David Acheson

3.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
32 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

David Acheson is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, David Acheson has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Molecular Biology, 14 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics and 7 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in David Acheson's work include Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies (16 papers), Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics (14 papers) and Geophysics and Gravity Measurements (4 papers). David Acheson is often cited by papers focused on Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies (16 papers), Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics (14 papers) and Geophysics and Gravity Measurements (4 papers). David Acheson collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and South Korea. David Acheson's co-authors include R. Hide, T. Mullin, Anne C. Skeldon, W. B. Fraser, J. Galán, Alan Champneys, C. W. Titman and Peter A. Davies and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Fluid Mechanics and The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America.

In The Last Decade

David Acheson

30 papers receiving 1.9k citations

Hit Papers

Elementary Fluid Dynamics 1990 2026 2002 2014 1991 1990 100 200 300 400 500
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.

  1. Elementary Fluid Dynamics
    1991 578 citations David Acheson The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America profile →
  2. Elementary Fluid Dynamics
    1990 478 citations David Acheson profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
David Acheson United Kingdom 19 676 529 519 286 248 32 2.1k
J.-F. Pinton France 29 657 1.0× 1.2k 2.3× 634 1.2× 313 1.1× 435 1.8× 62 2.7k
Philip Marcus United States 29 1.1k 1.6× 926 1.8× 525 1.0× 184 0.6× 185 0.7× 97 2.5k
Willem V. R. Malkus United States 16 650 1.0× 1.2k 2.2× 719 1.4× 552 1.9× 242 1.0× 39 2.4k
Arnaud Chiffaudel France 21 676 1.0× 765 1.4× 704 1.4× 255 0.9× 164 0.7× 32 1.6k
Patrice Le Gal France 31 541 0.8× 1.4k 2.7× 590 1.1× 228 0.8× 187 0.8× 102 2.5k
Daniel P. Lathrop United States 32 709 1.0× 1.2k 2.3× 592 1.1× 417 1.5× 445 1.8× 82 3.4k
Nicolas Mordant France 27 578 0.9× 1.4k 2.6× 499 1.0× 266 0.9× 309 1.2× 62 2.7k
F. Daviaud France 31 914 1.4× 1.8k 3.3× 908 1.7× 395 1.4× 341 1.4× 92 3.1k
H. K. Moffatt United Kingdom 23 341 0.5× 1.7k 3.2× 329 0.6× 566 2.0× 338 1.4× 58 2.9k
P. C. Matthews United Kingdom 27 394 0.6× 688 1.3× 404 0.8× 326 1.1× 829 3.3× 66 3.1k

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Fields of papers citing papers by David Acheson

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Acheson

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Acheson, David, et al.. (2018). The Economics of Weaponized Defamation Lawsuits. Kent Academic Repository (University of Kent). 1 indexed citations
2.
Acheson, David. (2018). Corporate reputation under the European Convention on Human Rights. Kent Academic Repository (University of Kent). 10(1). 49–76. 1 indexed citations
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Acheson, David. (2015). The Defamation Act 2013: What exactly is ‘a body that trades for profit’?. Kent Academic Repository (University of Kent).
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Acheson, David. (2002). 1089 and All That. 1 indexed citations
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Acheson, David. (1997). From Calculus to Chaos. 23 indexed citations
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Hide, R., Anne C. Skeldon, & David Acheson. (1996). A study of two novel self-exciting single-disk homopolar dynamos: theory. Proceedings of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences. 452(1949). 1369–1395. 43 indexed citations
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Acheson, David. (1995). Multiple-nodding oscillations of a driven inverted pendulum. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 448(1932). 89–95. 26 indexed citations
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Acheson, David. (1993). A pendulum theorem. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 443(1917). 239–245. 64 indexed citations
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Acheson, David. (1991). Elementary Fluid Dynamics. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 89(6). 3020–3020. 578 indexed citations breakdown →
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Acheson, David. (1990). Elementary Fluid Dynamics. 478 indexed citations breakdown →
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Acheson, David. (1983). Local analysis of thermal and magnetic instabilities in a rapidly rotating fluid. Geophysical & Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics. 27(1-2). 123–136. 43 indexed citations
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Acheson, David. (1980). ‘Stable’ density stratification as a catalyst for instability. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 96(4). 723–733. 23 indexed citations
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Acheson, David. (1979). Magnetic buoyancy in the Sun. Nature. 277(5691). 41–42. 8 indexed citations
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Acheson, David, et al.. (1978). On the instability of toroidal magnetic fields and differential rotation in stars. With an appendix on the axisymmetric diffusive instability of toroidal magnetic fields in a rotating gas.. 289. 249–500. 1 indexed citations
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Acheson, David. (1978). On the instability of toroidal magnetic fields and differential rotation in stars. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 289(1363). 459–500. 138 indexed citations
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Acheson, David, et al.. (1978). Magnetic instabilities of a rotating gas. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 85(4). 743–757. 26 indexed citations
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Acheson, David. (1976). On over-reflexion. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 77(3). 433–472. 74 indexed citations
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Acheson, David. (1975). Forced hydromagnetic oscillations of a rapidly rotating fluid. The Physics of Fluids. 18(8). 961–968. 14 indexed citations
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Acheson, David & R. Hide. (1973). Hydromagnetics of rotating fluids. Reports on Progress in Physics. 36(2). 159–221. 146 indexed citations
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Acheson, David. (1972). On the hydromagnetic stability of a rotating fluid annulus. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 52(3). 529–541. 60 indexed citations

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