Harvey Segur

16.8k total citations · 5 hit papers
70 papers, 11.5k citations indexed

About

Harvey Segur is a scholar working on Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, Oceanography and Mathematical Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Harvey Segur has authored 70 papers receiving a total of 11.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 49 papers in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, 25 papers in Oceanography and 15 papers in Mathematical Physics. Recurrent topics in Harvey Segur's work include Nonlinear Waves and Solitons (45 papers), Nonlinear Photonic Systems (37 papers) and Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing (23 papers). Harvey Segur is often cited by papers focused on Nonlinear Waves and Solitons (45 papers), Nonlinear Photonic Systems (37 papers) and Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing (23 papers). Harvey Segur collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and Canada. Harvey Segur's co-authors include Mark J. Ablowitz, Alan C. Newell, D. J. Kaup, A. Ramani, Joseph L. Hammack, Martin D. Kruskal, Miki Wadati, D. M. Henderson, Joe Hammack and Tassos Bountis and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Journal of Fluid Mechanics.

In The Last Decade

Harvey Segur

68 papers receiving 10.6k citations

Hit Papers

Solitons and the Inverse ... 1973 2026 1990 2008 1981 1974 1973 1980 1973 1000 2.0k 3.0k
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. Solitons and the Inverse Scattering Transform
    1981 3.4k citations Mark J. Ablowitz, Harvey Segur profile →
  2. The Inverse Scattering Transform‐Fourier Analysis for Nonlinear Problems
    1974 2.2k citations Mark J. Ablowitz, Harvey Segur et al. Studies in Applied Mathematics profile →
  3. Nonlinear-Evolution Equations of Physical Significance
    1973 804 citations Mark J. Ablowitz, Harvey Segur et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
  4. A connection between nonlinear evolution equations and ordinary differential equations of P-type. I
    1980 714 citations Mark J. Ablowitz, A. Ramani et al. Journal of Mathematical Physics profile →
  5. Method for Solving the Sine-Gordon Equation
    1973 605 citations Mark J. Ablowitz, Harvey Segur et al. Physical Review Letters profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Harvey Segur 9.8k 2.9k 2.4k 1.8k 1.1k 70 11.5k
Darryl D. Holm 6.8k 0.7× 808 0.3× 2.9k 1.2× 2.2k 1.2× 713 0.6× 262 11.6k
Martin D. Kruskal 8.8k 0.9× 4.2k 1.4× 2.1k 0.9× 1.2k 0.6× 1.1k 1.0× 73 14.1k
A. S. Fokas 10.7k 1.1× 2.1k 0.7× 3.8k 1.6× 3.1k 1.7× 2.3k 2.0× 315 13.6k
В. Е. Захаров 10.8k 1.1× 5.4k 1.9× 3.2k 1.4× 1.4k 0.8× 986 0.9× 302 18.5k
D. J. Kaup 9.1k 0.9× 4.9k 1.7× 2.0k 0.8× 1.2k 0.6× 737 0.6× 198 11.4k
Mark J. Ablowitz 21.1k 2.2× 8.8k 3.0× 5.0k 2.1× 3.6k 2.0× 2.4k 2.1× 310 24.6k
Clifford S. Gardner 4.8k 0.5× 1.6k 0.5× 1.4k 0.6× 725 0.4× 593 0.5× 22 5.9k
R. S. Johnson 3.5k 0.4× 766 0.3× 1.1k 0.5× 582 0.3× 585 0.5× 90 5.7k
Peter A. Clarkson 8.1k 0.8× 1.9k 0.7× 1.3k 0.5× 2.1k 1.2× 1.1k 0.9× 105 8.9k
Ryogo Hirota 12.7k 1.3× 3.4k 1.2× 1.8k 0.8× 3.7k 2.0× 1.2k 1.0× 104 13.5k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Segur, Harvey, et al.. (2016). Toward a General Solution of the Three-Wave Partial Differential Equations. Studies in Applied Mathematics. 137(1). 70–92. 8 indexed citations
2.
Henderson, D. M. & Harvey Segur. (2010). The Benjamin–Feir instability and propagation of swell across the Pacific. Mathematics and Computers in Simulation. 82(7). 1172–1184. 5 indexed citations
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Safdi, Benjamin R. & Harvey Segur. (2007). Explosive Instability due to Four-Wave Mixing. Physical Review Letters. 99(24). 70–77. 7 indexed citations
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Henderson, D. M., Matthew Patterson, & Harvey Segur. (2006). On the laboratory generation of two-dimensional, progressive, surface waves of nearly permanent form on deep water. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 559. 413–427. 18 indexed citations
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Carter, John D. & Harvey Segur. (2003). Instabilities in the two-dimensional cubic nonlinear Schrödinger equation. Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics. 68(4). 45601–45601. 16 indexed citations
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Deconinck, Bernard & Harvey Segur. (2000). Pole Dynamics for Elliptic Solutions of the Korteweg-deVries Equation. Mathematical Physics Analysis and Geometry. 3(1). 49–74. 10 indexed citations
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Chow, Carson C., D. M. Henderson, & Harvey Segur. (1996). A generalized stability criterion for resonant triad interactions. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 319. 67–76. 11 indexed citations
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Ablowitz, Mark J., et al.. (1994). Wave collapse and instability of solitary waves of a generalized Kadomtsev-Petviashvili equation. Physica D Nonlinear Phenomena. 78(3-4). 241–265. 50 indexed citations
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Wadati, Miki, Harvey Segur, & Mark J. Ablowitz. (1992). A New Hamiltonian Amplitude Equation Governing Modulated Wave Instabilities. Journal of the Physical Society of Japan. 61(4). 1187–1193. 80 indexed citations
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Kruskal, Martin D. & Harvey Segur. (1991). Asymptotics beyond All Orders in a Model of Crystal Growth. Studies in Applied Mathematics. 85(2). 129–181. 110 indexed citations
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Kruskal, Martin D. & Harvey Segur. (1987). Asymptotics beyond all orders. Physica D Nonlinear Phenomena. 28(1-2). 228–228. 83 indexed citations
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Segur, Harvey. (1986). Some open problems. Physica D Nonlinear Phenomena. 18(1-3). 1–12. 6 indexed citations
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Segur, Harvey & A. Finkel. (1985). An Analytical Model of Periodic Waves in Shallow Water. Studies in Applied Mathematics. 73(3). 183–220. 77 indexed citations
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Segur, Harvey. (1982). Comments on inverse scattering for the Kadomtsev-Petviashvili equation. 211–228. 8 indexed citations
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Segur, Harvey & Joseph L. Hammack. (1982). Soliton models of long internal waves. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 118. 285–304. 115 indexed citations
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Bountis, Tassos, Harvey Segur, & Franco Vivaldi. (1982). Integrable Hamiltonian systems and the Painlevé property. Physical review. A, General physics. 25(3). 1257–1264. 178 indexed citations
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Ablowitz, Mark J., A. Ramani, & Harvey Segur. (1980). A connection between nonlinear evolution equations and ordinary differential equations of P-type. II. Journal of Mathematical Physics. 21(5). 1006–1015. 233 indexed citations
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Ablowitz, Mark J. & Harvey Segur. (1979). On the evolution of packets of water waves. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 92(4). 691–715. 368 indexed citations
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Hammack, Joseph L. & Harvey Segur. (1978). Modelling criteria for long water waves. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 84(2). 359–373. 44 indexed citations
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Segur, Harvey & Mark J. Ablowitz. (1976). Asymptotic solutions and conservation laws for the nonlinear Schrödinger equation. I. Journal of Mathematical Physics. 17(5). 710–713. 43 indexed citations

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