G. M. Torrie

11.8k total citations · 3 hit papers
62 papers, 8.9k citations indexed

About

G. M. Torrie is a scholar working on Condensed Matter Physics, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, G. M. Torrie has authored 62 papers receiving a total of 8.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Condensed Matter Physics, 21 papers in Physical and Theoretical Chemistry and 18 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in G. M. Torrie's work include Theoretical and Computational Physics (27 papers), Electrostatics and Colloid Interactions (20 papers) and Stochastic processes and statistical mechanics (15 papers). G. M. Torrie is often cited by papers focused on Theoretical and Computational Physics (27 papers), Electrostatics and Colloid Interactions (20 papers) and Stochastic processes and statistical mechanics (15 papers). G. M. Torrie collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United Kingdom and Australia. G. M. Torrie's co-authors include J. P. Valleau, G. N. Patey, S G Whittington, Peter G. Kusalik, Robert Ivkov, A J Guttmann, J. P. Hansen, P. Vieillefosse, J. M. Hammersley and D S Gaunt and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Chemical Physics, The Journal of Physical Chemistry and Journal of Computational Physics.

In The Last Decade

G. M. Torrie

62 papers receiving 8.7k 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.

Nonphysical sampling distributions in Monte Carlo free-energy estimation: Umbrella sampling

1977 4.7k citations G. M. Torrie, J. P. Valleau Journal of Computational Physics profile →
Monte Carlo free energy estimates using non-Boltzmann sampling: Application to the sub-critical Lennard-Jones fluid

1974 1.1k citations G. M. Torrie, J. P. Valleau profile →
Electrical double layers. I. Monte Carlo study of a uniformly charged surface

1980 500 citations G. M. Torrie, J. P. Valleau The Journal of Chemical Physics profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
G. M. Torrie Canada	30	3.5k	2.8k	2.4k	1.9k	1.7k	62	8.9k
J. P. Valleau Canada	33	3.8k 1.1×	3.1k 1.1×	2.7k 1.1×	2.1k 1.1×	2.2k 1.3×	74	9.7k
Marshall Fixman United States	46	2.3k 0.7×	2.1k 0.7×	3.0k 1.3×	2.5k 1.3×	2.3k 1.4×	120	10.1k
G. N. Patey Canada	54	1.3k 0.4×	3.8k 1.4×	3.4k 1.4×	2.0k 1.1×	3.5k 2.1×	224	9.3k
Henri Orland France	43	1.6k 0.5×	1.7k 0.6×	1.8k 0.7×	1.7k 0.9×	1.1k 0.7×	171	6.1k
David Andelman Israel	51	2.2k 0.6×	2.7k 0.9×	2.4k 1.0×	2.3k 1.2×	2.1k 1.3×	170	8.7k
J. Raúl Grigera Argentina	21	3.2k 0.9×	5.1k 1.8×	3.3k 1.4×	1.6k 0.8×	3.2k 1.9×	83	12.8k
J. L. F. Abascal Spain	33	1.2k 0.3×	3.8k 1.3×	3.7k 1.5×	761 0.4×	3.0k 1.8×	85	9.8k
Terrell L. Hill United States	51	4.2k 1.2×	2.6k 0.9×	1.9k 0.8×	871 0.5×	2.3k 1.4×	209	11.0k
Aneesur Rahman United States	27	775 0.2×	3.2k 1.1×	2.3k 0.9×	605 0.3×	1.2k 0.7×	40	5.9k
Loup Verlet France	24	1.4k 0.4×	4.3k 1.5×	5.7k 2.3×	820 0.4×	4.6k 2.7×	39	13.6k

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Valleau, J. P. & G. M. Torrie. (1998). Heat capacity of the restricted primitive model near criticality. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 108(13). 5169–5172. 33 indexed citations

Torrie, G. M.. (1992). Negative differential capacities in electrical double layers. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 96(5). 3772–3774. 20 indexed citations

