E. U. Condon

9.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
36 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

E. U. Condon is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Physical and Theoretical Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, E. U. Condon has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 3 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 3 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 3 papers in Physical and Theoretical Chemistry. Recurrent topics in E. U. Condon's work include Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life (3 papers), History and advancements in chemistry (3 papers) and Glass properties and applications (3 papers). E. U. Condon is often cited by papers focused on Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life (3 papers), History and advancements in chemistry (3 papers) and Glass properties and applications (3 papers). E. U. Condon collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and Italy. E. U. Condon's co-authors include George Shortley, Halis Odabaşı, W. Franzen, Philip Μ. Morse, Herman Feshbach, Wesley E. Brittin, Malak Itani, John J. Schmitz, Sina Jasim and Kepal N. Patel and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

E. U. Condon

31 papers receiving 2.1k citations

Hit Papers

The Theory of Atomic Spectra 1952 2026 1976 2001 1952 500 1000 1.5k
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. The Theory of Atomic Spectra
    1952 1.9k citations E. U. Condon et al. American Journal of Physics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
E. U. Condon United States 11 1.4k 442 396 272 256 36 2.4k
Walter R. Thorson Canada 27 2.1k 1.5× 592 1.3× 201 0.5× 170 0.6× 229 0.9× 59 2.4k
M. W. P. Strandberg United States 25 1.3k 0.9× 1.0k 2.3× 521 1.3× 285 1.0× 133 0.5× 104 2.3k
L. Pincherle United Kingdom 12 1.6k 1.1× 545 1.2× 462 1.2× 293 1.1× 118 0.5× 27 2.7k
Taro Kihara Japan 24 1.1k 0.7× 204 0.5× 460 1.2× 205 0.8× 150 0.6× 63 2.4k
Lars Onsager United States 24 2.7k 1.9× 245 0.6× 663 1.7× 248 0.9× 572 2.2× 34 4.9k
H. M. Foley United States 16 1.2k 0.8× 679 1.5× 251 0.6× 144 0.5× 99 0.4× 30 1.9k
R. A. Sack United Kingdom 19 1.3k 0.9× 322 0.7× 373 0.9× 173 0.6× 203 0.8× 44 2.2k
J. Van Kranendonk Canada 31 2.3k 1.7× 1.6k 3.6× 620 1.6× 238 0.9× 155 0.6× 68 3.5k
Léon Van Hove Netherlands 13 3.0k 2.1× 328 0.7× 1.3k 3.2× 415 1.5× 194 0.8× 24 5.0k
Joshua B. Halpern United States 32 1.5k 1.0× 930 2.1× 889 2.2× 501 1.8× 264 1.0× 139 3.4k

Countries citing papers authored by E. U. Condon

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Fields of papers citing papers by E. U. Condon

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by E. U. Condon. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by E. U. Condon. The network helps show where E. U. Condon may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of E. U. Condon

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of E. U. Condon. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of E. U. Condon 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 E. U. Condon. E. U. Condon 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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Odabaşı, Halis & E. U. Condon. (1980). Atomic Structure. 137 indexed citations
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Condon, E. U.. (1978). Tunneling—how it all started. American Journal of Physics. 46(4). 319–323. 13 indexed citations
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Condon, E. U. & Oktay Sǐnanoğlu. (1972). New directions in atomic physics. CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research). 1 indexed citations
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Brittin, Wesley E., Halis Odabaşı, & E. U. Condon. (1971). Topics in modern physics;: A tribute to Edward U. Condon. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 10 indexed citations
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Condon, E. U., et al.. (1969). Scientific study of unidentified flying objects.. 38 indexed citations
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Condon, E. U.. (1968). On Pair Correlation in the Theory of Atomic Structure. Reviews of Modern Physics. 40(4). 872–875. 8 indexed citations
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Condon, E. U.. (1968). UFO Trouble in Science. Science. 161(3844). 844–844.
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Condon, E. U.. (1968). The Past and the Future of theReviews of Modern Physics. Reviews of Modern Physics. 40(4). 876–878. 3 indexed citations
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Condon, E. U.. (1968). Radiative transport in hot glass. Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer. 8(1). IN37–385. 10 indexed citations
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Condon, E. U.. (1968). UFO Trouble in Science. Science. 161(3844). 844–844.
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Condon, E. U.. (1962). Intermediate Courses in Physics. American Journal of Physics. 30(3). 166–171. 2 indexed citations
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Condon, E. U.. (1961). Graphical Representation for Unit Systems. American Journal of Physics. 29(8). 487–491. 1 indexed citations
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Condon, E. U., et al.. (1959). Handbook of Physics. Journal of The Electrochemical Society. 106(7). 170C–170C. 52 indexed citations
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Condon, E. U., et al.. (1959). Handbook of Physics. Physics Today. 12(12). 52–54. 1 indexed citations
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Morse, Philip Μ., Herman Feshbach, & E. U. Condon. (1954). Methods of Theoretical Physics Parts I & II. Physics Today. 7(12). 15–16. 22 indexed citations
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Condon, E. U.. (1952). Scientists and the Federal Government. Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. 8(6). 179–182. 1 indexed citations
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Condon, E. U.. (1951). Basic standards in science. Journal of the Franklin Institute. 251(1). 103–108. 1 indexed citations

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