Donald R. White

3.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
24 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Donald R. White is a scholar working on Applied Mathematics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Aerospace Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Donald R. White has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Applied Mathematics, 11 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 10 papers in Aerospace Engineering. Recurrent topics in Donald R. White's work include Gas Dynamics and Kinetic Theory (18 papers), Combustion and Detonation Processes (9 papers) and Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research (7 papers). Donald R. White is often cited by papers focused on Gas Dynamics and Kinetic Theory (18 papers), Combustion and Detonation Processes (9 papers) and Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research (7 papers). Donald R. White collaborates with scholars based in United States and Switzerland. Donald R. White's co-authors include Roger C. Millikan, Ralph A. Alpher, George E. Moore and William G. Browne and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Chemical Physics, Journal of Fluid Mechanics and AIAA Journal.

In The Last Decade

Donald R. White

24 papers receiving 2.4k 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.

Systematics of Vibrational Relaxation

1963 1.5k citations Roger C. Millikan, Donald R. White The Journal of Chemical Physics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Donald R. White United States	17	1.8k	1.2k	1.0k	682	414	24	2.7k
М. Н. Коган Russia	13	1.8k 1.0×	437 0.4×	1.4k 1.3×	677 1.0×	274 0.7×	74	2.7k
Charles E. Treanor United States	14	1.3k 0.7×	487 0.4×	636 0.6×	807 1.2×	534 1.3×	31	2.1k
Katsuhisa Koura Netherlands	17	939 0.5×	277 0.2×	403 0.4×	533 0.8×	189 0.5×	61	1.3k
Sergey Gimelshein United States	31	2.3k 1.3×	1.2k 1.1×	1.5k 1.4×	425 0.6×	452 1.1×	189	3.1k
J. William Rich United States	33	1.2k 0.6×	825 0.7×	730 0.7×	880 1.3×	1.6k 3.9×	80	3.2k
Deborah A. Levin United States	32	2.5k 1.4×	1.4k 1.2×	1.9k 1.8×	488 0.7×	666 1.6×	375	4.0k
Deepak Bose United States	29	2.6k 1.4×	1.7k 1.4×	1.6k 1.5×	385 0.6×	364 0.9×	86	3.3k
C. Gorse Italy	35	852 0.5×	604 0.5×	341 0.3×	1.8k 2.6×	2.1k 5.1×	120	3.6k
Shao‐Chi Lin United States	16	266 0.1×	329 0.3×	251 0.2×	326 0.5×	695 1.7×	35	1.5k
Marco Panesi United States	30	2.2k 1.2×	859 0.7×	1.1k 1.1×	895 1.3×	518 1.3×	176	2.9k

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20 of 20 papers shown

White, Donald R.. (1968). Vibrational Relaxation of Shocked N2–He, N2–CH4, and N2–C2H2 Mixtures. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 48(1). 525–526. 15 indexed citations

White, Donald R.. (1967). Density induction times in very lean mixtures of D2, H2, C2H2 and C2H4, with O2. Symposium (International) on Combustion. 11(1). 147–154. 36 indexed citations

White, Donald R.. (1966). Vibrational Relaxation in CO—D2 Mixtures. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 45(4). 1257–1258. 5 indexed citations

White, Donald R.. (1965). Vibrational Relaxation of O2 in O2−D2 Mixtures and of H2 and D2. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 42(2). 447–449. 19 indexed citations

White, Donald R. & George E. Moore. (1965). Structure of gaseous detonation. IV. Induction zone studies in H2-O2 and CO-O2 mixtures. Symposium (International) on Combustion. 10(1). 785–795. 19 indexed citations

White, Donald R.. (1965). Vibrational Relaxation of Oxygen by Methane, Acetylene, and Ethylene. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 42(6). 2028–2032. 29 indexed citations

White, Donald R. & Roger C. Millikan. (1964). Vibrational relaxation in air. AIAA Journal. 2(10). 1844–1846. 61 indexed citations

Millikan, Roger C. & Donald R. White. (1963). Vibrational Energy Exchange between N2 and CO. The Vibrational Relaxation of Nitrogen. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 39(1). 98–101. 135 indexed citations

White, Donald R. & Roger C. Millikan. (1963). Oxygen Vibrational Relaxation in O2–He and O2–Ar Mixtures. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 39(7). 1807–1808. 31 indexed citations

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White, Donald R.. (1963). Structure of Gaseous Detonation. III. Density in the Induction Zone of Hydrogen Detonation. The Physics of Fluids. 6(7). 1011–1015. 14 indexed citations

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White, Donald R. & Roger C. Millikan. (1963). Vibrational Relaxation of Oxygen. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 39(7). 1803–1806. 65 indexed citations

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White, Donald R. & Roger C. Millikan. (1963). Oxygen Vibrational Relaxation in O2–H2 Mixtures. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 39(8). 2107–2108. 25 indexed citations

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White, Donald R., et al.. (1963). Structure of Gaseous Detonation. II. Generation of Laminar Detonation. The Physics of Fluids. 6(5). 749–750. 21 indexed citations

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White, Donald R.. (1961). Optical Refractivity of High-Temperature Gases. III. The Hydroxyl Radical. The Physics of Fluids. 4(1). 40–45. 15 indexed citations

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White, Donald R.. (1961). Turbulent Structure of Gaseous Detonation. The Physics of Fluids. 4(4). 465–480. 135 indexed citations

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Alpher, Ralph A. & Donald R. White. (1959). Optical Refractivity of High-Temperature Gases. II. Effects Resulting from Ionization of Monatomic Gases. The Physics of Fluids. 2(2). 162–169. 171 indexed citations

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Alpher, Ralph A. & Donald R. White. (1958). Interferometric Measurement of Electron Concentrations in Plasmas. The Physics of Fluids. 1(5). 452–453. 17 indexed citations

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White, Donald R.. (1958). Influence of diaphragm opening time on shock-tube flows. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 4(6). 585–599. 103 indexed citations

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White, Donald R.. (1957). On the existence of higher than normal detonation pressures. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 2(5). 513–514. 7 indexed citations

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White, Donald R.. (1951). A Experimental Survey of the Mach Reflection of Shock Waves.. 5 indexed citations

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