D.W. Efurd

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
23 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

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D.W. Efurd is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Inorganic Chemistry and Radiation. According to data from OpenAlex, D.W. Efurd has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 12 papers in Inorganic Chemistry and 9 papers in Radiation. Recurrent topics in D.W. Efurd's work include Radioactive contamination and transfer (15 papers), Radioactive element chemistry and processing (12 papers) and Nuclear Physics and Applications (8 papers). D.W. Efurd is often cited by papers focused on Radioactive contamination and transfer (15 papers), Radioactive element chemistry and processing (12 papers) and Nuclear Physics and Applications (8 papers). D.W. Efurd collaborates with scholars based in United States. D.W. Efurd's co-authors include D.J. Rokop, Annie B. Kersting, J.L. Thompson, David L. Finnegan, David K. Smith, C. Drew Tait, Wolfgang Runde, James N. Beck, P. Κ. Kuroda and Nathalie J. Valette-Silver and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

D.W. Efurd

23 papers receiving 1.1k 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.

Migration of plutonium in ground water at the Nevada Test Site

1999 757 citations Annie B. Kersting, D.W. Efurd et al. Nature profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
D.W. Efurd United States	11	697	376	309	260	230	23	1.1k
D.J. Rokop United States	14	630 0.9×	350 0.9×	299 1.0×	220 0.8×	193 0.8×	27	1.2k
Robert A. Fjeld United States	18	716 1.0×	545 1.4×	119 0.4×	304 1.2×	267 1.2×	65	1.1k
K.A. Orlandini United States	21	591 0.8×	738 2.0×	197 0.6×	538 2.1×	105 0.5×	61	1.5k
J.L. Thompson United States	7	544 0.8×	247 0.7×	321 1.0×	188 0.7×	179 0.8×	22	888
David L. Finnegan United States	15	600 0.9×	387 1.0×	345 1.1×	270 1.0×	169 0.7×	18	1.9k
D.M. Nelson United States	15	896 1.3×	794 2.1×	162 0.5×	501 1.9×	155 0.7×	39	1.4k
J. I. Kim Germany	26	1.2k 1.7×	420 1.1×	104 0.3×	150 0.6×	476 2.1×	42	1.6k
Martine C. Duff United States	20	1.2k 1.7×	459 1.2×	206 0.7×	363 1.4×	317 1.4×	62	2.1k
Susanne Sachs Germany	22	1.1k 1.5×	423 1.1×	151 0.5×	245 0.9×	235 1.0×	52	1.4k
Katja Schmeide Germany	20	987 1.4×	375 1.0×	135 0.4×	171 0.7×	304 1.3×	48	1.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of D.W. Efurd

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Efurd, D.W., et al.. (2008). History of the plutonium bioassay program at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, 1944–2006. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry. 276(2). 499–504. 8 indexed citations

Efurd, D.W., et al.. (2006). Processing of bone samples for the determination of ultra low-levels of uranium and plutonium. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry. 269(3). 679–682. 6 indexed citations

Efurd, D.W., et al.. (2006). In vitro lung dissolutions rates for PuO2. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry. 269(2). 271–277. 2 indexed citations

Bell, R.W., D.W. Efurd, R. E. Steiner, et al.. (2005). Second interlaboratory comparison study for the analysis of 239Pu in synthetic urine at the microBq (-100 aCi) level by mass spectrometry. University of North Texas Digital Library (University of North Texas). 263(2). 2 indexed citations

Efurd, D.W., et al.. (2005). Determination of the 240Pu/239Pu atom ratio in global fallout at two locations in the Northern Hemisphere. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry. 263(2). 387–391. 2 indexed citations

Efurd, D.W., et al.. (2005). Determination of the <Superscript>240</Superscript>Pu/<Superscript>239</Superscript>Pu atom ratio in global fallout at two locations in the Northern Hemisphere. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry. 263(2). 387–391. 14 indexed citations

Ibrahim, Shawki A., et al.. (2002). PLUTONIUM IN COLORADO RESIDENTS: RESULTS OF AUTOPSY BONE SAMPLES COLLECTED DURING 1975–1979. Health Physics. 83(2). 165–177. 6 indexed citations

Runde, Wolfgang, et al.. (2002). Solubility and sorption of redox-sensitive radionuclides (Np, Pu) in J-13 water from the Yucca Mountain site: comparison between experiment and theory. Applied Geochemistry. 17(6). 837–853. 60 indexed citations

Inkret, W.C., M. E. Schillaci, Youg-Sin Cheng, et al.. (2001). Internal Dosimetry for Inhalation of Hafnium Tritide Aerosols. Radiation Protection Dosimetry. 93(1). 55–60. 3 indexed citations

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Duffy, C.J., et al.. (2001). Practical application of thermal ionization mass spectrometry for the determination of plutonium for the LANL Bioassay Program (LA-UR-00-1697). Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry. 248(2). 423–429. 7 indexed citations

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Valette-Silver, Nathalie J., M. Jawed Hameedi, D.W. Efurd, & Andrew Robertson. (1999). Status of the Contamination in Sediments and Biota from the Western Beaufort Sea (Alaska). Marine Pollution Bulletin. 38(8). 702–722. 35 indexed citations

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Kersting, Annie B., D.W. Efurd, David L. Finnegan, et al.. (1999). Migration of plutonium in ground water at the Nevada Test Site. Nature. 397(6714). 56–59. 757 indexed citations breakdown →

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Inkret, W.C., D.W. Efurd, Guthrie Miller, D.J. Rokop, & Timothy Benjamin. (1998). Applications of thermal ionization mass spectrometry to the detection of 239Pu and 240Pu intakes. International Journal of Mass Spectrometry. 178(1-2). 113–120. 22 indexed citations

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Efurd, D.W., Wolfgang Runde, David R. Janecky, et al.. (1998). Neptunium and Plutonium Solubilities in a Yucca Mountain Groundwater. Environmental Science & Technology. 32(24). 3893–3900. 66 indexed citations

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Efurd, D.W., et al.. (1991). Production, Separation, and Purification of ²³⁶Np and ²³⁶Pu. Radiochimica Acta. 54(4). 159–162. 13 indexed citations

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Talbert, W. L., et al.. (1987). Thermal-neutron fission cross section of 26.1-min235Um. Physical Review C. 36(5). 1896–1899. 7 indexed citations

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Efurd, D.W., et al.. (1986). Measurement of neptunium-237 by SID ionization source. International Journal of Mass Spectrometry and Ion Processes. 74(2-3). 309–315. 4 indexed citations

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Efurd, D.W., et al.. (1985). Isotopic analysis of nanogram quantities of plutonium by using a sid ionization source. International Journal of Mass Spectrometry and Ion Processes. 64(1). 17–24. 48 indexed citations

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Kuroda, P. Κ., et al.. (1975). Xenon isotope anomalies in the carbonaceous chondrite Murchison. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 80(11). 1558–1570. 21 indexed citations

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Kuroda, P. Κ., et al.. (1974). Xenon isotope anomalies in the carbonaceous chondrite murray. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 79(26). 3981–3992. 32 indexed citations

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