D. Lightbody

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
10 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

D. Lightbody is a scholar working on Mechanics of Materials, Materials Chemistry and Inorganic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, D. Lightbody has authored 10 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Mechanics of Materials, 5 papers in Materials Chemistry and 4 papers in Inorganic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in D. Lightbody's work include Muon and positron interactions and applications (5 papers), Nuclear Physics and Applications (3 papers) and Nuclear reactor physics and engineering (2 papers). D. Lightbody is often cited by papers focused on Muon and positron interactions and applications (5 papers), Nuclear Physics and Applications (3 papers) and Nuclear reactor physics and engineering (2 papers). D. Lightbody collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Denmark and United States. D. Lightbody's co-authors include J. N. Sherwood, M. Eldrup, G. E. Mitchell, W. E. Stephens, Peter Alexander, R.E. Benenson and Carl Hansen and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Physics Letters, Chemical Physics and Nuclear Instruments and Methods.

In The Last Decade

D. Lightbody

10 papers receiving 1.7k 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.

The temperature dependence of positron lifetimes in solid pivalic acid

1981 1.6k citations M. Eldrup, D. Lightbody et al. Chemical Physics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
D. Lightbody United Kingdom	7	1.4k	750	438	424	395	10	1.8k
S. J. Tao United States	17	2.0k 1.4×	924 1.2×	481 1.1×	572 1.3×	476 1.2×	49	2.5k
J. Kansy Poland	13	1.2k 0.8×	772 1.0×	361 0.8×	348 0.8×	195 0.5×	47	1.5k
Radosław Zaleski Poland	19	682 0.5×	492 0.7×	131 0.3×	290 0.7×	71 0.2×	102	1.0k
Sandeep Kumar Sharma India	21	421 0.3×	758 1.0×	398 0.9×	272 0.6×	361 0.9×	114	1.6k
Osamu Okada Japan	24	137 0.1×	812 1.1×	544 1.2×	484 1.1×	239 0.6×	98	1.6k
F. C. Stedile Brazil	26	145 0.1×	792 1.1×	1.0k 2.3×	106 0.3×	154 0.4×	133	2.0k
Marcel Dickmann Germany	21	223 0.2×	607 0.8×	619 1.4×	376 0.9×	137 0.3×	71	1.6k
B. L. Papke United States	13	272 0.2×	344 0.5×	888 2.0×	492 1.2×	644 1.6×	22	1.6k
S. Senderoff United States	16	128 0.1×	773 1.0×	1.1k 2.6×	442 1.0×	51 0.1×	30	1.8k
Masayuki Kawaguchi Japan	27	226 0.2×	1.8k 2.4×	896 2.0×	310 0.7×	102 0.3×	91	2.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of D. Lightbody

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All Works

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10 of 10 papers shown

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Lightbody, D., et al.. (1985). Temperature and phase dependence of positron lifetimes in solid cyclohexane. Chemical Physics. 93(3). 475–484. 47 indexed citations

2.

Lightbody, D., J. N. Sherwood, & M. Eldrup. (1983). Vacancy Formation Energies in Plastic Crystals Using Positron Annihilation Techniques. Molecular crystals and liquid crystals. 96(1). 197–210. 20 indexed citations

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Eldrup, M., D. Lightbody, & J. N. Sherwood. (1981). The temperature dependence of positron lifetimes in solid pivalic acid. Chemical Physics. 63(1-2). 51–58. 1636 indexed citations breakdown →

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Eldrup, M., D. Lightbody, & J. N. Sherwood. (1980). Studies of phase transformations in molecular crystals using the positron annihilation technique. Faraday Discussions of the Chemical Society. 69. 175–175. 22 indexed citations

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Lightbody, D., J. N. Sherwood, & M. Eldrup. (1980). The vacancy formation energy in crystalline adamantane determined by position annihilation techiniques. Chemical Physics Letters. 70(3). 487–491. 22 indexed citations

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Alexander, Peter, et al.. (1970). ISIS-A Program for Computerized Fission Data Analysis,. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). 1 indexed citations

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Alexander, Peter, et al.. (1970). Computer analysis of fission data. Nuclear Instruments and Methods. 86(1). 99–107. 2 indexed citations

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Lightbody, D., et al.. (1967). Analog-State Resonances in theY89(p,n)Zr89andSr88(p,n)Y88Reactions. Physical Review. 153(4). 1214–1220. 23 indexed citations

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Benenson, R.E., et al.. (1965). Use of a liquid helium scintillation counter in a search for excited states of 5He by elastic scattering of 22- to 29-MeV neutrons. Nuclear Instruments and Methods. 37. 340–344. 2 indexed citations

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Lightbody, D., et al.. (1965). The Y99(p, n) Zr89 reaction. Physics Letters. 15(2). 155–157. 12 indexed citations

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