Valleau, J. P. & G. M. Torrie. (1984). Electrical double layers. V. Asymmetric ion–wall interactions. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 81(12). 6291–6295. 28 indexed citations

Gaunt, D S, Jane E. G. Lipson, J. L. Martin, et al.. (1984). Lattice trees with specified topologies. Journal of Physics A Mathematical and General. 17(1). 211–236. 21 indexed citations

Guttmann, A J & G. M. Torrie. (1984). Critical behaviour at an edge for the SAW and Ising model. Journal of Physics A Mathematical and General. 17(18). 3539–3552. 43 indexed citations

Whittington, S G, G. M. Torrie, & D S Gaunt. (1983). Branched polymers with a prescribed number of cycles. Journal of Physics A Mathematical and General. 16(8). 1695–1711. 38 indexed citations

Hammersley, J. M., G. M. Torrie, & S G Whittington. (1982). Self-avoiding walks interacting with a surface. Journal of Physics A Mathematical and General. 15(2). 539–571. 130 indexed citations

Gaunt, D S, M F Sykes, G. M. Torrie, & S G Whittington. (1982). Universality in branched polymers on d-dimensional hypercubic lattices. Journal of Physics A Mathematical and General. 15(10). 3209–3217. 51 indexed citations

Croxton, Thomas L., Donald A. McQuarrie, G. N. Patey, G. M. Torrie, & J. P. Valleau. (1981). Ionic solution near an uncharged surface with image forces. Canadian Journal of Chemistry. 59(13). 1998–2003. 33 indexed citations

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Guttmann, A J, G. M. Torrie, & S G Whittington. (1980). Surface critical behaviour of the Ising model. Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials. 15-18. 1091–1092. 6 indexed citations

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Whittington, S G, G. M. Torrie, & A J Guttmann. (1980). The surface susceptibility exponent for the polymer problem. Journal of Physics A Mathematical and General. 13(3). 789–794. 13 indexed citations

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Torrie, G. M. & J. P. Valleau. (1980). Electrical double layers. I. Monte Carlo study of a uniformly charged surface. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 73(11). 5807–5816. 500 indexed citations breakdown →

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Gaunt, D S, J. L. Martin, G. N. Ord, G. M. Torrie, & S G Whittington. (1980). Restricted valence site animals on the simple cubic lattice. Journal of Physics A Mathematical and General. 13(5). 1791–1797. 9 indexed citations

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Whittington, S G, G. M. Torrie, & A J Guttmann. (1979). The Ising model with a free surface: a series analysis study. Journal of Physics A Mathematical and General. 12(12). 2449–2455. 10 indexed citations

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Valleau, J. P., et al.. (1979). Liquid-vapour co-existence of dipolar hard spheres. Molecular Physics. 38(3). 781–788. 62 indexed citations

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Barber, Michael N., et al.. (1978). Some tests of scaling theory for a self-avoiding walk attached to a surface. Journal of Physics A Mathematical and General. 11(9). 1833–1842. 84 indexed citations

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Torrie, G. M. & J. P. Valleau. (1977). Monte Carlo study of a phase-separating liquid mixture by umbrella sampling. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 66(4). 1402–1408. 168 indexed citations

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Torrie, G. M. & J. P. Valleau. (1977). Nonphysical sampling distributions in Monte Carlo free-energy estimation: Umbrella sampling. Journal of Computational Physics. 23(2). 187–199. 4671 indexed citations breakdown →

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Hansen, J. P., G. M. Torrie, & P. Vieillefosse. (1977). Statistical mechanics of dense ionized matter. VII. Equation of state and phase separation of ionic mixtures in a uniform background. Physical review. A, General physics. 16(5). 2153–2168. 159 indexed citations

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Torrie, G. M. & S G Whittington. (1975). Exact enumeration of neighbour-avoiding walks on the tetrahedral and body-centred cubic lattices. Journal of Physics A Mathematical and General. 8(7). 1178–1184. 22 indexed citations

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