F. R. Scott

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
27 papers, 839 citations indexed

About

F. R. Scott is a scholar working on Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Astronomy and Astrophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, F. R. Scott has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 839 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics, 9 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 8 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics. Recurrent topics in F. R. Scott's work include Magnetic confinement fusion research (10 papers), Laser-induced spectroscopy and plasma (7 papers) and Atomic and Molecular Physics (6 papers). F. R. Scott is often cited by papers focused on Magnetic confinement fusion research (10 papers), Laser-induced spectroscopy and plasma (7 papers) and Atomic and Molecular Physics (6 papers). F. R. Scott collaborates with scholars based in United States. F. R. Scott's co-authors include J. A. Shercliff, Jérôme Rose, T. H. Jensen, Hans R. Griem, R. V. Neidigh, D.B. Thomson, I. Alexeff, J. Rand McNally, W.R. Wing and P. J. Bendt and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Journal of Applied Physics and Review of Scientific Instruments.

In The Last Decade

F. R. Scott

26 papers receiving 758 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.

A Textbook of Magnetohydrodynamics

1966 356 citations J. A. Shercliff, F. R. Scott American Journal of Physics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
F. R. Scott United States	12	255	244	192	189	188	27	839
S. P. Gill United States	4	264 1.0×	344 1.4×	219 1.1×	95 0.5×	243 1.3×	12	1.1k
Morton A. Levine United States	14	241 0.9×	99 0.4×	131 0.7×	78 0.4×	715 3.8×	40	1.1k
Edson R. Peck United States	13	55 0.2×	108 0.4×	79 0.4×	138 0.7×	489 2.6×	23	1.0k
Shao‐Chi Lin United States	16	148 0.6×	251 1.0×	267 1.4×	73 0.4×	326 1.7×	35	1.5k
H. Knœpfel Italy	14	769 3.0×	78 0.3×	353 1.8×	154 0.8×	243 1.3×	25	1.4k
R. C. Chase United States	14	206 0.8×	96 0.4×	175 0.9×	87 0.5×	109 0.6×	38	605
R. J. Sandeman Australia	15	88 0.3×	297 1.2×	55 0.3×	50 0.3×	367 2.0×	40	939
L. J. Campbell United States	16	82 0.3×	141 0.6×	59 0.3×	223 1.2×	433 2.3×	53	1.2k
D.E.T.F. Ashby United Kingdom	13	483 1.9×	94 0.4×	116 0.6×	66 0.3×	328 1.7×	40	970
H.M. Ruppel United States	12	463 1.8×	575 2.4×	35 0.2×	66 0.3×	323 1.7×	21	1.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of F. R. Scott

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of F. R. Scott. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of F. R. Scott 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 F. R. Scott. F. R. Scott is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Matt, D. R. & F. R. Scott. (1972). Optical Measurements of the Degree of Turbulence of a Gun Plasma. The Physics of Fluids. 15(6). 1047–1050. 2 indexed citations

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Scott, F. R., et al.. (1971). Interaction of a Helium Plasma with an Inhomogeneous Transverse Magnetic Field. The Physics of Fluids. 14(8). 1742–1747. 16 indexed citations

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Scott, F. R., R. V. Neidigh, J. Rand McNally, & William S. Cooper. (1970). Use of Optical Spectra to Measure Large Electric Fields in a Hot-Ion Plasma. Journal of Applied Physics. 41(13). 5327–5329. 6 indexed citations

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Alexeff, I., K. G. Estabrook, Akira Hirose, et al.. (1970). Understanding Turbulent Ion Heating in the Oak Ridge Mirror Machine, "Burnout V". Physical Review Letters. 25(13). 848–851. 41 indexed citations

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Jensen, T. H. & F. R. Scott. (1968). Turbulent Heating of Plasma in a Mirror. The Physics of Fluids. 11(8). 1809–1819. 24 indexed citations

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Shercliff, J. A. & F. R. Scott. (1966). A Textbook of Magnetohydrodynamics. American Journal of Physics. 34(12). 1204–1204. 356 indexed citations breakdown →

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Scott, F. R., et al.. (1965). Axial Injection into a Multipole Guide Field. The Physics of Fluids. 8(6). 1197–1199. 3 indexed citations

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Griem, Hans R. & F. R. Scott. (1965). Plasma Spectroscopy. American Journal of Physics. 33(10). 864–865. 18 indexed citations

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Scott, F. R., et al.. (1963). Observation of a Separation of the Emission Light during Plasma Injection. The Physics of Fluids. 6(2). 311–313. 1 indexed citations

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Scott, F. R., et al.. (1963). Plasma flow into a perpendicular magnetic field. 491. 1 indexed citations

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Scott, F. R., et al.. (1962). Optical Emission Line Profile Analyzer. Review of Scientific Instruments. 33(9). 1001–1002. 7 indexed citations

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Scott, F. R. & O. C. Eldridge. (1961). High-β Injection into a Magnetic Mirror Field. The Physics of Fluids. 4(12). 1558–1564. 3 indexed citations

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Rose, Jérôme, et al.. (1961). Plasmas and Controlled Fusion. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 213 indexed citations

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Scott, F. R.. (1961). The Theory of Neutral and Ionized Gases. American Journal of Physics. 29(6). 378–379. 28 indexed citations

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Scott, F. R., et al.. (1961). Plasma Injection into a Vacuum Magnetic Field. The Physics of Fluids. 4(5). 600–606. 16 indexed citations

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Scott, F. R., et al.. (1960). Experimental Plasma Flow into a Vacuum Magnetic Cusp Field. Physical Review. 119(4). 1187–1188. 9 indexed citations

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Scott, F. R., et al.. (1959). Moving Magnetic Field behind a Strong Deuterium Shock. The Physics of Fluids. 2(6). 609–613. 13 indexed citations

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Bendt, P. J. & F. R. Scott. (1955). Short-Period Delayed Neutrons from Fission. Physical Review. 97(3). 744–749. 7 indexed citations

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Scott, F. R.. (1951). The Radioactivity ofSe73. Physical Review. 84(4). 659–665. 13 indexed citations

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Scott, F. R., et al.. (1951). TheK-Capture/Positron Branching Ratio inCu64. Physical Review. 84(1). 156–157. 14 indexed citations

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