Fred E. Nicodemus

2.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
16 papers, 923 citations indexed

About

Fred E. Nicodemus is a scholar working on Aerospace Engineering, Computational Mechanics and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Fred E. Nicodemus has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 923 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Aerospace Engineering, 5 papers in Computational Mechanics and 3 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Fred E. Nicodemus's work include Calibration and Measurement Techniques (7 papers), Surface Roughness and Optical Measurements (4 papers) and Optical Polarization and Ellipsometry (2 papers). Fred E. Nicodemus is often cited by papers focused on Calibration and Measurement Techniques (7 papers), Surface Roughness and Optical Measurements (4 papers) and Optical Polarization and Ellipsometry (2 papers). Fred E. Nicodemus collaborates with scholars based in United States. Fred E. Nicodemus's co-authors include Jack J. Hsia, Joseph C. Richmond, Julius J. Muray and Henry J. Kostkowski and has published in prestigious journals such as American Journal of Physics, Journal of the Optical Society of America and Applied Optics.

In The Last Decade

Fred E. Nicodemus

13 papers receiving 814 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.

Directional Reflectance and Emissivity of an Opaque Surface

1965 529 citations Fred E. Nicodemus Applied Optics profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Fred E. Nicodemus United States	8	290	196	193	163	149	16	923
Harold M. Merklinger Canada	6	235 0.8×	101 0.5×	81 0.4×	191 1.2×	102 0.7×	17	786
R. C. Birkebak United States	14	352 1.2×	274 1.4×	74 0.4×	90 0.6×	37 0.2×	49	844
D. Papantoniou United States	5	732 2.5×	337 1.7×	112 0.6×	57 0.3×	222 1.5×	8	1.1k
W. Merzkirch Germany	21	704 2.4×	232 1.2×	111 0.6×	62 0.4×	88 0.6×	75	1.3k
M. Katzin United States	5	360 1.2×	382 1.9×	213 1.1×	381 2.3×	238 1.6×	15	1.5k
Bruce G. Smith United States	6	142 0.5×	85 0.4×	92 0.5×	102 0.6×	72 0.5×	9	532
R. J. Adrian United States	9	659 2.3×	246 1.3×	88 0.5×	64 0.4×	132 0.9×	18	1.1k
J.A. Ogilvy United Kingdom	19	311 1.1×	140 0.7×	113 0.6×	389 2.4×	142 1.0×	39	1.9k
J. V. Dave United States	25	181 0.6×	257 1.3×	43 0.2×	133 0.8×	205 1.4×	62	1.7k
Jack J. Hsia United States	10	82 0.3×	178 0.9×	34 0.2×	88 0.5×	41 0.3×	26	514

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16 of 16 papers shown

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Nicodemus, Fred E.. (2017). Self-Study Manual on Optical Radiation Measurements: Part I, Concepts, Chapters 1 to 3.

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Nicodemus, Fred E.. (1982). <title>National Bureau Of Standards (NBS) Self-Study Manual On Optical Radiation Measurements</title>. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 344. 127–134. 1 indexed citations

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Nicodemus, Fred E. & Henry J. Kostkowski. (1978). Self-study manual on optical radiation measurements. Part 1: Concepts, chapters 4 and 5.

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Nicodemus, Fred E., et al.. (1977). Geometrical considerations and nomenclature for reflectance. University of North Texas Digital Library (University of North Texas). 39 indexed citations

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Nicodemus, Fred E.. (1976). Comment on “Current definitions of reflectance”. Journal of the Optical Society of America. 66(3). 283–283. 4 indexed citations

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Nicodemus, Fred E.. (1976). Self-study manual on optical radiation measurements - Part 1: Concepts. 6 indexed citations

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Nicodemus, Fred E.. (1973). Normalization in Radiometry. Applied Optics. 12(12). 2960–2960. 8 indexed citations

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Muray, Julius J., et al.. (1971). Proposed Supplement to the SI Nomenclature for Radiometry and Photometry. Applied Optics. 10(6). 1465–1465. 10 indexed citations

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Nicodemus, Fred E.. (1970). Reflectance Nomenclature and Directional Reflectance and Emissivity. Applied Optics. 9(6). 1474–1474. 253 indexed citations

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Nicodemus, Fred E.. (1970). Optical Resource Letter on Radiometry. American Journal of Physics. 38(1). 43–50. 1 indexed citations

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Nicodemus, Fred E.. (1969). Optical Resource Letter on Radiometry. Journal of the Optical Society of America. 59(3). 243–243. 7 indexed citations

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Nicodemus, Fred E.. (1968). Emissivity of Isothermal Spherical Cavity with Gray Lambertian Walls. Applied Optics. 7(7). 1359–1359. 14 indexed citations

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Nicodemus, Fred E.. (1966). Earrtum: Directional Reflectance and Emissivity of an Opaque Surface. Applied Optics. 5(5). 715–715. 3 indexed citations

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Nicodemus, Fred E.. (1965). Directional Reflectance and Emissivity of an Opaque Surface. Applied Optics. 4(7). 767–767. 529 indexed citations breakdown →

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Nicodemus, Fred E.. (1963). Radiance. American Journal of Physics. 31(5). 368–377. 47 indexed citations

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Nicodemus, Fred E.. (1953). Radiometer Calibration for Extended-Source Measurements. Journal of the Optical Society of America. 43(7). 547–547. 1 indexed citations

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