Frederic Palmer

6.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
3 papers, 4.7k citations indexed

About

Frederic Palmer is a scholar working on Automotive Engineering, Mechanics of Materials and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Frederic Palmer has authored 3 papers receiving a total of 4.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 1 paper in Automotive Engineering, 1 paper in Mechanics of Materials and 1 paper in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Frederic Palmer's work include Adhesion, Friction, and Surface Interactions (1 paper), Brake Systems and Friction Analysis (1 paper) and Tribology and Lubrication Engineering (1 paper). Frederic Palmer is often cited by papers focused on Adhesion, Friction, and Surface Interactions (1 paper), Brake Systems and Friction Analysis (1 paper) and Tribology and Lubrication Engineering (1 paper). Frederic Palmer collaborates with scholars based in United States. Frederic Palmer's co-authors include Frank Philip Bowden and D. Tabor and has published in prestigious journals such as Scientific American and American Journal of Physics.

In The Last Decade

Frederic Palmer

3 papers receiving 4.1k citations

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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.

The Friction and Lubrication of Solids

1951 4.6k citations Frank Philip Bowden, D. Tabor 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						Papers	Cites
Frederic Palmer United States	3	3.1k	2.2k	1.1k	984	464	3	4.7k
J. B. P. Williamson United Kingdom	14	4.2k 1.3×	3.3k 1.5×	436 0.4×	997 1.0×	467 1.0×	29	5.2k
E. Rabinowicz United States	28	1.9k 0.6×	1.7k 0.8×	836 0.8×	283 0.3×	309 0.7×	99	3.0k
David Tabor United Kingdom	30	4.4k 1.4×	2.6k 1.2×	1.7k 1.5×	1.9k 1.9×	1.1k 2.4×	64	7.1k
D. Hüll United Kingdom	43	4.0k 1.3×	4.6k 2.1×	3.9k 3.5×	458 0.5×	623 1.3×	122	8.8k
E.O. Hall Australia	13	2.4k 0.8×	5.8k 2.7×	5.4k 4.9×	281 0.3×	409 0.9×	23	7.8k
D. Maugis France	20	3.1k 1.0×	945 0.4×	484 0.4×	1.9k 1.9×	676 1.5×	30	4.1k
K. E. Easterling Sweden	33	1.9k 0.6×	6.5k 3.0×	4.7k 4.3×	498 0.5×	824 1.8×	97	9.8k
D. B. Marshall United States	20	2.9k 0.9×	2.9k 1.3×	2.0k 1.8×	259 0.3×	1.6k 3.4×	42	6.1k
N. J. Petch United Kingdom	22	2.0k 0.6×	4.3k 2.0×	4.1k 3.7×	153 0.2×	292 0.6×	31	5.8k
Peter J. Blau United States	44	4.0k 1.3×	4.9k 2.2×	2.3k 2.1×	746 0.8×	458 1.0×	165	7.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Frederic Palmer

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Fields of papers citing papers by Frederic Palmer

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Frederic Palmer

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

All Works

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3 of 3 papers shown

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Palmer, Frederic. (1962). Electric Production of Ripples. American Journal of Physics. 30(2). 133–137. 4 indexed citations

2.

Bowden, Frank Philip, D. Tabor, & Frederic Palmer. (1951). The Friction and Lubrication of Solids. American Journal of Physics. 19(7). 428–429. 4639 indexed citations breakdown →

3.

Palmer, Frederic. (1951). Friction. Scientific American. 184(2). 54–58. 9 indexed citations

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