D. S. Spicer

3.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
78 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

D. S. Spicer is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, D. S. Spicer has authored 78 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 62 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 21 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics and 11 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in D. S. Spicer's work include Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics (56 papers), Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics (38 papers) and Magnetic confinement fusion research (19 papers). D. S. Spicer is often cited by papers focused on Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics (56 papers), Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics (38 papers) and Magnetic confinement fusion research (19 papers). D. S. Spicer collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Netherlands. D. S. Spicer's co-authors include Dinshaw S. Balsara, P. J. MacNeice, S. T. Zalesak, J. C. Brown, P. J. Cargill, S. K. Antiochos, D. B. Melrose, M. Kuperus, J. A. Ionson and R. N. Sudan and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and The Astrophysical Journal.

In The Last Decade

D. S. Spicer

74 papers receiving 1.9k 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.

A Staggered Mesh Algorithm Using High Order Godunov Fluxes to Ensure Solenoidal Magnetic Fields in Magnetohydrodynamic Simulations

1999 461 citations Dinshaw S. Balsara, D. S. Spicer Journal of Computational Physics profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
D. S. Spicer United States	22	1.6k	437	414	317	191	78	2.0k
P. Londrillo Italy	18	904 0.6×	295 0.7×	588 1.4×	58 0.2×	111 0.6×	54	1.4k
D. Lortz Germany	15	422 0.3×	530 1.2×	336 0.8×	278 0.9×	42 0.2×	52	1.3k
Takayuki Umeda Japan	22	955 0.6×	108 0.2×	552 1.3×	87 0.3×	103 0.5×	100	1.3k
A. Thyagaraja United Kingdom	20	720 0.5×	121 0.3×	906 2.2×	50 0.2×	28 0.1×	116	1.3k
D. Pfirsch Germany	16	491 0.3×	85 0.2×	646 1.6×	41 0.1×	66 0.3×	80	963
P. N. Guzdar United States	20	1.0k 0.6×	41 0.1×	814 2.0×	213 0.7×	13 0.1×	57	1.3k
E. Mjølhus Norway	21	1.0k 0.7×	65 0.1×	460 1.1×	176 0.6×	15 0.1×	44	1.7k
Ignazio Ciufolini Italy	28	2.3k 1.5×	116 0.3×	399 1.0×	182 0.6×	19 0.1×	115	2.8k
Y. B. Zeldovich Russia	14	1.5k 0.9×	177 0.4×	1.2k 3.0×	14 0.0×	34 0.2×	31	1.9k
David Fyfe United States	12	357 0.2×	343 0.8×	308 0.7×	128 0.4×	16 0.1×	24	818

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of D. S. Spicer

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All Works

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Spicer, D. S., et al.. (2025). Factors affecting vacuum ultraviolet (185 nm) emission intensities in low-pressure mercury lamp photoreactors for photolytic destruction of water contaminants. Journal of Water Process Engineering. 75. 107909–107909.

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Murphy, G. C., Thibaut Lery, S. P. O’Sullivan, et al.. (2007). Interacting jets from binary protostars. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 478(2). 453–460. 6 indexed citations

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Lanza, A. F., D. Spadaro, A. C. Lanzafame, et al.. (2001). Extreme‐Ultraviolet Transition‐Region Line Emission during the Dynamic Formation of Prominence Condensations. The Astrophysical Journal. 547(2). 1116–1129. 10 indexed citations

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Balsara, Dinshaw S. & D. S. Spicer. (1999). A Staggered Mesh Algorithm Using High Order Godunov Fluxes to Ensure Solenoidal Magnetic Fields in Magnetohydrodynamic Simulations. Journal of Computational Physics. 149(2). 270–292. 461 indexed citations breakdown →

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Krall, J., J. Chen, R. A. Santoro, et al.. (1998). Simulation of Buoyant Flux Ropes in a Magnetized Solar Atmosphere. The Astrophysical Journal. 500(2). 992–1002. 16 indexed citations

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Zalesak, S. T., et al.. (1995). A particle model on an unstructured mesh. Computer Physics Communications. 90(2-3). 267–292. 2 indexed citations

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Cargill, P. J., J. Chen, D. S. Spicer, & S. T. Zalesak. (1995). Geometry of interplanetary magnetic clouds. Geophysical Research Letters. 22(5). 647–650. 31 indexed citations

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Spicer, D. S. & P. J. MacNeice. (1992). Electromechanical coupling of the solar atmosphere : Capri, Italy 1991. American Institute of Physics eBooks. 267. 1 indexed citations

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Spicer, D. S. & A. G. Emslie. (1988). A new quasi-thermal trap model for solar flare hard X-ray bursts - an electrostatic trap model. The Astrophysical Journal. 330. 997–997. 8 indexed citations

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Spicer, D. S., et al.. (1987). Theoretical Problems in High Resolution Solar Physics, 2. NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA). 2 indexed citations

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Manheimer, W. M. & D. S. Spicer. (1983). Longitudinal resistivity and intermediate Mach number collisionless transverse magnetosonic shocks. 1 indexed citations

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Spicer, D. S. & Z. Švestka. (1983). Transient brightenings of interconnecting loops. Solar Physics. 87(2). 271–278. 3 indexed citations

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Spicer, D. S.. (1981). First phase heating and particle acceleration during solar flares by fast tearing modes. Solar Physics. 71(1). 115–124. 14 indexed citations

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Brown, J. C., D. S. Spicer, & D. B. Melrose. (1979). Production of a collisionless conduction front by rapid coronal heating and its role in solar hard X-ray bursts. The Astrophysical Journal. 228. 592–592. 139 indexed citations

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Spicer, D. S.. (1976). An unstable arch model of a solar flare. 9 indexed citations

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Tidman, D. A., D. S. Spicer, & John E. Davis. (1975). The Super Heating Instability as a Trigger for Solar Flares. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 7. 352. 1 indexed citations

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Kepple, P. & D. S. Spicer. (1975). A Time Dependent Study of a Conductive Heat Flow in a Flaring Arch.. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 7. 397. 1 indexed citations

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Spicer, D. S., et al.. (1961). The Effect of Trypsin on Measles Virus Antigenicity. Experimental Biology and Medicine. 108(2). 508–512.

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Spicer, D. S., et al.. (1959). Properdin: Preparation from Plasma Fraction I of the Cohn Method. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 234(4). 838–840. 8 indexed citations

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Spicer, D. S., et al.. (1952). Study of Ureidosuccinic Acid and Related Compounds in Pyrimidine Synthesis by Lactobacillus bulgaricus 09. Experimental Biology and Medicine. 79(4). 587–588. 5 indexed citations

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