David Schaffner

627 total citations
25 papers, 386 citations indexed

About

David Schaffner is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, David Schaffner has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 386 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 11 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics and 5 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in David Schaffner's work include Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics (11 papers), Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics (11 papers) and Magnetic confinement fusion research (11 papers). David Schaffner is often cited by papers focused on Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics (11 papers), Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics (11 papers) and Magnetic confinement fusion research (11 papers). David Schaffner collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Switzerland. David Schaffner's co-authors include M. R. Brown, Gerhard Wagner, Joachim Ulrich, R. T. Wicks, Troy Carter, S. Vincena, J. E. Maggs, G. Rossi, M. R. Brown and Carlos E. Budde and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, The Astrophysical Journal and Physics of Plasmas.

In The Last Decade

David Schaffner

22 papers receiving 374 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
David Schaffner United States 12 171 147 68 62 61 25 386
Boris Weyssow Belgium 10 81 0.5× 156 1.1× 16 0.2× 59 1.0× 9 0.1× 53 257
Francesco Montanari Italy 14 364 2.1× 124 0.8× 17 0.3× 56 0.9× 2 0.0× 28 594
A. Mahdavi United States 5 216 1.3× 360 2.4× 41 0.6× 63 1.0× 12 0.2× 8 389
N. Roy Bangladesh 21 298 1.7× 38 0.3× 235 3.5× 32 0.5× 35 913
T. Rafiq United States 13 304 1.8× 525 3.6× 44 0.6× 142 2.3× 3 0.0× 76 648
T. Kashiwagi Japan 10 36 0.2× 146 1.0× 39 0.6× 13 0.2× 37 300
Xin-Qiang Li China 22 102 0.6× 984 6.7× 12 0.2× 25 0.4× 11 0.2× 70 1.1k
J. Salgado Portugal 12 94 0.5× 23 0.2× 17 0.3× 20 0.3× 54 433
J. G. Kingston United Kingdom 12 24 0.1× 11 0.1× 7 0.1× 24 0.4× 9 0.1× 29 411
Jeremy Dunning-Davies United Kingdom 9 45 0.3× 25 0.2× 29 0.4× 50 0.8× 15 0.2× 63 265

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Fields of papers citing papers by David Schaffner

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Schaffner

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of David Schaffner. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of David Schaffner based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with David Schaffner. David Schaffner is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Paz-Soldan, C., É. Belonohy, Troy Carter, et al.. (2025). Accelerating the fusion workforce in the USA. Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion. 67(8). 83701–83701.
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Daniel, Kathryne J., et al.. (2025). PECCARY: A Novel Approach for Characterizing Orbital Complexity, Stochasticity, and Regularity. The Astrophysical Journal. 987(2). 195–195.
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Mordijck, S., Troy Carter, B. Van Compernolle, et al.. (2022). Impact of the electron density and temperature gradient on drift-wave turbulence in the Large Plasma Device. Journal of Plasma Physics. 88(4).
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Schaffner, David, et al.. (2018). First results from the Bryn Mawr Magnetohydrodynamic Experiment (BMX) at the Bryn Mawr Plasma Laboratory. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 2018. 1 indexed citations
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Schaffner, David, et al.. (2018). Magnetothermodynamics: measurements of the thermodynamic properties in a relaxed magnetohydrodynamic plasma. Journal of Plasma Physics. 84(1). 10 indexed citations
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Schaffner, David, et al.. (2015). Permutation entropy and statistical complexity analysis of turbulence in laboratory plasmas and the solar wind. Physical Review E. 91(2). 23101–23101. 52 indexed citations
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Schaffner, David & M. R. Brown. (2015). MULTIFRACTAL AND MONOFRACTAL SCALING IN A LABORATORY MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMIC TURBULENCE EXPERIMENT. The Astrophysical Journal. 811(1). 61–61. 11 indexed citations
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Schaffner, David, et al.. (2014). Observation of Turbulent Intermittency Scaling with Magnetic Helicity in an MHD Plasma Wind Tunnel. Physical Review Letters. 112(16). 165001–165001. 9 indexed citations
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Schaffner, David, et al.. (2014). Turbulence analysis of an experimental flux-rope plasma. Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion. 56(6). 64003–64003. 10 indexed citations
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Brown, M. R. & David Schaffner. (2014). Laboratory sources of turbulent plasma: a unique MHD plasma wind tunnel. Plasma Sources Science and Technology. 23(6). 63001–63001. 24 indexed citations
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Schaffner, David. (2013). Study of Flow, Turbulence and Transport on the Large Plasma Device. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 2 indexed citations
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Schaffner, David, et al.. (2013). Turbulence and transport suppression scaling with flow shear on the Large Plasma Device. Physics of Plasmas. 20(5). 15 indexed citations
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Schaffner, David, et al.. (2012). Modification of Turbulent Transport with Continuous Variation of Flow Shear in the Large Plasma Device. Physical Review Letters. 109(13). 135002–135002. 43 indexed citations
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Zhou, Shuangliu, W. W. Heidbrink, R. McWilliams, et al.. (2012). Sheared-flow induced confinement transition in a linear magnetized plasma. Physics of Plasmas. 19(1). 12116–12116. 13 indexed citations
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Carter, Troy, et al.. (2012). Energy dynamics in a simulation of LAPD turbulence. Physics of Plasmas. 19(10). 23 indexed citations
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Wagner, Gerhard, et al.. (2006). Rotor‐Stator and Disc Systems for Emulsification Processes. Chemical Engineering & Technology. 29(1). 24–31. 89 indexed citations
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Pinsker, R. I., M. Porkoláb, W. W. Heidbrink, et al.. (2006). Absorption of fast waves at moderate to high ion cyclotron harmonics on DIII-D. Nuclear Fusion. 46(7). S416–S424. 20 indexed citations
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Schaffner, David, et al.. (2002). Modellversuche zum Tropfenzerfall an Blenden in Flüssig/Flüssig/Dispersionen. Chemie Ingenieur Technik. 74(1-2). 101–104. 11 indexed citations
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Budde, Carlos E., David Schaffner, & Peter Walzel. (2002). Drop Breakup in Liquid-Liquid Dispersions at an Orifice Plate Observed in a Large-Scale Model. Chemical Engineering & Technology. 25(12). 1164–1167. 19 indexed citations

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