Frederick Charles Frank

3.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
15 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Frederick Charles Frank is a scholar working on Polymers and Plastics, Materials Chemistry and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Frederick Charles Frank has authored 15 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 3 papers in Polymers and Plastics, 3 papers in Materials Chemistry and 2 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Frederick Charles Frank's work include Polymer crystallization and properties (3 papers), nanoparticles nucleation surface interactions (2 papers) and High-pressure geophysics and materials (2 papers). Frederick Charles Frank is often cited by papers focused on Polymer crystallization and properties (3 papers), nanoparticles nucleation surface interactions (2 papers) and High-pressure geophysics and materials (2 papers). Frederick Charles Frank collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Slovakia. Frederick Charles Frank's co-authors include Brian R. Lawn, M. Tosi, Rebecca C. Wyatt, K. H. G. Ashbee, Adrian Forty, William C. Beck, Donald H. Perkins, Andrew Lang, M. Polcarová and J. Kaczér and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Biotechnology, The American Journal of Surgery and Zeitschrift für Gerontologie und Geriatrie.

In The Last Decade

Frederick Charles Frank

15 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Hit Papers

Supercooling of liquids 1952 2026 1976 2001 1952 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. Supercooling of liquids
    1952 780 citations Frederick Charles Frank Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Frederick Charles Frank United Kingdom 10 979 601 362 346 268 15 1.8k
R.W. Cahn United Kingdom 29 2.0k 2.0× 1.7k 2.8× 132 0.4× 471 1.4× 183 0.7× 85 3.2k
S. Spooner United States 26 933 1.0× 759 1.3× 110 0.3× 169 0.5× 249 0.9× 95 1.9k
W. E. Mayo United States 22 1.3k 1.4× 411 0.7× 83 0.2× 233 0.7× 258 1.0× 67 2.0k
P. Delavignette Belgium 28 1.6k 1.6× 800 1.3× 52 0.1× 309 0.9× 276 1.0× 117 2.5k
S. J. Burns United States 24 656 0.7× 491 0.8× 52 0.1× 731 2.1× 279 1.0× 102 1.8k
D. G. Ast United States 29 1.2k 1.2× 412 0.7× 147 0.4× 132 0.4× 166 0.6× 151 2.7k
R. Delhez Netherlands 22 1.5k 1.6× 975 1.6× 59 0.2× 607 1.8× 132 0.5× 78 2.3k
K. H. G. Ashbee United Kingdom 20 797 0.8× 579 1.0× 156 0.4× 542 1.6× 27 0.1× 94 1.6k
A.C.D. Chaklader Canada 20 441 0.5× 497 0.8× 52 0.1× 121 0.3× 347 1.3× 78 1.4k
Mikio Fukuhara Japan 26 1.2k 1.2× 1.3k 2.2× 123 0.3× 408 1.2× 134 0.5× 188 2.3k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Frederick Charles Frank

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Frederick Charles Frank

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

All Works

15 of 15 papers shown
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Nitschke, Ina, et al.. (2021). Denture-related problems of patients in acute geriatric care. Zeitschrift für Gerontologie und Geriatrie. 55(4). 318–324. 2 indexed citations
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Frank, Frederick Charles, et al.. (2007). A better prescription for drug-development financing. Nature Biotechnology. 25(8). 859–866. 17 indexed citations
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Frank, Frederick Charles, J. Kaczér, Andrew Lang, & M. Polcarová. (1993). On magnetic domain configurations in single-crystal, (112)-orientation plates of iron-silicon alloy: some X-ray topographic observations and their interpretation. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 442(1914). 161–175. 2 indexed citations
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Frank, Frederick Charles. (1980). The Frank—Read source. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 371(1744). 136–138. 8 indexed citations
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Frank, Frederick Charles. (1973). A Discussion on the measurement and interpretation of changes of strain in the Earth - Dislocation models for fault creep processes. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 274(1239). 351–354. 10 indexed citations
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Beck, William C. & Frederick Charles Frank. (1973). The open door in the operating room. The American Journal of Surgery. 125(5). 592–595. 5 indexed citations
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Frank, Frederick Charles & Donald H. Perkins. (1971). Cecil Frank Powell, 1903-1969. Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 541–563. 2 indexed citations
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Frank, Frederick Charles. (1970). The strength and stiffness of polymers. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 319(1536). 127–136. 234 indexed citations
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Ashbee, K. H. G., Frederick Charles Frank, & Rebecca C. Wyatt. (1967). Water damage in polyester resins. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 300(1463). 415–419. 40 indexed citations
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Frank, Frederick Charles & Brian R. Lawn. (1967). On the theory of Hertzian fracture. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 299(1458). 291–306. 402 indexed citations
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Frank, Frederick Charles. (1964). The strength of polymers. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 282(1388). 9–16. 11 indexed citations
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Frank, Frederick Charles & M. Tosi. (1961). On the theory of polymer crystallization. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 263(1314). 323–339. 187 indexed citations
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Frank, Frederick Charles. (1956). On the X-ray diffraction spikes of diamond. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 237(1209). 168–174. 42 indexed citations
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Forty, Adrian & Frederick Charles Frank. (1953). Growth and slip patterns on the surfaces of crystals of silver. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 217(1129). 262–270. 25 indexed citations
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Frank, Frederick Charles. (1952). Supercooling of liquids. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 215(1120). 43–46. 780 indexed citations breakdown →

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