Frederick K. Lamb

7.4k total citations · 3 hit papers
91 papers, 4.4k citations indexed

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Frederick K. Lamb is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Geophysics and Ocean Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Frederick K. Lamb has authored 91 papers receiving a total of 4.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 80 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 33 papers in Geophysics and 11 papers in Ocean Engineering. Recurrent topics in Frederick K. Lamb's work include Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (48 papers), Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research (44 papers) and High-pressure geophysics and materials (28 papers). Frederick K. Lamb is often cited by papers focused on Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (48 papers), Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research (44 papers) and High-pressure geophysics and materials (28 papers). Frederick K. Lamb collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and United Kingdom. Frederick K. Lamb's co-authors include Pranab Ghosh, M. Coleman Miller, Dimitrios Psaltis, C. J. Pethick, Ronald F. Elsner, David Pines, N. Shibazaki, M. van der Klis, Luciano Rezzolla and Stuart L. Shapiro and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Reviews of Modern Physics.

In The Last Decade

Frederick K. Lamb

86 papers receiving 4.3k 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.

Accretion by rotating magnetic neutron stars. III - Accretion torques and period changes in pulsating X-ray sources

1979 634 citations Pranab Ghosh, Frederick K. Lamb The Astrophysical Journal profile →
Colloquium: Measuring the neutron star equation of state using x-ray timing

2016 244 citations Anna L. Watts, Deepto Chakrabarty et al. profile →
A More Precise Measurement of the Radius of PSR J0740+6620 Using Updated NICER Data

2024 51 citations Alexander J. Dittmann, M. Coleman Miller et al. The Astrophysical Journal profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Frederick K. Lamb United States	35	4.2k	1.6k	744	289	233	91	4.4k
E. P. J. van den Heuvel Netherlands	34	4.0k 1.0×	683 0.4×	823 1.1×	217 0.8×	226 1.0×	133	4.2k
G. L. Israel Italy	36	4.4k 1.0×	1.5k 0.9×	803 1.1×	182 0.6×	173 0.7×	240	4.5k
S. Mereghetti Italy	38	5.4k 1.3×	1.5k 0.9×	1.3k 1.7×	181 0.6×	189 0.8×	352	5.6k
Deepto Chakrabarty United States	45	6.8k 1.6×	2.8k 1.7×	1.1k 1.5×	539 1.9×	359 1.5×	188	7.0k
Tod E. Strohmayer United States	40	5.7k 1.3×	2.0k 1.2×	1.4k 1.8×	597 2.1×	172 0.7×	183	5.9k
F. Verbunt Netherlands	35	4.7k 1.1×	699 0.4×	583 0.8×	177 0.6×	147 0.6×	158	4.8k
Dimitrios Psaltis United States	37	4.6k 1.1×	1.2k 0.8×	1.6k 2.2×	353 1.2×	312 1.3×	94	4.7k
J. H. Swank United States	39	5.5k 1.3×	1.6k 1.0×	1.3k 1.8×	541 1.9×	68 0.3×	247	5.7k
J. P. Halpern United States	44	6.4k 1.5×	721 0.4×	2.1k 2.8×	112 0.4×	195 0.8×	221	6.5k
F. Haberl Germany	36	5.5k 1.3×	1.0k 0.6×	1.7k 2.3×	384 1.3×	85 0.4×	348	5.6k

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Dittmann, Alexander J., M. Coleman Miller, Frederick K. Lamb, et al.. (2024). A More Precise Measurement of the Radius of PSR J0740+6620 Using Updated NICER Data. The Astrophysical Journal. 974(2). 295–295. 51 indexed citations breakdown →

Miller, M. Coleman, Cecilia Chirenti, & Frederick K. Lamb. (2019). Constraining the Equation of State of High-density Cold Matter Using Nuclear and Astronomical Measurements. The Astrophysical Journal. 888(1). 12–12. 75 indexed citations

