F. D. Tappert

6.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
75 papers, 4.5k citations indexed

About

F. D. Tappert is a scholar working on Oceanography, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics and Ocean Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, F. D. Tappert has authored 75 papers receiving a total of 4.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 54 papers in Oceanography, 21 papers in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics and 18 papers in Ocean Engineering. Recurrent topics in F. D. Tappert's work include Underwater Acoustics Research (49 papers), Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (22 papers) and Underwater Vehicles and Communication Systems (13 papers). F. D. Tappert is often cited by papers focused on Underwater Acoustics Research (49 papers), Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (22 papers) and Underwater Vehicles and Communication Systems (13 papers). F. D. Tappert collaborates with scholars based in United States. F. D. Tappert's co-authors include Akira Hasegawa, Michael G. Brown, B. A. Lippmann, Juan F. Lam, C. M. Varma, Kevin B. Smith, Xin Tang, Norman J. Zabusky, Ioannis M. Besieris and John L. Spiesberger and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Applied Physics Letters and Journal of Applied Physics.

In The Last Decade

F. D. Tappert

71 papers receiving 4.2k citations

Hit Papers

Transmission of stationary nonlinear optical pulses in di... 1973 2026 1990 2008 1973 1973 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
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. Transmission of stationary nonlinear optical pulses in dispersive dielectric fibers. I. Anomalous dispersion
    1973 2.2k citations Akira Hasegawa, F. D. Tappert Applied Physics Letters profile →
  2. Transmission of stationary nonlinear optical pulses in dispersive dielectric fibers. II. Normal dispersion
    1973 749 citations Akira Hasegawa, F. D. Tappert Applied Physics Letters profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
F. D. Tappert United States 22 2.9k 2.9k 828 799 289 75 4.5k
Tosiya Taniuti Japan 24 2.6k 0.9× 2.0k 0.7× 237 0.3× 202 0.3× 43 0.1× 83 4.2k
F. Ursell United Kingdom 25 733 0.3× 504 0.2× 1.0k 1.2× 311 0.4× 750 2.6× 61 3.5k
V. I. Karpman Russia 30 1.5k 0.5× 1.7k 0.6× 169 0.2× 352 0.4× 36 0.1× 154 3.4k
Yu. A. Kravtsov Russia 26 931 0.3× 280 0.1× 315 0.4× 386 0.5× 128 0.4× 151 2.1k
Noel F. Smyth United Kingdom 31 1.6k 0.5× 2.5k 0.8× 382 0.5× 175 0.2× 37 0.1× 144 3.4k
R. S. Johnson United Kingdom 33 766 0.3× 3.5k 1.2× 1.7k 2.1× 110 0.1× 105 0.4× 90 5.7k
K. B. Dysthe Norway 22 585 0.2× 1.0k 0.4× 1.8k 2.2× 117 0.1× 180 0.6× 56 3.2k
Catherine Sulem Canada 30 746 0.3× 2.1k 0.7× 781 0.9× 162 0.2× 103 0.4× 78 4.2k
Yuji Kodama United States 43 4.6k 1.6× 5.6k 1.9× 280 0.3× 2.1k 2.6× 18 0.1× 163 8.0k
Amin Chabchoub Australia 28 1.5k 0.5× 2.6k 0.9× 964 1.2× 217 0.3× 142 0.5× 81 3.4k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of F. D. Tappert

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Smith, Kevin B. & F. D. Tappert. (2004). HORIZONTAL REFRACTION AND THE UNCOUPLED AZIMUTH APPROXIMATION. 343–354. 1 indexed citations
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Tappert, F. D., et al.. (2000). Study of horizontal multipaths and ray chaos due to ocean mesoscale structure. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 107(1). 154–162. 21 indexed citations
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Brown, Michael G., et al.. (1996). On the measurement of modal group time delays in the deep ocean. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 100(4). 2093–2102. 15 indexed citations
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Tappert, F. D. & Lan Nghiem-Phu. (1995). Localization of sources of acoustic transients using a broadband matched-field processing technique. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 97(5_Supplement). 3368–3368. 2 indexed citations
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Pappert, R. A., R. A. Paulus, & F. D. Tappert. (1992). Sea echo in tropospheric ducting environments. Radio Science. 27(2). 189–209. 7 indexed citations
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Smith, Kevin B., Michael G. Brown, & F. D. Tappert. (1992). Ray chaos in underwater acoustics. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 91(4). 1939–1949. 66 indexed citations
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Tappert, F. D., Michael G. Brown, & Gustavo Goñi. (1991). Weak chaos in an area-preserving mapping for sound ray propagation. Physics Letters A. 153(4-5). 181–185. 14 indexed citations
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Brown, Michael G., F. D. Tappert, & Gustavo Goñi. (1990). An investigation of sound ray dynamics in a range-dependent model of the ocean volume using an area preserving mapping. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 87(S1). S130–S130. 1 indexed citations
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Nghiem-Phu, Lan & F. D. Tappert. (1985). Parabolic equation modeling of the effects of ocean currents on sound transmission and reciprocity in the time domain. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 78(2). 642–648. 16 indexed citations
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Tappert, F. D., et al.. (1985). Source localization using the PE method. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 78(S1). S30–S30. 19 indexed citations
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Tappert, F. D.. (1985). Parabolic equation modeling of shear waves. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 78(5). 1905–1906. 3 indexed citations
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Tappert, F. D., et al.. (1979). Coupled mode analysis of multiple rough surface scattering. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 66(3). 811–826. 51 indexed citations
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Tappert, F. D., et al.. (1979). Acoustic propagation in random oceans using the radiation transport equation. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 66(1). 256–274. 12 indexed citations
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Tappert, F. D., et al.. (1978). Acoustic Propagation in Random Oceans Using the Transport Equation.. Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC). 3 indexed citations
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Tappert, F. D., et al.. (1977). Statistics of normal mode amplitudes in a random ocean. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 61(S1). S12–S12. 45 indexed citations
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Lam, Juan F., B. A. Lippmann, & F. D. Tappert. (1977). Self-trapped laser beams in plasma. The Physics of Fluids. 20(7). 1176–1179. 152 indexed citations
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Hasegawa, Akira & F. D. Tappert. (1973). Transmission of stationary nonlinear optical pulses in dispersive dielectric fibers. II. Normal dispersion. Applied Physics Letters. 23(4). 171–172. 749 indexed citations breakdown →
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Tappert, F. D.. (1972). APPLICATIONS OF FAST FOURIER TRANSFORMS IN THE NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF WAVE PROPAGATION.. Transactions of the American Nuclear Society. 4 indexed citations
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Tappert, F. D. & Norman J. Zabusky. (1971). Gradient-Induced Fission of Solitons. Physical Review Letters. 27(26). 1774–1776. 78 indexed citations
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Montgomery, David & F. D. Tappert. (1971). Kubo Conductivity of a Strongly Magnetized Two-Dimensional Plasma. Physical Review Letters. 27(21). 1419–1421. 5 indexed citations

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