Francis A. Jenkins

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
2 papers, 979 citations indexed

About

Francis A. Jenkins is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Organic Chemistry and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Francis A. Jenkins has authored 2 papers receiving a total of 979 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 0 papers in Infectious Diseases, 0 papers in Organic Chemistry and 0 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Francis A. Jenkins's work include . Francis A. Jenkins is often cited by papers focused on . Francis A. Jenkins collaborates with scholars based in United States. Francis A. Jenkins's co-authors include H. E. White and has published in prestigious journals such as American Journal of Physics.

In The Last Decade

Francis A. Jenkins

2 papers receiving 839 citations

Hit Papers

Fundamentals of Optics 1958 2026 1980 2003 1958 250 500 750
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. Fundamentals of Optics
    1958 806 citations Francis A. Jenkins, H. E. White 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
Francis A. Jenkins United States 2 342 295 209 131 98 2 979
William A. Shurcliff United States 10 250 0.7× 336 1.1× 327 1.6× 64 0.5× 49 0.5× 37 1.0k
R. Clark Jones United States 19 285 0.8× 216 0.7× 313 1.5× 90 0.7× 90 0.9× 50 1.1k
G. R. Fowles United States 10 395 1.2× 342 1.2× 134 0.6× 78 0.6× 48 0.5× 21 793
Donald C. O’Shea United States 14 327 1.0× 275 0.9× 404 1.9× 156 1.2× 103 1.1× 68 1.0k
E. G. Loewen United States 14 486 1.4× 312 1.1× 413 2.0× 86 0.7× 110 1.1× 48 1.2k
Peter D. Gianino United States 12 389 1.1× 565 1.9× 257 1.2× 71 0.5× 66 0.7× 44 1.1k
G. W. Day United States 20 1.0k 3.0× 488 1.7× 246 1.2× 129 1.0× 38 0.4× 72 1.5k
G. Rasigni France 17 140 0.4× 249 0.8× 185 0.9× 176 1.3× 446 4.6× 80 1.0k
M. Rasigni France 17 99 0.3× 169 0.6× 161 0.8× 124 0.9× 379 3.9× 68 921
George W. Stroke United States 24 330 1.0× 992 3.4× 260 1.2× 23 0.2× 70 0.7× 86 1.6k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Francis A. Jenkins

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Francis A. Jenkins

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

All Works

2 of 2 papers shown
1.
Jenkins, Francis A. & H. E. White. (1976). Fundamentals of Optics 4th edition. 173 indexed citations
2.
Jenkins, Francis A., et al.. (1958). Fundamentals of Optics. American Journal of Physics. 26(4). 272–272. 806 indexed citations breakdown →

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