Chakrabarty, Deepto, Frederick K. Lamb, Simin Mahmoodifar, et al.. (2019). UvA-DARE (University of Amsterdam). 32 indexed citations

Bult, Peter, D. Altamirano, Zaven Arzoumanian, et al.. (2018). NICER Detects a Soft X-Ray Kilohertz Quasi-periodic Oscillation in 4U 0614+09. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 860(1). L9–L9. 14 indexed citations

Bult, Peter, Zaven Arzoumanian, Edward M. Cackett, et al.. (2018). UvA-DARE (University of Amsterdam). 8 indexed citations

Bogdanov, Slavko, Zaven Arzoumanian, Deepto Chakrabarty, et al.. (2017). Neutron Star Dense Matter Equation of State Constraints with NICER. 1 indexed citations

Lamb, Frederick K., et al.. (2009). A MODEL FOR THE WAVEFORM BEHAVIOR OF ACCRETING MILLISECOND X-RAY PULSARS: NEARLY ALIGNED MAGNETIC FIELDS AND MOVING EMISSION REGIONS. The Astrophysical Journal. 706(1). 417–435. 47 indexed citations

Bhattacharyya, Sudip, M. Coleman Miller, Tod E. Strohmayer, Frederick K. Lamb, & C. B. Markwardt. (2006). Understanding high-density matter through analysis of surface spectral lines and burst oscillations from accreting neutron stars. Advances in Space Research. 38(12). 2765–2767.

Baym, Gordon & Frederick K. Lamb. (2005). Neutron Stars. arXiv (Cornell University). 7 indexed citations

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Kaaret, P., Frederick K. Lamb, & J. H. Swank. (2004). X-Ray Timing 2003: Rossi and Beyond. AIPC. 714. 71 indexed citations

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Wijnands, R., J. Homan, M. van der Klis, et al.. (1998). Discovery of [CLC]k[/CLC]H[CLC]z[/CLC] Quasi-periodic Oscillations in the Z Source Cygnus X-2. The Astrophysical Journal. 493(2). L87–L90. 50 indexed citations

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Psaltis, Dimitrios & Frederick K. Lamb. (1998). Compton scattering and the X-ray spectra of accreting compact objects. AIP conference proceedings. 125–128.

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Vaughan, Brian, M. van der Klis, Mariano Méndez, et al.. (1997). Discovery of Microsecond Time Lags in Kilohertz QPO[CLC]s[/CLC]. The Astrophysical Journal. 483(2). L115–L118. 28 indexed citations

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Psaltis, Dimitrios, et al.. (1996). Structure of the Magnetic Field Near Weakly-Magnetic Neutron Stars Accreting from Disks. 34. 377–382. 1 indexed citations

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Lamb, Frederick K., et al.. (1992). An approximate analytical model of shock waves from underground nuclear explosions. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 97(B1). 515–535. 14 indexed citations

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Lamb, Frederick K., et al.. (1989). Origin of 'normal-branch' quasiperiodic oscillations in low-mass X-ray binary systems. Nature. 342(6251). 775–777. 44 indexed citations

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Lamb, Frederick K.. (1989). Accretion by Magnetic Neutron Stars. 262. 649–722. 2 indexed citations

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Ghosh, Pranab & Frederick K. Lamb. (1979). Accretion by rotating magnetic neutron stars. II - Radial and vertical structure of the transition zone in disk accretion. The Astrophysical Journal. 232. 259–259. 367 indexed citations

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Elsner, Ronald F. & Frederick K. Lamb. (1976). Accretion flows in the magnetospheres of Vela X-1, AO535 + 26 and Her X-1. Nature. 262(5567). 356–360. 42 indexed citations

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Elsner, Ronald F. & Frederick K. Lamb. (1975). Physics at the Magnetospheric Boundary of An Accreting Neutron Star and Its Consequences for Models of Binary X-ray Sources.. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 7. 241. 1 indexed citations

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