D.J. Ward

3.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
86 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

D.J. Ward is a scholar working on Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Materials Chemistry and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, D.J. Ward has authored 86 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 43 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics, 29 papers in Materials Chemistry and 15 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in D.J. Ward's work include Magnetic confinement fusion research (42 papers), Fusion materials and technologies (28 papers) and Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics (12 papers). D.J. Ward is often cited by papers focused on Magnetic confinement fusion research (42 papers), Fusion materials and technologies (28 papers) and Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics (12 papers). D.J. Ward collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Switzerland. D.J. Ward's co-authors include A. Bondeson, P. Helander, J.A. Wesson, Henri Cappetta, I. Cook, S.C. Jardin, Andrew S. Gale, F. Hofmann, Guillaume Guinot and Charlie J. Underwood and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Energy & Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Science Letters.

In The Last Decade

D.J. Ward

82 papers receiving 2.0k 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.

Stabilization of external modes in tokamaks by resistive walls and plasma rotation

1994 433 citations A. Bondeson, D.J. Ward Physical Review Letters profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
D.J. Ward	1.3k	774	607	444	362	86	2.2k
Rosa Balbín	1.1k 0.8×	709 0.9×	277 0.5×	97 0.2×	70 0.2×	104	2.5k
K. Uehara	687 0.5×	402 0.5×	175 0.3×	125 0.3×	163 0.5×	71	1.9k
J. E. Reynolds	1.3k 1.0×	3.6k 4.6×	153 0.3×	52 0.1×	172 0.5×	161	4.7k
J. F. Clarke	357 0.3×	296 0.4×	210 0.3×	182 0.4×	535 1.5×	138	2.4k
M. Forrest	554 0.4×	158 0.2×	271 0.4×	67 0.2×	87 0.2×	52	1.2k
John Robinson	74 0.1×	117 0.2×	607 1.0×	195 0.4×	253 0.7×	98	3.9k
Yunbin Guan	133 0.1×	2.2k 2.9×	252 0.4×	98 0.2×	187 0.5×	117	3.6k
J. Vernet	633 0.5×	2.5k 3.3×	72 0.1×	35 0.1×	21 0.1×	158	3.3k
A. T. Kearsley	83 0.1×	2.2k 2.8×	211 0.3×	46 0.1×	176 0.5×	163	2.9k
M. Oinonen	905 0.7×	119 0.2×	22 0.0×	35 0.1×	106 0.3×	153	2.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of D.J. Ward

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Brinkman, Donald B., et al.. (2025). Fish Faunas from the Bissekty Formation (Turonian), Uzbekistan: Insights into biogeographic connectivity and climate-driven Faunal Turnover. Cretaceous Research. 179. 106252–106252.

Gale, Andrew S. & D.J. Ward. (2024). A new sun star (Echinodermata, Asteroidea, Solasteridae) from the mid-Miocene of Lacoste, France. Proceedings of the Geologists Association. 135(6). 685–694. 1 indexed citations

Guinot, Guillaume, Sylvain Adnet, Kenshu Shimada, et al.. (2018). On the need of providing tooth morphology in descriptions of extant elasmobranch species. Zootaxa. 4461(1). 118–126. 23 indexed citations

Ben-Tovim, David I., et al.. (2015). Hospital Event Simulation Model: Arrivals to Discharge. Adelaide Research & Scholarship (AR&S) (University of Adelaide).

Underwood, Charlie J., D.J. Ward, & Guillaume Guinot. (2015). Development of understanding of the Mesozoic and Cenozoic chondrichthyan fossil record. Geological Society London Special Publications. 430(1). 155–164. 6 indexed citations

Lux, H., R. Kemp, D.J. Ward, & M. Sertoli. (2014). Impurity Radiation in DEMO. Max Planck Digital Library.

Ward, D.J. & R. Kemp. (2014). The resilience of an operating point for a fusion power plant. Fusion Engineering and Design. 98-99. 2223–2226. 5 indexed citations

Chapman, I.T., R. Kemp, & D.J. Ward. (2010). Analysis of high β regimes for DEMO. Fusion Engineering and Design. 86(2-3). 141–150. 8 indexed citations

Smith, Chris & D.J. Ward. (2007). The path to fusion power. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences. 365(1853). 945–956. 1 indexed citations

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Cook, I., N. Taylor, & D.J. Ward. (2006). The role of DEMO in a fast-track development of fusion power. 1 indexed citations

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Sardain, P., D. Maisonnier, L. Di Pace, et al.. (2006). The European power plant conceptual study: Helium-cooled lithium–lead reactor concept. Fusion Engineering and Design. 81(23-24). 2673–2678. 27 indexed citations

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Helander, P. & D.J. Ward. (2003). Positron Creation and Annihilation in Tokamak Plasmas with Runaway Electrons. Physical Review Letters. 90(13). 135004–135004. 169 indexed citations

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Ward, D.J., et al.. (2001). Economically acceptable fusion power stations with safety and environmental advantages. Fusion Engineering and Design. 58-59. 1033–1036. 7 indexed citations

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Taylor, N., P. Knight, & D.J. Ward. (2000). A model of the availability of a fusion power plant. Fusion Engineering and Design. 51-52. 363–369. 13 indexed citations

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Tubbing, B., et al.. (1998). The effect of ELMs on energy confinement in JET. Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion. 40(2). 335–346. 5 indexed citations

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Ward, D.J. & A. Bondeson. (1995). Stabilization of ideal modes by resistive walls in tokamaks with plasma rotation and its effect on the beta limit. Physics of Plasmas. 2(5). 1570–1580. 101 indexed citations

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Ward, D.J. & S.C. Jardin. (1992). Effects of plasma deformability on the feedback stabilization of axisymmetric modes in tokamak plasmas. Nuclear Fusion. 32(6). 973–994. 17 indexed citations

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Wesson, J.A., D.J. Ward, & M. N. Rosenbluth. (1990). Negative voltage spike in tokamak disruptions. Nuclear Fusion. 30(6). 1011–1014. 45 indexed citations

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Ward, D.J., et al.. (1975). An Analysis of Voluntary Cash Demands on Life Insurance Companies. Journal of Risk & Insurance. 42(3). 389–389. 1 indexed citations

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Ward, D.J.. (1973). The English Palaeogene Chimaeroid fishes. Proceedings of the Geologists Association. 84(3). 315–330. 21 indexed citations

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