Eric I. Thorsos

4.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
108 papers, 3.2k citations indexed

About

Eric I. Thorsos is a scholar working on Oceanography, Ocean Engineering and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Eric I. Thorsos has authored 108 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 78 papers in Oceanography, 54 papers in Ocean Engineering and 25 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Eric I. Thorsos's work include Underwater Acoustics Research (75 papers), Geophysical Methods and Applications (38 papers) and Underwater Vehicles and Communication Systems (21 papers). Eric I. Thorsos is often cited by papers focused on Underwater Acoustics Research (75 papers), Geophysical Methods and Applications (38 papers) and Underwater Vehicles and Communication Systems (21 papers). Eric I. Thorsos collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Netherlands. Eric I. Thorsos's co-authors include Darrell R. Jackson, Kevin L. Williams, Shira L. Broschat, Dajun Tang, Kevin B. Briggs, Steven G. Schock, Steven G. Kargl, Dale P. Winebrenner, Joseph L. Lopes and A. Hauer and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

Eric I. Thorsos

101 papers receiving 2.9k 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.

The validity of the Kirchhoff approximation for rough surface scattering using a Gaussian roughness spectrum

1988 679 citations Eric I. Thorsos The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America profile →
The validity of the perturbation approximation for rough surface scattering using a Gaussian roughness spectrum

1989 650 citations Eric I. Thorsos, Darrell R. Jackson The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Eric I. Thorsos United States	25	1.7k	1.0k	1.0k	560	445	108	3.2k
Darrell R. Jackson United States	29	3.0k 1.8×	414 0.4×	2.3k 2.3×	381 0.7×	786 1.8×	145	4.7k
Philip L. Marston United States	40	1.5k 0.9×	2.3k 2.2×	627 0.6×	722 1.3×	236 0.5×	354	5.9k
Leonid M. Brekhovskikh Russia	12	1.4k 0.8×	629 0.6×	1.5k 1.5×	977 1.7×	733 1.6×	26	4.2k
Donald E. Barrick United States	35	3.5k 2.1×	701 0.7×	351 0.3×	549 1.0×	262 0.6×	124	5.5k
Frédéric Dias France	48	2.7k 1.6×	2.3k 2.2×	1.7k 1.7×	866 1.5×	506 1.1×	266	8.9k
C. M. Linton United Kingdom	35	810 0.5×	828 0.8×	1.1k 1.1×	452 0.8×	70 0.2×	82	3.3k
Alexander G. Voronovich United States	19	1.6k 1.0×	501 0.5×	273 0.3×	190 0.3×	98 0.2×	94	2.8k
J. A. Kong United States	42	623 0.4×	1.7k 1.6×	492 0.5×	1.6k 2.8×	281 0.6×	224	5.7k
D. H. Peregrine United Kingdom	39	3.0k 1.8×	762 0.7×	710 0.7×	244 0.4×	316 0.7×	123	8.2k
P. G. Drazin United Kingdom	29	824 0.5×	607 0.6×	183 0.2×	182 0.3×	173 0.4×	73	6.5k

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Xu, Guangyu, et al.. (2024). Subsurface acoustic ducts in the Northern California current system. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 155(3). 1881–1894. 1 indexed citations

Yang, Jie, et al.. (2023). Open ocean ambient noise data in the frequency band of 100 Hz–50 kHz from the Pacific Ocean. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(3). 36001–36001. 8 indexed citations

Riser, Stephen C., et al.. (2023). Open ocean ambient noise data in the frequency band of 100 Hz–50 kHz from the Pacific Ocean: A legacy of Jeffrey A. Nystuen. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 153(3_supplement). A134–A134. 1 indexed citations

Asher, William E., et al.. (2018). On Sensing Nitro-Group Containing Compounds Using Thin Planar Arrays of Titanium Dioxide Nanowires. IEEE Sensors Journal. 18(17). 6927–6936. 2 indexed citations

Tang, Dajun, et al.. (2018). Macroscopic observations of diel fish movements around a shallow water artificial reef using a mid-frequency horizontal-looking sonar. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 144(3). 1424–1434. 5 indexed citations

Williams, Kevin L., Dajun Tang, Peter H. Dahl, et al.. (2015). Six decades of evolution in Underwater Acoustics at the Applied Physics Laboratory, University of Washington. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 137(4_Supplement). 2331–2331. 2 indexed citations

Broschat, Shira L., Leung Tsang, Akira Ishimaru, & Eric I. Thorsos. (2012). A Numerical Comparison of the Phase Perturbation Technique with the Classical Field Perturbation and Kirchhoff Approximations for Random Rough Surface Scattering. Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications. 2. 85. 1 indexed citations

Lopes, Joseph L., et al.. (2009). Monostatic and bistatic measurements of targets resting on or buried under the seafloor.. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 125(4_Supplement). 2701–2701.

Zurk, Lisa M., et al.. (2008). Scattering effects in terahertz reflection spectroscopy. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 6949. 694907–694907. 13 indexed citations

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Thorsos, Eric I. & John S. Perkins. (2007). Reverberation modeling issues highlighted by the first Reverberation Modeling Workshop. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 122(5_Supplement). 3091–3091. 3 indexed citations

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Zhou, Zhen, Antao Chen, John Z. H. Zhang, et al.. (2007). Impacts of terahertz scattering on the reflection spectrum for explosive detection. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 6772. 67720T–67720T. 4 indexed citations

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Zurk, Lisa M., et al.. (2007). Terahertz scattering from granular material. Journal of the Optical Society of America B. 24(9). 2238–2238. 57 indexed citations

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Lopes, Joseph L., et al.. (2003). Subcritical detection of targets buried under a rippled interface: calibrated levels and effects of large roughness. Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC). 6 indexed citations

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Williams, Kevin L., et al.. (2003). Underwater sand acoustics: A perspective derived from the sediment acoustics experiment (SAX99). The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 113(4_Supplement). 2298–2298. 2 indexed citations

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Jackson, Darrell R., Kevin L. Williams, Eric I. Thorsos, & Steven G. Kargl. (2002). High-frequency subcritical acoustic penetration into a sandy sediment. IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering. 27(3). 346–361. 32 indexed citations

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Hastings, Frank D., John B. Schneider, Shira L. Broschat, & Eric I. Thorsos. (2001). An FDTD method for analysis of scattering from rough fluid-fluid interfaces. IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering. 26(1). 94–101. 8 indexed citations

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Thorsos, Eric I.. (2000). SAX99: An experiment in high-frequency sediment acoustics. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 108(5_Supplement). 2510–2510. 3 indexed citations

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Thorsos, Eric I.. (1989). Acoustic scattering from a “Pierson-Moskowitz” sea surface. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 86(S1). S89–S89. 82 indexed citations

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Thorsos, Eric I.. (1984). Surface Forward Scattering and Reflection.. Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC). 5 indexed citations

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Thorsos, Eric I., et al.. (1979). Six-beam irradiation and implosion of laser fusion targets: Laser focus dependence. Applied Physics Letters. 35(8). 598–600. 5 indexed citations

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