandon, D. T. Casey, et al.. (2025). Predicting fusion ignition at the National Ignition Facility with physics-informed deep learning. Science. 389(6761). 727–731. 2 indexed citations

Munro, D. H., et al.. (2024). The Emergence of a Uniform Business Cycle in the United States: Evidence from New Claims-Based Unemployment Data. Brookings Papers on Economic Activity. 2004(1). 265–319.

Hartouni, E. P., R. M. Bionta, D. T. Casey, et al.. (2021). Interpolating individual line-of-sight neutron spectrometer measurements onto the “sky” at the National Ignition Facility (NIF). Review of Scientific Instruments. 92(4). 43512–43512. 4 indexed citations

Clark, D. S., C. R. Weber, J. L. Milovich, et al.. (2019). Three-dimensional modeling and hydrodynamic scaling of National Ignition Facility implosions. Physics of Plasmas. 26(5). 63 indexed citations

Spears, B. K., D. H. Munro, S. M. Sepke, et al.. (2015). Three-dimensional simulations of National Ignition Facility implosions: Insight into experimental observablesa). Physics of Plasmas. 22(5). 56317–56317. 24 indexed citations

Moody, J. D., H. F. Robey, P. M. Celliers, et al.. (2014). Early time implosion symmetry from two-axis shock-timing measurements on indirect drive NIF experiments. Physics of Plasmas. 21(9). 19 indexed citations

Spears, B. K., D. S. Clark, M.J. Edwards, et al.. (2012). Alpha heating and implosion performance in cryogenic layered NIF implosions. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 54.

McKenty, P. W., R. S. Craxton, F. J. Marshall, et al.. (2010). Design of High-Neutron-Yield, Polar-drive targets for diagnostic activation experiments on the NIF. Journal of Physics Conference Series. 244(3). 32054–32054. 2 indexed citations

Lee, Hyunjun, P. Neumayer, J. Castor, et al.. (2009). X-Ray Thomson-Scattering Measurements of Density and Temperature in Shock-Compressed Beryllium. Physical Review Letters. 102(11). 115001–115001. 124 indexed citations

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Haan, S. W., D. A. Callahan, M. J. Edwards, et al.. (2009). Rev3 Update of Requirements for NIF Ignition Targets. Fusion Science & Technology. 55(3). 227–232. 55 indexed citations

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Haan, S. W., Mark Herrmann, Thomas Dittrich, et al.. (2005). Increasing robustness of indirect drive capsule designs against short wavelength hydrodynamic instabilities. Physics of Plasmas. 12(5). 66 indexed citations

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Munro, D. H., S. N. Dixit, A. B. Langdon, & J. R. Murray. (2004). Polarization smoothing in a convergent beam. Applied Optics. 43(36). 6639–6639. 37 indexed citations

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Haan, S. W., Peter Amendt, Thomas Dittrich, et al.. (2004). Design and simulations of indirect drive ignition targets for NIF. Nuclear Fusion. 44(12). S171–S176. 34 indexed citations

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Celliers, P. M., G. W. Collins, D. K. Bradley, et al.. (2001). VISAR for measuring equation of state and shock propagation in liquid deuterium (abstract). Review of Scientific Instruments. 72(1). 1038–1038. 2 indexed citations

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Kalantar, D. H., S. W. Haan, B. A. Hammel, et al.. (1997). X-ray backlit imaging measurement of in-flight pusher density for an indirect drive capsule implosion. Review of Scientific Instruments. 68(1). 814–816. 26 indexed citations

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Keane, C. J., Robert Cook, Thomas Dittrich, et al.. (1995). x-ray spectroscopic diagnostics of mix in high growth factor spherical implosions. Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer. 54(1-2). 207–220. 27 indexed citations

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Kalantar, D. H., B. J. MacGowan, J. D. Moody, et al.. (1995). Production and characterization of large plasmas from gas bag targets on Nova. Physics of Plasmas. 2(8). 3161–3168. 25 indexed citations

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Hammel, B. A., J. D. Kilkenny, D. H. Munro, et al.. (1994). X-ray radiographic imaging of hydrodynamic phenomena in radiation-driven materials—Shock propagation, material compression, and shear flow*. Physics of Plasmas. 1(5). 1662–1668. 38 indexed citations

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Glendinning, S. G., B. A. Remington, S. W. Haan, D. H. Munro, & S. V. Weber. (1992). Analysis techniques for directly and indirectly driven hydrodynamic experiments on Nova. Review of Scientific Instruments. 63(10). 5108–5110. 6 indexed citations

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Munro, D. H., et al.. (1982). Experimental Verification of Propeller Noise Prediction. AIAA Journal. 20(11). 1483–1491. 11 indexed citations

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